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I do not know if things will improve in a day or a week or a month for the flooded areas. But I think that the chances the main tourists areas will flood are slim (i.e. Suk/Silom etc). So for our purpose, I do not think we need worry. I will go as planned with my trip end of next week.
Now as for other issues in the flooded zone: yes the life there is not good, and if the water is deep in some areas, the thai people suffer a lot with possible health dangers etc.
But as long as you stay on Suk and areas normally you stay, and do not get into the deep water you should be OK.
As for the other areas that may still flood (not Suk/Silom), e.g. Rama II etc. They may indeed but alternative routes will be available. Food will not be in shortage, not at all for us farangs, as there will be no problem with bottled water/beer etc.
The advantages are quite obvious to go during this time.. not to mention doing a good thing and support those you want to support by spending money and having some sanuk... (yes I know its not nice to have such when few miles away Thais are suffering, but if you see Thais people, it seems they have adjusted, and wait with understanding for the situation to improve).
Go there and do your thing guys!
Ap.-
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Posted on: 10:08 pm on Nov. 11, 2011
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Inner Bangkok 'still safe'
Source: BangkokPost
Published: 12/11/2011 at 08:04 PM
Assoc Prof Dr Seri Suparathit of Rangsit University Centre on Climate Change and Disaster, declared on Saturday that "inner Bangkok is definitely safe".
In a daily flood report on Thai PBS he noted:
According to a JAMTEC weather forecast model from Japan, the influence of La Nina in the Pacific ocean wanes next year. There will be less rainfall. After that El Nino will take over. Expect to see dry period for a few years.
Due to global warming, the weather pattern will be quite extreme. In the next century, a UN report stated that the global war will not be about oil but water.
Looking at a regional model and focus on Thailand, the rainy season may see plentiful of rain due to the La Nina effect, but when El Nino reigns Thailand may face extreme drought as well.
This will pose a challenge for the country to manage the water resources in the future.
Dr Seri then turned to daily flood analysis.
Today is still the period of high tide. The Chulalongkorn sluice gate needs to be closed and pumps are used to pump water into the river. However, the water above the gate continues to decline.
Today Dr Seri surveyed the flooded areas via helicopter courtesey of Police chief Pol Gen Piewpong Damapong.
Floods on the Central Plains decline markedly. More trees are visisble.
Rama II Rd is not flooded yet due to its high ground, but both sides of the roads see rising water.
Bang Chan and Lat Krabang industrial estates are still surrounded by floodwater.
Kaset-Navamindra flood head moves down very slowly due to flatter ground and less water replenisment from the north.
Big Bag gaps are now closed. Dr Seri declared that inner Bangkok is definitely safe as Khlong Bang Sue pumping station is coping very well. Even if Big Bag is removed now, Khlong Bang Sue pumping capability can handle about 20 cubic metres/second inflow.
Thonburi side is still a concern as there are still about 990 million cubic metres of water mass to be managed up north.
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Posted on: 6:26 pm on Nov. 12, 2011
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Water receding on main roads
The floodwater at many inundated spots in Bangkok has continued to recede gradually, reports said.
The roads where the water had receded included Ratchadapisek, Vibhavadi Rangsit, and Phahon Yothin.
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Posted on: 12:15 am on Nov. 13, 2011
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Thailand: Super-canal May Prevent Floods
By Peter Shadbolt, CNN
November 16, 2011 -- Updated 1050 GMT (1850 HKT)
(CNN) -- Thai authorities are considering the construction of a super-express waterway through Bangkok to prevent future floods similar to the one that has crippled the Thai capital and brought manufacturing in other parts of the country to a standstill.
A team of disaster experts from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok is now investigating permanent solutions to the disaster that has left hundreds dead.
"One of the urgent solutions is a super-express floodway," Thanawat Jarupongsakul, from the university's Unit for Disaster and Land Information Studies, told the Bangkok Post.
Under the plan, existing natural canals -- some of them more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) long -- would be linked in a 200-km "super-highway" that would divert the course of floodwaters from the north.
The super-canal would hold 1.6 billion cubic meters of water and drain run-off at a rate of 6,000 cubic meters per second -- the equivalent of two and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools a second.
"This idea is much cheaper than digging a new river as a floodway," Thanawat said.
He said the proposed scheme would involve the construction of a kilometer-wide exclusion zone next to the floodway to prevent properties from being inundated, and a raised highway on both side of the canal.
The super-express floodway would then drain upstream run-off directly into the sea.
The university team is also looking at other flood-prevention measures such as a better early-warning system, improved water resource management, a flood tax, the use of a flood-risk map for urban development and groundwater-use controls.
"Now, the government must stop [trying to] solve flood problems with political methods," Thanawat told the Bangkok Post. He said poor water management rather than excess rain had caused this year's severe flooding, adding that natural swamps in the west of Thailand's Central Plains, which once absorbed water flow, had been developed into industrial and residential areas, blocking the natural floodway.
While giant flood tunnels in the Bangkok metropolitan area could drain floodwater from the city, they could not cope with a massive inundation from the north.
"If there is no step forward, foreign investors will eventually disappear from the country and the next generation will be still worried whether flooding will happen or not," he said.
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Posted on: 5:05 am on Nov. 16, 2011
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Instead of "super-express" hight tech modern solution, revive the old network of klongs (they are anything but "natural" and were dig for a reason...) and making sure no one use them as landfill would do the same job.
Actual situation is that many of those klong are no longer connected to each other, so while half of bangkok was flooded most klongs were bone dry simply because no longer connected to each other.
But of course there is less tea money to be made by doing this, and it would mean to get rid of some 7/11, carparks and other encroaching buildings and teach Thai people that a klong is NOT a place where to throw garbage, so it will never happen.
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Posted on: 2:52 am on Nov. 19, 2011
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Report from Bangkok Post dated 4 December 2011 :-
BMA: Bangkok to dry before New Year
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Inundated areas in Bangkok will be dried out before the end of December, Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Sunday morning.
“Bangkok will dry before the end of this month because I want it as a New Year gift for all Bangkokians”, he said.
Officials of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will surround each inundated area and then drain the flood water out to ensure that they all will dry before New Year.
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Posted on: 12:12 am on Dec. 4, 2011
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Report fromThe Nation dated 24 December 2011 :-
Sukhumbhand declares Bangkok is dry
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Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra declared yesterday that flood waters in the capital had receded completely.
He also said that Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officials had collected 644,788 tonnes of garbage from October 15 to December 22, though some 11,666 tonnes of trash still had to be collected in Don Muang, Lak Si, Bang Khen, Sai Mai, Bang Khae, Nong Khaem, Thawee Wattana and Taling Chan districts.
The governor reckoned that all the garbage should be picked up by Monday, though it might take until Wednesday to remove the waste in Nong Khaem.
He added that the World Health Organisation had praised the city officials' work in preventing disease outbreaks and he thanked the government, especially the Public Health Ministry, for their contribution. Sukhumbhand added that BMA officials would continue with mosquito-killing operations daily until January.
He also complimented city officials for their heroic effort with the flood crisis even though many of them were affected by the deluge themselves, and also thanked the 3,895 or so volunteers who helped clean up after floods.
A source from the City Hall said garbage collection in several areas, especially Sai Mai and Don Muang districts, had been delayed because some city officials were reportedly demanding extra money from residents. The source said that some residents claimed that officials demanded as much as Bt2,000 in extra fees or that they would leave the garbage uncollected for two to three weeks.
Sai Mai district director Nongpanga Boonpak and Don Muang district director Phumipat Damrongkiattisak said they would investigate the allegations and that they had told officials not to demand extra money from residents.
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Posted on: 9:49 pm on Dec. 23, 2011
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Report fromThe Nation dated 26 December 2011 :-
Bangkok's minimum temperature drops to 16 C
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The minimum temperature in Bangkok from Monday morning to Tuesday morning is expected to drop to only 16 Celsius degree, the Meteorological Department announced.
In its morning forecast for 6 am on Monday to 6 am Tuesday, the department said the minimum temperature in the capital would range from 16 to 18 Celsius degree.
The department said the temperature could drop by two to four degrees in the upper part of the country due to an intense high pressure ridge from China.
The mercury over northern mountaintops could fall to 4 degree as the minimum temperature there could range from 4 to 10 degrees.
The temperature on the lowland in northern provinces could range from 10 to 14 degrees.
Meanwhile, the minimum temperature on northeastern mountaintops could range from 5 to 11 degrees compared with 9 to 13 degrees for lowland areas in the region.
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Posted on: 9:04 pm on Dec. 25, 2011
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I just spent two days in Ubon provincial capital...it was about 26 high in the day and 16 at night, I couldn't go anywhere day or night without a jacket...
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Posted on: 2:18 am on Dec. 26, 2011
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Report from Bangkok Post dated 28 December 2011 :-
Now 26 cold spell disaster provinces
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A total of 26 provinces have been declared cold spell disaster zones, the National Disaster Warning Centre said on Wednesday.
The provinces are Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Nan, Tak, Phayao, Lampang, Lamphun, Petchabun, Sakon Nakhon, Loei, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Ubon Ratchathani, Mahasarakham, Mukdahan, Kalasin, Buri Ram, Si Sa Ket, Bueng Khan, Udon Thani, Suphanburi, and Ratchaburi.
The centre on Tuesday reported that 221 districts in 23 provinces were now cold spell disaster zones.
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Posted on: 1:03 am on Dec. 28, 2011
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