The water is just the beginning of 'the end'
Regular reader of this blog Jan V. lives in a nice villa on the edge of a beautiful golf course under the smoke of the new airport Suvarnabhumi.
If the rising water reaches the golf course, it could be three meters deep, according to insiders. The city of Bangkok may be protected on the side of the river by ramparts and walls, water always seeks the lowest point. There is a good chance that the flood will flow into the city and surrounding municipalities through the back door.
Jan can't be caught for one hole and has started building walls for the entrances of his house. However, keeping the water out is one problem. That the swimming pool is flooded is still up to that point, the pump house must also be bricked up. But what if the power goes out, an event you are in Thailand can wait for. The refrigerators and freezers then fail. Then the pump of the water supply no longer works and you can no longer go to the toilet. This can be solved by placing buckets of water next to the pot and filling the bathtubs with water. The question, however, is how things will go with the septic tanks. If they fill up, you can no longer flush the toilets.
All questions without answers to which a temporary resident of Thailand has no answer. And there are a few more cars outside. Where are you going with that? By the time the water comes in, you can't leave. Fleeing is no longer possible, but neither is pumping, due to a lack of power. On the wide road On Nut in Bangkok, pumps are standing 24 hours a day to pump the water from the road into a drain. Three hundred meters further on, that water runs over the edge of the drain back onto the road…
If the water reaches Jan V.'s house, the airport will almost certainly be flooded, or at least the runways. According to the authorities, however, nothing is wrong and all tourists can simply enter the country. The question is whether they will come out again if they have to.
Where do you live Jan V.? we live in Minburi in Perfect place on the Ramkhamhaengroad.
We've only just moved here so we don't know anything at all. They are busy trying to get everything up and running. we are open to more information
Jan V. lives in Bangsaothong, officially Samut Prakan. It is the extension of On Nut/ Lad krabang Road.
Can I also say something positive.
As every year, the dry season suddenly starts again.
My friend said this morning that she thought it is the case in Hua hin now.
After waiting a few hours for this and putting my experiences of the years that I have lived here in a row, I believe that she is right.
The sun is shining exuberantly and it has been dry for several days.
Tonight the clouds gave up with a thunderous farewell in the distance in the direction of Bangkok .
I am now going to water my plants again, thinking that the dry season will soon arrive for everyone.
Not paying attention as it fell from the sky in Hua Hin last night? But indeed, today the sun is shining exuberantly and it is 34 degrees….
Hi Hans,
You live in Hua Hin? We are going there in 2 weeks, but I see so many bad reports about all that water nuisance that I wonder if this will all be ok in 2 weeks, because we want to see a lot of the area and until your waist is in the water not nice in my opinion.
I'd like to hear from you what it's like there.
regards Mike.
I don't work for the TAT, so you will get an independent answer... There is really nothing going on in Hua Hin. Today the sun was shining and the rainy season is coming to an end. Waist-deep water in HH is only possible in the pool or the sea.
what a shame!
All the best Jan, from Nin and me!
Here in Chiang Mai it has now been almost dry and sunny for 3 days, but that will not help you...
keep the art dry heh….
guyido
We have a condo here (Bang Phlat), about 100 meters from the river.
On the ground floor, so a shop front at the front. The windows are quite thick. At least 1 cm from the door. Cleaned all the cracks around well this morning and checked whether there are any cracks. When everything is dry I will seal the front with silicone. Also the door. I will first mask this inside and then seal it from the outside. At the rear we have aluminum sliding doors. I still have a thick roll of tarpaulin lying around, which I will glue to the aluminum frame over the full length of the front with the silicone. When the water comes, we close the metal shutters and hope that it stays dry inside. Everything inside the condo has been put on racks, of course. Also the freezer and the fridge.
The walls around the entrances to Jan's house are now finished. Better safe than sorry. The cars are high and dry in a parking garage, the bathtubs are filled and Jan has bought drinking water for three weeks. Now just wait and see if the water comes and how far it rises. Biggest problem would be the power failure.
Well, where is the lowest point. I myself live in Samut Prakran. An old swampy area. Is that the deepest point? I would not know. I hold my heart. Go and brick 2 walls today or tomorrow. My car goes to Savurnaphum. The water will probably come here in the coming days. The stress is starting to mount up nicely. We can bring small electricity upstairs, but what the hell do you do with the washing machines (2) refrigerators (2) tumble dryer, dishwasher. To wait? Looking at it? In any case, we remain very alert.
My understanding is that the parking towers on SUV are full.
Have you ever thought about an aggregate? Cost very little in Thailand.
With sufficient capacity, for example 5-10 Kwh.
Frank
That's right, but there is enough space in the large parking lots at the airport. I just took my car there. Safe and sound for the next few days.
I hope so Jaap. The parking spaces are on the ground level. First drove over those 3,5 meter high earthen walls?
You can't paint over silicone sealant, it's junk and it comes off on paint.
If you follow the instructions, it glues excellently,
It closes all holes and is so dry .
If it sticks to your fingers, it's junk.
So if you want to do it with your fingers in the right shape, you have to wet them with some soapy water.
Craftsmanship is mastery.
now then use it just see how it works. circles etc. it even takes effect in the paint. I have been a painter for 40 years. I have enough experience. I know how it works. I have known it for 40 years. How the painters have cursed me in The Hague. I hope that next time I get advice from a professional and not from a salesman
We are talking about an emergency situation in Thailand where someone wants something waterproof quickly.
I also assume that you don't think which color looks best.
It is not very smart if you know that the painter has to finish it in order to use it anyway.
45 years ago I already saw on the packaging that it cannot be painted over.
But dear Jan, maybe you have some advice for me.
Lately a lot of water has been getting into my car.
At first I thought it was coming through my front window and then I put acrylic sealant in between, now it really leaks.
I think it comes in through the doors .
Do you perhaps know which sealant I should use to close my doors?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Here in faraway Isan, not seen a drop for more than a month and a half.
In Nong Khai it rained heavily on Tuesday evening (after a month of drought), and here in Vientianne 25 km away it rained for a while on Wednesday evening after a month of drought.
# good for the plants.