Thursday will be an exciting day for west and east Bangkok
Thursday will be an exciting day for the residents on the west and east side of Bangkok because water from the north is diverted to the sea via that route.
Residents of tambon Ban Bor in Samut Sakhon province will have to deal with this. Through the Sunak Hon channel, a connection between the rivers Ta Chin and Mae Khlong, water from the Mae Khlong is discharged to the sea. All residents are preparing for flooding.
'What worries us most is rising sea levels during the arrival of the floodwater. If this happens, the Maha Chai area will certainly be flooded. The situation will be worse than the big flood of 1995', says Narong Ouiyaharn (45), village chief of Moo 5. During previous floods, the water reached a maximum of 50 cm. This time it will be higher, but Narong is not worried yet, because the village can handle up to 1 meter.
Kittipong Meesuk (33), a resident of Moo 1 (also in Ban Bor), says that in 1995 the water came up to his knees, even though his house is on the canal. Because the combination with high water makes the severity of the flood unpredictable, he err on the side of caution and stacked sandbags in front of his house.
The residents who live near Rama IX and Ramkhamhaeng near the Saen Saeb canal are also making preparations. In order not to starve to death when they can no longer leave the house, they have stocked up on dried food, instant noodles and bottled water. Natthapong Thapolkhan (35), who sells coffee on the street, fears that many street vendors will run into financial problems when the water makes trading impossible, because family expenses continue and sometimes loans have to be paid off.
What the floods do to people and land is, of course, terrible. But today I also looked at the beach at Hua Hin with bewilderment. What's happening in the sea? Many thousands of dead fish wash up! Anyone know anything more about this?
My Thai wife found the following on a Thai Internet site. Due to the large amount of fresh water that now flows into the sea, the fish do not survive. They are saltwater fish after all.
will certainly have to do with the gigantic chemical pollution that comes with the water from the mainland.
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@Loes,
The runoff from industrial areas in the Gulf contains a variety of heavy metals. The factory owners here in Thailand daily defy the scarce environmental laws that exist in this country (corruption) and unthinkingly dump this poison in the nearest dump sites. Now that all these industrial areas are flooded and the water mixes with mercury, dioxide, and other junk, it is coming eventually all end up in the sea with massive fish mortality - and who knows what else - as a result.
When 1 industrial entrepreneur is prosecuted for this, I drink a liter bottle of dioxin.
This is Thailand.
After we had been touring a bit yesterday at a beach 10 km. When they arrived under Hua Hin, they found the sea there to smell quite fishy and the water did not look clean.
We rejoice with the thought that it looked much nicer and cleaner at our place 2 km south of Hua Hin.
But last night, just before the dark cloud cover came to us, we walked on the beach.
Well, what you saw there, as described above, a lot of dead fish, mostly, and that was strange, cracked open and with bulges.
When asked how and on what to some Thai people who were looking for a certain type of fish to consume, she pointed to the dark cloud cover.
The pollution may also play a role, but think the large amount of fresh water is the biggest culprit.
A quote from a Belgian site will explain everything clearly.
It is important to know that fish have a semi-permeable skin, which allows the water to pass through, but not the substances in the water. Through a process called osmosis, the water moves from the place with less salt to the place with more salt, in this case through the skin of the fish.
We must distinguish between the fish that live in the sea and fish that swim in fresh water.
In marine fish, the salt concentration in their bodies is lower than that of the water. So the water always flows out through their skin. Consequently, a saltwater fish must drink a lot otherwise it will become dehydrated. Of course these fish drink sea water, their kidneys are adapted in such a way that they can process these salt concentrations. Sea fish are therefore constantly thirsty!
In freshwater fish, the salt concentration in their bodies is higher than that of the water in which they swim. So the water goes in here through the skin. Freshwater fish therefore do not have to drink a lot, but rather pee a lot to get rid of all that water that comes in. Freshwater fish are therefore not thirsty!
So if you put a sea fish in fresh water, it will not survive. After all, a sea fish is used to drinking and it will also get water through the skin, so it swells up and dies.
If you put a freshwater fish in the sea, it will not survive either. After all, this one is not used to drinking, so it dries up and dies.
However, there are fish such as eel and salmon that can live in both freshwater and saltwater. They can adapt to the changing environment
End Belgian quote