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Is it me or they conspicuously avoiding mentioning the private schools in Bangkok. There are many that were built prior to 2000, 2 story and 3 story buildings as part of the amenities. One school close to use, it's private but not overly "fancy", the owner is very much dragging the chain to have the place inspected. This is after she has been sent the links to the volunteer inspection services the Gov is offering by parents.

They have been, for some users, started their "rolling the delivery time forward" nonsense again. Yesterday I kept a test pending payment in their system, they kept rolling it forward every time it reached the expected delivery time, sometimes 30 minutes, then hours. Today with a different transaction the same process, In Seconds, 10 minutes more please, nope now you wait until 3.30pm. I chatted with them and the Support line is that Thai banks remain affected by the earthquake event. When I told them Remitly is transferring within minutes from the same bank, to the same bank and same amount they stopped replying 🍌 Sometimes it's worth contacting them as I've noticed that it occasionally "fixes" itself after they take their foot off the brake. Though I will say they are no slouches when it comes to taking the money out... 110% efficient And yes, we all know some here have never had an issue and it's currently working for them perfectly. Life is grand! Currency liquidity for the win Wise?

There were reports that some cracks were actually repaired. The drain on the balcony, clogged below where we could snake it, miraculously fixed itself we discovered today. ...that or there is now a broken pipe flooding the empty apartment two floors below.

The three klong cats I see every night are missing in action, and the soi dogs are conspicuously absent from 7/11 since the shake.

Anyone else hear that they've evacuated the above ground floors of the Chaeng Watthana Government Complex in Bangkok in the last 30 minutes? Sinking and or leaning. UPDATE The cracks and tilt were present before the quake, everyone back to work. You do you Thailand.

The big guy knew it was going to happen so.. what is the deal here? could of at least saved the kids, just saying. Possessing omniscience and omnipotence is a heck of a thing when you don't use them.

Yeah, that's the thing, there are already comments online about how many buildings are playing things down, uncooperative juristic offices, etc. There is going to be strong push back when it comes to buildings being red tagged.

Whilst at the same time asking for foreign aid. Putting that aside, what’s just as infuriating is a regime worth billions, built on years of industrial-scale corruption, that asks for financial aid.

Not sure if it was announced only today, the Bangkok Governor has ordered compliance checks for a list of building types.

Yeah, corruption has to be taken into account. I know it sounds sh🙊tty but I am having a hard time believing anything they report here at the moment. The probability of an envelope with a sign off, or just incompetence, it has happened plenty in other countries over the years. Juristic staff have become annoyed here in our condo, farang owners/tenants all want to know who came to check, copy of the report etc. The real test will be the next shake. Stay safe.

I read an engineers comment saying that as it appears to collapse in on itself, it may have been caused by the the piles not being deep enough into bedrock. Any clay would have liquefied and foundations collapsed.

Japanese engineering for earthquake resilience is impressive.

That makes more sense, cheers. Update: They are spraying for termites we've been told. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This, a friend told us last night she had to treat a guy, who after running down ten flights of stairs in sheer panic, decided to jump out the 2nd floor window to save himself. Broke his leg.