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The longer you let the soil settle, with occasional tractor flattening, the less chance for damage to walls, as this ground, like where I lived before, moves from extreme conditions. Many houses built here are built on rice farms, where the soil is soft, even if trucked in from another farm close by. They need to be above the flood line which is usually 2 meters. That much soil , unless packed down to settle, will sink in time,especially with any rain. The reason I do have cracks in the walls is because they started building too soon, right after the soil was trucked in. The soil should have a few good rainstorms to settle, as piers put into the ground won't stop walls from cracking due to the slab moving in certain areas. You can put a lot of piers in but that ups the cost a lot. All houses use a slab and this is what's subjected to movement if there aren't enough piers put in place. Beams put on the slab won't stop the slab from shifting without those piers. Homes built in areas that haven't been farmed have harder , settled ground, which is totally different than when truckloads need to be brought in. They don't need soil brought in as they're already high enough being not around surrounding rice and other farm fields.He needs soil as he's building in the country, guessing next to or on a field that has been farmed, and it needs to be above the surrounding area.

You can say that about many countries. For drugs.......https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/drug-use-by-country. Look at Mongolia, Russia, Belarus, Greenland, Kazakhstan, and New Zealand in this map for alcohol............https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholism-by-country

Of course many disagree with facts, as that's where opinions come in. Yes, desire is the main thing that has students excelling, but good teachers are needed to teach those students, and the better the teacher, they better students learn. Thailand does not have good teachers in many of these schools, and I see this daily not only here but talking to teachers and school owners who are involved in this. A good student needs to be taught the basics well in grammar and high schools, and it pales by comparison here. The more knowledge a student has going into college the better they're prepared for the harder courses. Western schools are better than any schools here, and as good or better then international ones.

And again, this happens all over the world, daily, and many times around resort areas and places where homes should not have been built. And again, the problem there is that many of these places aren't just resort areas but farming areas, which are necessary. Climate change is hurting many all over, and will continue to do so until people who have pull get changes done. Many are in denial thinking it isn't happening but there are always a lot of sheep that will take other's opinions as fact. Those camps were only affected twice by this kind of catastrophe in those 100 years, although flooding happens yearly somewhere in Texas, along with hundreds of areas worldwide.

Like I said, if you like living here and you're comfortable, that's okay for you. Mosquitoes are avoided by staying inside or having a good repellent and electronic bug zappers close by. Drivers are some of the worse on the planet and the daily carnage proves this, as it leads the world most of the time, or is right at the top. Only takes one snakebite for a person to understand what happens. Most don't think about it until it hits close to home, and it's life changing or worse. Only an international school here gives children what they need to get a decent job, and that job would pay much more in the west. The average school here teaches very little besides the language, and this is also coming from a friend who owns an English school near where I live, a 70 year old Thai man taught in the US. Nothing to do with her doing me wrong. Both myself and my daughter will have a much better life back home.

Just referring to his statement about the amount of cases. Those affecting minors would have to be researched, although I'm sure it happens, as it has in the past. Many children are passed HIV from their parents.

Many people in Texas and Louisiana have to get extra flood insurance because of living where they do. Some just put houses and buildings where they don't belong. We call them big shots, who like to show off where they're living even though many of their houses are eyesores where woods and clear beaches should be.

They weren't prepared in this case, as a water siren could have saved all of them who responded to it. Texas has a lot of floodings because of the geography. Thailand has them yearly also. Hurricanes happen yearly, and in the same places much of the time, as do earthquakes,tornadoes, and blizzards. All parts of the same problems. natural disasters where people pay a price because of living too close to where they happen and greed.

This is the Llano River, which rose this much in 30 minutes............https://www.nbcnews.com/video/time-lapse-captures-fast-rising-river-in-texas-242760773836

This is true. They are cutting out a lot of jobs and things people receive and doing this because it doesn't affect them directly, as billionaires only have personal health to worry about. These things they're doing might seem to help the economy but people who lose insurance and needed benefits are part of that economy, because some, meaning most, still are living paycheck to paycheck and you don't cut out health benefits as a large percentage need them eventually. This might backfire in a very bad way.

True, here you only get rain half the time and hot all the time, where you can't do anything outside besides the beach when it's hot, with more bugs than almost anywhere, 48 varieties of venomous snakes, the worst drivers on the planet, some of the worst schools anywhere, and a sense that it isn't home. But it's okay if you have AC and are okay with staying inside a large part of the time. The best places to live have 4 seasons, with some having no bugs around, good living conditions, safer driving, good schools and a place you can call home without any fears of being subject to visa changes that might get worse. But, if you're really happy where you live.......

Like I mentioned, people love resort areas, and all come with risks. Those camps have been there up to 100 years, and rarely have problems, although they should have been built higher up on the land available. No one in Phuket and other areas of Thailand thought there would be a tsunami, but it happened and likely will again. Japan had them and millions live at the coasts. The only safe place is the Sahara, but living there isn't much fun. No earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, torrential rains, tornadoes, volcano eruptions, floods or bad driving conditions. The only problem is the temperatures which are extremely hot.

Latest update.........https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-13-fatalities-reported-texas-210230248.html

They're for defense. Texas had thousands of police, fire, ems and crisis workers with helicopters,drones and volunteers looking immediately. This has happened before and their response teams do a very good job.

There's always a local that can give you an idea and contacts for doing this. Like another mentioned, the longer you wait before you build the better, as the ground, especially in a dry and rainy season country, needs time to settle. You can compact it with some of the same people who bring the dirt, as they usually have contacts with tractors. Now is a good time to start this as it's rainy season, and occasional tractors coming in to flatten the soil more is a good idea. I had my house built soon after the soil was flattened, with piers installed, but there was still shrinkage which caused cracks. This happens a lot where I;m from in Texas because of the same reasons, no rain for awhile then a lot, and many have cracked walls there. Oldcroc's advice was good also.This video shows a little...........

It can be irritants or THC, as it causes dilation in the blood vessels of the eyes. If that's it, the only recourse is that cool compress after smoking and time.

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I understand as that happens to a lot from smoking anything. One thing you could use is a pair of goggles while smoking, which isn't as crazy as it sounds.

The immediate building of a barrier is how this will stop, as elephants will go anywhere they can find food, and people are just in the way, which has deaths on either side happening. This is the governments job, protecting it's wildlife and citizens. Maybe instead of buying a useless submarine which will never need to be used.

Finding out what gives you the red eyes might help, such as seasonal allergies, dust, smoke or dry eyes, where artificial tears can help. I have contacts and long ago learned not to rub my eyes when they're itchy but use a towel with cool water, which works most of the time. Just like those using nasal sprays besides saline will get a rebound effect with a runny nose, using Visine over a long period can do the same thing. It also doesn't cure what's causing the red eyes..........https://www.healthline.com/health/eye-redness

That should be over 500 members convicted of the same things, put away, registered as offenders, and maybe showing others who practice this sick activity there are consequences for targeting innocent children. The sooner them and officials that are involved and paid off for letting it happen are prosecuted harshly the better. Those doing their job and arresting this human garbage are to be commended.

Ok, thought you were Scottish.

I'll have to disagree because all countries have good things. Scotland is on my bucket list though, as is the rest of the UK, as I'm half Irish and would like to see the sites. I'll always give Scotland credit for standing up against England when it had it's megalomaniac in charge, and Mark Knopfler is one of my favorite musicians.

Natural disasters happen worldwide and the main thing is that people shouldn't live where they can happen, including beaches, near volcanoes, next to flood prone rivers or creeks, in tornado alley. Think for a second how many resorts are built near water, a reason they're built there, including where you live. Remember the tsunami that hit Thailand?If you want to live in these areas you take a risk. The Mississippi River delta areas, where thousands live to farm, is flooded many times, but it's one of the biggest farming areas worldwide. People live near volcanoes, because they think they might not erupt again. Oceans have ports with millions living near them, where we get much of our imports and fish from, but hurricanes happen there. The US Midwest, another of the worlds biggest farming areas, has tornadoes every year, but where would all that grain and vegetables come from if it was shut down and everyone chose a safer place to live? Yes, a lot of it is greed, but it happens in every country, and it isn't stupid needing farm produce which can't be grown in deserts. You need to think before you put down the US, as your country also has it's share of ignorance and greed.