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I always wear amphibious shoes everywhere...the closest I have found to being barefoot. I have two pairs: one for gardening and another for going out. I have size 14 feet so my options are pretty limited.

Thanks Stocky. Please keep us posted, I am good until July, with my visa extension based on my work, not my marriage. (the wife is the director of the school). Have you been back into Kimyong yet?

Thanks Stocky..I hope they move it all back to town asap before my next one-year extension comes up. From what I have learned from various sources, the 90-day used to be two weeks before or one week after, but that is only for in-person reporting so if it needs to be done online you need to complete the process before the due date.

How's Laos these days? Have been there since the 80s!

Any updates on this topic? Have they reopened in the city yet?

I am a 62-year old American living who has been living and working in Thailand since 1989. Before moving here I had jobs in the US. I found out last year that I have 39 out of the minimum 40 required credits to qualify for social security benefits, based on my work in the US decades ago. I need to get just one more credit to qualify. I have a lot of experience teaching English and I would like to get the last credit by teaching online, but I need to find an employer who would be willing to pay me through the US social security system. I would really dread to have to go back to the US at this age to try to find employment, as it would also leave my wife along to care for her two very elderly parents. Does anyone know of any online agencies that could assist me in this regard?

The TMD report predicts more rain coming soon: Announcement Date 24 December 2025: In addition, during 25–28 December 2025, For the South, the northeast monsoon prevailing over the Gulf and the South will strengthen with more rains and isolated heavy to very heavy rain in the lower South. People in the lower South should beware of heavy rain and its accumulations. The another high-pressure system will extend to the upper Thailand with a decrease in temperature and strong wind. However, the TMD makes forecasts like this throughout the monsoon season and they are very hit and miss, in my opinion.

Are you in Hat Yai?

Most of the schools here plan to re-open Monday, and will force the kids to study on Saturdays to make up for the lost lessons, which means we'll have to close our tutoring school since the students won't be free. The main market road is getting back to normal and despite some torrential rainfall yesterday the water levels continue to recede.

Yes, it is a bit better. We did get a downpour in the afternoon, but it actually helped by washing away some of the silty sediment on the streets. Anyway, we took the truck out today for the first time and got the municipal water up and running again as well...plus our little school opens again tomorrow. So things looking up here.

Our soi is finally dry. Thailand Weather Forecast 06:00 Today To 06:00 Tomorrow Southern (East Coast) Fairly widespread thundershowers and isolated heavy to very heavy rain in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat Minimum temperature 22–24 °C. Maximum temperature 28–34 °C. Northeasterly winds 15–35 km/hr. Wave height 1–2 meters and above 2 meters in thundershower. It looks like you might get the rinse you need today, Stocky. Our soi here in Ranot is finally dry as well.

I am so glad I did my 90-day online before the deluge.

Just FYI: It's a step in the right direction...the floodwater continues to lower up here, and most of the sois in my neighborhood are still flooded...and the water is starting to smell really bad.

The situation here in Ranot is improving as yet another sunny day helps lower the water table, but man, it literally smells like *hit. Our home and parking lot is now above the water table, but we still need to slog our way down the soi to get out to the main road where it is not flooded. All the major schools here are still closed/flooded, as is our little tutoring school. I guess it comes as little surprise since the whole area was below sea level 100 years ago. The one part that makes me seethe, however, is that nobody is talking about the retarded seawalls along the coastline. Anyway, just got to ride it out. At least I'll get some exercise moving all the stuff back downstairs. According to the TMD, for what it's worth: During 4 – 8 Dec, the easterly wave will move pass the Gulf, the South and the Andaman Sea with more rains and isolated heavy rains in the South. Hopefully we won't get re-inundated. BTW: As a former moderator, I would like to thanks the current moderators for keeping the site free of CamboTrolls that have infested so many other social media sites discussing this topic.

It's a step in the right direction...the floodwater continues to lower up here, and most of the sois in my neighborhood are still flooded...and the water is starting to smell really bad.

Thanks Stocky. I saw a report that some municipal water could be available by 3 December, so I hope that is true...

We are still flooded up here in Ranot, Songkhla. It hasn't rained in days, but most of the isthmus along the coast is still swamped. We have to use our little boat (see pic) to get out of the soi. Fortunately, we still have power and Internet...The water recession is painfully slow and the water quality is increasingly bad due to the sewage situation. The situation here hasn't been as catastrophic as what happened in Hat Yai, but it is certainly going to take much longer for the water here to subside since all of that water has to flow through Songkhla Lake before it eventually finds the sea. They have deployed several 'water pushing' machines along the main canal to try and enhance drainage, but I am quite skeptical about that. To be honest, the flooding here in 2016 and 2017 was worse, but it didn't last as long. That was caused because of the project to widen Rt408 along the coast with almost total disregard for the drainage. I think they learned something from that because they built a new drainage canal at Sanamchai (Sathingphra District) that has a pumping station, which I am sure is helping. Most of the coastline in Ranot, which had nice beaches when I moved here 12 years ago, is now ruined by seawalls. I am sure these are also inhibiting drainage -- how could they not? -- but I have never seen it mentioned anywhere in the Thai media, which is a shame. Ranot was under water 100 years ago and sometimes it seems like the government is spending untold billions of baht to try to get us back there. Anyway, I hope all is well and look forward to reports from other readers about the situation on their home turf -- or what's left of it.

Thanks for that. I'm a huge Monty Python fan, but never saw that before...dunno how it slid under the radar.

I teach young students English and some have become addicted to wearing them, even though I try to explain to them that facial expressions are a key part of communication. Adam Carolla has described this phenomenon as 'crate training', the same way dogs can be comforted by being locked up in a crate -- but only if they get 'crate trained' as a pup. It's one of his many excellent analogies.

On a more positive note, there is an (apparently?) new HQ radar with loop based in Hat Yai. https://weather.tmd.go.th/hyi240_HQ_Loop_edit1.php

Out again....going on a month now.

Out again....going on a month now.

There's quite a difference between Hat Yai and Songkhla Town, that's for sure. I like the beach and sea breeze in Songkhla Town, better. Both are a nightmare for driving, though.

Yes, but up in Ranode District. I have lived in both HY and Songkhla Town before, though.