Thailand poll finds low confidence in disaster response

Oh boy.......the lady holding the umbrella in the pic. Hahahhaaha.

Hahhahahaa.

In all the years I live in Thailand there is not much done to prevent floodings... Lots of words but no actions, and even now the Government pays 9000THB to the people of Nan... What kind of help is that?? The help is, as many , laws outdated in low sums, hardly enough to buy a bed and a fridge.... Corruption, greed and lack of solutions are the reasons why people don't have much confidence.

And to blame climate change...... that is the worst excuse ever.. Thailand is really doing nothing for it.. How many blacksmoke cars are driving around?? How many outdated cars and trucks? How many electricity poles can you find in the country?? Compare it with all the petrolstations.. Even a ,lot of new stations are being built. On Phetkasem Road near my home 3 last year... How much subsidy is being given to promote solar energy? Or replace the old taxis with new electric ones... No even the airpollution is not getting less.. People are not aware about the pollution and they burn leaves and rubbish before 8 am and after 8 am as the police is not working then,,, How can you be confident that something is done when it really is going wrong? The money is gone....

The only way natural disasters can be avoided is living and building houses and business away from their paths. The disaster in India only could have been prevented if villages weren't built near that river and gorge. People don't build expecting things to happen, although certain prone areas should be avoided, like New Orleans.

People have been living near volcanoes for centuries.

Beaches are loved by millions and nothing should be built near them if they are in the possible path of hurricanes, but there are many rich people who think nothing of scarring the landscape for their homes near the sea.

Tornadoes hit areas in America where necessary crops are grown. People love the mountains and streams and rivers in them, but this means landslides when torrential rains come. No homes should be built near any waterways, but how do you convince people to stop?

Earthquakes happen in certain places like California, Indonesia, Chile, Iran and Japan a lot, so does this mean everyone in earthquake prone areas must move, or just hope for the best? Bangkok might surely be underwater some day, but will they change a city?

Yes, you can make early warning systems, but that means the people will take shelter, and their homes and businesses will still be destroyed.

13 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

More than half of respondents to a Suan Dusit Poll said they lack confidence in the Thai government's ability to manage a potential disaster, following deadly floods in the Nepal-Tibet border area.

The usual response is a bag of rice, some bottled water and clean up your own s**t.

Where I used to live in the UK was near to a river. There was a massive flood in 1952, and after that the council told developers that they had to building living accommodation above that 1952 flood level. Great, the house I had (built 1998) was build to that standard. In the "greed is good" years after that, the council took out that requirement and 1000s of houses got built. 2014, another big flood, nowhere near the level of 1952, but 1000s of houses flooded due to the rule change/relaxation. What a surprise. Developers became millionaires because of that rule change. Quite possibly councillors did too. House owners had to bear the cost of repairs.

Corruption all over the world - same, same and no different.