webfact Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Artificial rain-making operations for 13 water-scarce provinces As many provinces throughout the country are awash with rain and facing flooding, there are 13 provinces in northern, northeastern and central regions which are scarce of water and need help from artificial rain-making operations. Mr Surasee Kittimonthon, director-general of Department of Royal Rain-making and Agricultural Aviation, said there are rain-fed farming areas in northern, northeastern and central regions which are facing water shortage for farming while many provinces have been lashed with rains. He disclosed that during August 16-19, 41 farmer representatives had sought help from the department for artificial rains in 46 districts of 13 provinces namely Tak, Uttradit, Phetchabun, Nakhon Sawan, Suphan Buri, Uthai Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum and Maha Sarakham. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/artificial-rain-making-operations-for-13-water-scarce-provinces/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-08-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Blooming heck Thailand Make your mind up i thought yesterday the country was sinking quicker than a chinese tour boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 <sarcasm alert> Can't they scoop up the surplus water and drop it in the dams in the scarce areas? </sarcasm alert> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I don't know why Phetchabun is on there we have had a normal amount for the wet season so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiDong Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 What about boats to push the water from province to province?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 How in the world is Tak on that list? the main river broke its banks only 2 weeks ago and the southern parts of Chiang Mai that border Tak have all experience flooding in the last week. Do they put the names of provinces in a hat and draw out where they're going to deploy the planes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopy Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 The message is you will get cloud seeding whether you want it or not. They have to keep their operations justified and running at full capacity so they can increase the budget again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, MaiDong said: What about boats to push the water from province to province?... Probably be quicker than asking them to run a pipeline to make a country wide grid! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losworld Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, lordblackader said: How in the world is Tak on that list? the main river broke its banks only 2 weeks ago and the southern parts of Chiang Mai that border Tak have all experience flooding in the last week. Do they put the names of provinces in a hat and draw out where they're going to deploy the planes? No if they pick the provinces that have flooded then the rain making operations are a success:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Rainfall deviation from normal since Jan 1. You can see how unequal the distribution is. We are (still) in a white area but rice does not look to good already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 6 hours ago, webfact said: had sought help from the department for artificial rains Hahahaha only here , only here would there be a dept for artificial rain .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 4 hours ago, canopy said: The message is you will get cloud seeding whether you want it or not. They have to keep their operations justified and running at full capacity so they can increase the budget again next year. Been there, done that. Gotta use this year's budget or face a budget cut the following year. "Look out below!!! Cloud seeding in progress - needed or not!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, connda said: Been there, done that. Gotta use this year's budget or face a budget cut the following year. "Look out below!!! Cloud seeding in progress - needed or not!" I've seen a parade square that was perfectly ok ripped up and re-laid for the same reason. Don't spend the allowance this year and get a cut in next years allowance. 60's by the way so nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 6 hours ago, MaiDong said: What about boats to push the water from province to province?... surely they can go one better than that. Cloud pushing aircraft, the latest invention by the Thai military ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjo Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 West of Chumphae we would normally get around 9 inches for August. This year we've had 11/2 inches.Water pumps are on as i type. This is not irrigation country for most so plenty of farmers will be happy to see the planes up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastion Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I surprised nobody in government has suggested setting up millions of household fans and blow the clouds around Thailand. Sent from my EVA-L19 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheard Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Would be worth trying, given that rainmaking does not work at all. Sent from my F3116 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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