Gen Chatchai is confident current flooding is not a serious problem

[webfact]

Gen Chatchai is confident current flooding is not a serious problem

 

Gen Chatchai

 

Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikalaya today tried to play down the impact of floods that have been hitting many provinces as the average amount of rainfalls across the country this year are still below normal level.

 

He said areas that have experienced abundant rains this year are the same areas that were hit with  excessive flood water last year.   And there are still many areas which have remained dry without rains for months, prompting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to order cloud-seeding operations to bring artificial rain to these areas.

 

As a contingency  plan, however, the deputy prime minister said farmers along Chao Phraya river basin, known as the rice bowl of the country, have been informed that their paddy fields will need to be used as water catchment areas to cope with northern runoffs expected this month when more rainfalls are anticipated.

 

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-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-09-04

[Thailand]

Wouldn't good water management be the way forward with the flood waters being redirected to drought areas?

[YetAnother]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

tried to play down the impact of floods that have been hitting many provinces as the average amount of rainfalls across the country this year are still below normal level.

reveals the low quality of leadership we are mired in; they simply arent very bright; the water is already here and the logic defending doing nothing is spurious

[Chang_paarp]

Ah the echos of floods past. 

 

At the moment the flood levels are close to "normal"(?) however it is monsoon season.......

[Esso49]

And of course an ex Thai Army General,  like the rest of them ,  has the educational background to understand weather patterns, topography and hydrology and of course water management skills in order to come up with these statements.   When will this country wake up and realise that just like elsewhere, ex Generals or anybody else associated with  them are not competent to run a country ?  They are as wet between the ears as most of the provinces are about to become. 

 

[mikebell]

Open mouth; put foot in it.

[colinneil]

So poor old Chatchai has not been getting much media attention.

I will fix that, spout a bit of BS about flooding (which i dont know anything about), get a bit of coverage.

If Ole Fatty can do it spouting bs,  i can do it.

[Damrongsak]

Chalatchai Muen Quai?  As a contingency plan, your fields will be flooded.  Same as last year.  We're keeping track.

[Darcula]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Chao Phraya river basin, known as the rice bowl of the country

 

Toilet bowl without a flush mechanism would be a more apt description.

[Damrongsak]

2 minutes ago, Darcula said:

 

Toilet bowl without a flush mechanism would be a more apt description.

Low and slow, like most toilets in LOS. 

[Cadbury]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Gen Chatchai is confident current flooding is not a serious problem

That is comforting news for those people whose houses are already partly submerged.

So long as the flooding in Bangkok is not serious and the General and his boss remain dry and their wives can go shopping in their chauffeur driven cars that's all that matters.

[AhFarangJa]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Gen Chatchai is confident current flooding is not a serious problem

He told reporters from his mountain retreat..........

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

He told reporters from his mountain retreat..........

Where he keeps mountain goats.

 

[simoh1490]

1 hour ago, Esso49 said:

And of course an ex Thai Army General,  like the rest of them ,  has the educational background to understand weather patterns, topography and hydrology and of course water management skills in order to come up with these statements.   When will this country wake up and realise that just like elsewhere, ex Generals or anybody else associated with  them are not competent to run a country ?  They are as wet between the ears as most of the provinces are about to become. 

 

Talking of being wet behind the ears.....when will YOU understand that he is merely relaying the statements and detail of the meteorology and water management departments, both of which comprise people who do understand the science of these things, as they might in almost any country.

[mfd101]

25 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

Talking of being wet behind the ears.....when will YOU understand that he is merely relaying the statements and detail of the meteorology and water management departments, both of which comprise people who do understand the science of these things, as they might in almost any country.

As a Minister, indeed Deputy PM, he could always ask his bureaucrats some intelligent questions before he repeats their ignorant nonsense. He could also consider the social/political import of what he spouts. There is supposed to be an election coming up after all ...

[Ossy]

2 hours ago, Esso49 said:

And of course an ex Thai Army General,  like the rest of them ,  has the educational background to understand weather patterns, topography and hydrology and of course water management skills

And you can bet they live in higher houses . . . GENERALLY.

[robblok]

1 hour ago, Cadbury said:

That is comforting news for those people whose houses are already partly submerged.

So long as the flooding in Bangkok is not serious and the General and his boss remain dry and their wives can go shopping in their chauffeur driven cars that's all that matters.

Of course its more important to keep BKK from flooding there is more money lost if BKK comes to a stop then when other places come to a stop. You also can't protect every place, much should be improved but some places cant be saved as they are totally in the wrong position. Now that they are going to flood farmers again, they should pay them a good amount of money (the amount they lose)  for helping the country and BKK. 

 

I was once flooded longer to keep BKK dry.. frustrating real frustrating but understandable, they have not changed much since that time. The only thing they did is make available more of a buffer monkey cheeks before BKK. Though IMHO its not enough it seems to have helped as since 2011 it has not flooded anymore around here. But every year there is a bit of anxiety. 

 

Thailand will never solve all flooding, but a lot can be done and should be done but junta and previous democratic governments just did not put the money in the flood defenses. They all had nice talk about their plans but it did not materialize. Shame on them, the money paid for subs could have been used, or the money of the stupid rice program.

[nikmar]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CLW]

Every time the government announces some news that there will be no problems or they can handle it, my bell rings.

Expect some flooding in autumn is my outlook.

[NCC1701A]

[NCC1701A]

 

[mercman24]

 on a tangent, as to being on the ball and getting things done, how about the mountain of rubbish on that island,??  all talk and no action,

[JAG]

I venture to suggest that it is a very severe problem to those farmers whose paddy fields are to be used as water catchment areas. They can look forward to losing their crops, and their houses being flooded.

[Srikcir]

1 hour ago, simoh1490 said:

Talking of being wet behind the ears.....when will YOU understand that he is merely relaying the statements and detail of the meteorology and water management departments, both of which comprise people who do understand the science of these things, as they might in almost any country.

Science provides the data and analysis by those who understand the science for decision-makers to use in flood management. But it doesn't guarantee that decisions aren't made with social and/or political considerations. Case in point is where dam and reservoir water levels are allowed to exceed the Upper Curve Limit, in some case greater than 100% before management plans mitigating action.

[moe666]

4 hours ago, Thailand said:

Wouldn't good water management be the way forward with the flood waters being redirected to drought areas?

Is this even possible it would need bigger canal system or pipeline that doesn't exsist

[Rhys]

.... code for he does not have a Foxtrot clue...

[spidermike007]

When you are sitting in the tower of your ivory castle, looking down on your subjects, with hundreds of millions of baht in the bank, it is quite easy to say that the floods are not going to be a problem this year. The lack of empathy, compassion, regard, respect, and concern, that most members of this administration have for the common man is always astounding to me. 

[simoh1490]

37 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Science provides the data and analysis by those who understand the science for decision-makers to use in flood management. But it doesn't guarantee that decisions aren't made with social and/or political considerations. Case in point is where dam and reservoir water levels are allowed to exceed the Upper Curve Limit, in some case greater than 100% before management plans mitigating action.

The upper curve rule is a theoretical limit rather than a physical one, it wouldn't be the first time in history that management exceeded its own guidelines although in this case we may never know the reason why.

[AsiaHand]

And he is right in relating that flooding is not a problem FOR HIM.

[simoh1490]

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

As a Minister, indeed Deputy PM, he could always ask his bureaucrats some intelligent questions before he repeats their ignorant nonsense. He could also consider the social/political import of what he spouts. There is supposed to be an election coming up after all ...

You don't know that he hasn't, there's nothing in that interview that is potentially not 100% correct....what did you have in mind as being ignorant nonsense that he repeated?