4 minutes ago, Easy Come Easy Go said:

don't fix it until it's broken

 

Well, in this case, it is.

Not to worry - after a disaster there can be an official enquiry!

30 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

 

Well, in this case, it is.

My point was Thais as a whole never seem to maintain much, or plan to keep things in working order. They tend to only care when the wheels fall off, rather than making sure the wheels don't fall off 

Now that the secret's out, somebody's wallet is about to get a little thinner... preposterous!

 

Nothing needs to work all the time, only when its needed. And the big boss said that not likely a tsunami will hit soon.

21 hours ago, steelepulse said:

This can't be right.  Our new governor said everything is perfect.

 

>>>Phuket Governor assures Phuket “we’re ready to handle any tsunami”

     

3 hours ago, faraday said:

Yes they do. It's "mai mee"

 

Surely its "mai pen rai"

1 hour ago, Vacuum said:

 

You must of course phone them about the problem, and it will be fixed within a day or two.

????

Does this come as a surprise to anyone?

We all know that safety comes in at a very low priority in Thailand as safety/maintenance comes at a cost..

a cost that hits the profit margin which is unthinkable in Thai terms!

October last year possibly a fishing boat tied up to it which caused damage and for it to cease functioning

12 months later it's still in the same condition!!!

Speaks volumes about how much value the Thai ministry put on human life !!!!

The concerned management don't know anything about PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE !!!!! 

3 hours ago, farang62 said:

I don't believe there is a Thai word for "maintenance"?

There are two words "no profit"

We are truly sorry, but the buoys maintenance budget has been urgently needed for minor, nevertheless important repairs with higher priority, at our office.

 

      

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Does this come as a surprise to anyone?

We all know that safety comes in at a very low priority in Thailand as safety/maintenance comes at a cost..

a cost that hits the profit margin which is unthinkable in Thai terms!

October last year possibly a fishing boat tied up to it which caused damage and for it to cease functioning

12 months later it's still in the same condition!!!

Speaks volumes about how much value the Thai ministry put on human life !!!!

I think it's just the normal way of things here.....Nobody gives a stuff...That's why the road carnage continues....

NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!!!! ALL Alarms must be operational 24/7 365 days of the year

21 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Farang think too much.

Just what my Thai wife says to me

One need to be an idiot to believe what the official said!

22 hours ago, steelepulse said:

This can't be right.  Our new governor said everything is perfect.

 

>>>Phuket Governor assures Phuket “we’re ready to handle any tsunami”

"And there will be no flooding in Bangkok."

 

Will this be another "foot in the mouth" pronouncement, this time by the Phuket Governor?

 

They are are more laughs than a barrel full of monkeys!

If i remember well, the tsunami 'drills' were not a success either.

Maybe better invest on some good amulet.

4 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Life is so cheap in Thailand cheaper than replacing the triple A batteries in the bouy have they not learnt from that terrible disaster that killed so many people yet they will spend millions on buying a second hand submarine from China.

 The plebeians’s lives are cheap here .. thai social structure never changed. 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Easy Come Easy Go said:

My point was Thais as a whole never seem to maintain much, or plan to keep things in working order. They tend to only care when the wheels fall off, rather than making sure the wheels don't fall off 

And they think they are savvy in saving money... 

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Does this come as a surprise to anyone?

We all know that safety comes in at a very low priority in Thailand as safety/maintenance comes at a cost..

a cost that hits the profit margin which is unthinkable in Thai terms!

October last year possibly a fishing boat tied up to it which caused damage and for it to cease functioning

12 months later it's still in the same condition!!!

Speaks volumes about how much value the Thai ministry put on human life !!!!

The person responsible for the functioning of the buoy should be tied to the buoy everyday and call the authorities when a tsunami is evident by radio .

5 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Read in initial reports that the Indonesian buoys were also not working and look what happened to 1500 (so far) of them.

I have not seen this confirmed or denied as yet so cannot say it is accurate.

There was a report on why the Indonesian system failed. the earthquake bought down all the communication cables prior to the tsunami.

From an Australian Government information sheet, The last part is the interesting bit, how long had the Thai bouy been bobbing about on the ocean ?

Where are Australia's tsunami buoys being deployed?

Australia is potentially vulnerable to tsunami generated by undersea earthquakes along subduction zones (where the earth's tectonic plates are moving under each other) to the northwest, northeast, east and southeast of Australia. Deep-ocean tsunami detection buoys (and coastal sea level stations) are used to monitor the oceans in each of these regions. There are also spare buoys on hand to ensure maintenance regimes and emergency replacements can be carried out if necessary.

A schematic representation of a deep-ocean tsunami detection buoy (DART™).

Australia's first tsunami detection buoy was deployed on 15 April 2007 in the South East Tasman Sea, some 1200 km from Tasmania. The deployment was carried out in collaboration with NOAA. This buoy captures critical tsunami data from the oceans near the Puysegur fault line southwest of New Zealand. A few more tsunami buoys have since been deployed strategically to protect Australia from tsunami threat due to earthquake sources to the northwest, northeast and southeast of the Australian mainland.

What is the in-water life of a tsunami detection buoy?

The life cycle of a deployed tsunami buoy is approximately 2 to 4 years. The Bureau's maintenance regime involves the replacement of the surface buoy and the sea-floor pressure sensor every one to two years. The devices retrieved during regular maintenance are refurbished and made ready for the next redeployment.

The deployment of a DART™ buoy in the Tasman Sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The reason that the Malaysian buoys were not working was because there could not be an agreement as to who should supervise the maintenance and who should be responsible for the cost of this maintenance!

 

One could safely make the assumption that this is a similar situation in the Land of Smiles!

 

I wonder if it has now been serviced and is working . . . yet?

On 10/5/2018 at 1:08 PM, LomSak27 said:

Uh oh, some one forgot to replace the AA batteries ..... again.

You have some spare ones?

My partner has a son in the village not work since she meet me.

 

I think he needs an energiser up his a#@e too.

Mai bpen rai. 

 

Maybe it not happen.

Look on the bright side , every cloud has a silver lining , cos at least the fishermen are making good use of them .

They can always do a King Canute..

 

Didn't work for him though. 

 

Always the same in these countries: maintenance does not bring in so much T-money, so.. why to do ? 

Second: "it is the will of Allah / my bad karma", so why to spend even a setang to help them ?

Third: fed up with all corruption around these aid-funds. Tsunami Dec 2004 brought € 208 million donations from the public in Netherlands ( 17 million people), now, Sulawesi: just over € 1 million...

20 hours ago, Ctkong said:

Thais are not good in preventive maintenance ... not in their culture. They use equipment until they break down and then repair them. 

And there lies the problem, they don't repair it