milys Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Victornoir said: Opposite. Since the excess water is evacuated at this place, it is important not to put the sand back but on the contrary to maintain and consolidate this passage. Yaba yaba yaba ! (not that Yaba) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, 2umich said: I was always wondering, why those protesters who want to remove government, never try to keep accountable local administrations responsible for road repair, as corruption on local level is much more obvious. It was the national gov. Junta that appointed Fredo Corleone to the Pattaya mayor's chair. It should be pretty obvious that the Greens get a piece of the action. Edited September 8, 2021 by pegman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 2 hours ago, TooBigToFit said: There's one area along Jomtien that smells like a septic tank when you drive by. They obviously had some sewer issues there. Not sure if this is the same area or if they have solved that problem. I think that same area is where the waste water treatment plant discharges into the Gulf. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Tongue Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I am just shocked! Absolutely shocked about this! Who could believe that Thai construction could fail so quickly and badly? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espanol Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 11 hours ago, PEE TEE said: I hope the airport runways are not made by the same contractors I read somewhere that they were sinking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espanol Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 They seem to have built directly on the sand in the bed of a torrent. ???? Who could imagine that it was going to rain so much in Pattaya and that it was going to wash away the sand? ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Espanol Posted September 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2021 10 hours ago, Emdog said: On the bright side, they now have a waterfall tourist attraction. Do farangs need to pay 400 bahts to see the waterfall? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Bones Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 It does seem strange that there is more water on Beach Road than in the ocean. Living off Soi Khaotalo I see the rivers heading off downhill to wash away the sand. Luckily my house is on high ground. More concrete needed I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 14 hours ago, LittleBear57 said: I said to the wife we will be OK in Jomtiem it's Pattaya that floods. I seem to remember having to wade into immigration through a flooded street one time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 17 hours ago, kotsak said: In other news, the country is ready to venture in space.. One Way? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Mercer Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Note how the drainage grating is normal, higher than the surrounding area!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeem Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Cover everywhere in cement this is the result 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Mercer Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 17 hours ago, Jeffr2 said: The storm drains there always had water gushing out of them after a rain. Flooding the street there. That is some really black water. Terrible. The water is black due to the material choking up the drainage lines, never been or likely to be clened out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Mercer Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 16 hours ago, hotchilli said: Water has a habit of running downhill to the lowest point... that's where a bl**dy great drain should be located to take it away somewhere it can't do any harm. And on the way lots of larger drains so flooding can't take place. As Big a drain as can be fitted. REGULARILY cleaned!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Reminds me of the scene in the movie Paint Your Wagon. The town has been undermined by villains collecting the last of the gold, collapses into the ground and everyone flees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 20 hours ago, webfact said: A video posted on the ASEAN NOW Facebook page showed the sidewalk collapsed under the weight of the excess flood water. Any actual evidence of the sidewalk collapsing under the weight of the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Wullie Mercer said: The water is black due to the material choking up the drainage lines, never been or likely to be clened out. What material is that? Hardly likely to be leaves these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo53 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 And not a bit of Reo Bar in sight,i wonder why the concrete broke like that ...Duh!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 17 hours ago, 2umich said: I was always wondering, why those protesters who want to remove government, never try to keep accountable local administrations responsible for road repair, as corruption on local level is much more obvious. There are to be NO LOCAL elections in Pattaya this time around; presumably Prayuth is happy with the 'strong-arm mayor? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 16 hours ago, 2umich said: I was always wondering, why those protesters who want to remove government, never try to keep accountable local administrations responsible for road repair, as corruption on local level is much more obvious. The answer is in the question. They want to remove the government, not fix the things they complain about. The same reason they light fires, throw explosives and Molotov's then complain about police violence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 12 hours ago, joskeshake said: Not the first time, many years ago the whole road collapsed for about 100 meter on Jomptien beachroad That was at the far south end near to "Pu Ben" and "Loong Sawai" restaurants if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldPedro Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 They can learn from this !! (maybe)....a few large canals from the road to the ocean....too easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnarth Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 I am amazed no one mentioned global warming as the problem, guess will leave that to the experts 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l4ml4m Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Dongtan beach is worst. I am so worried for the squirrels living there ! Please bring them food, they are starving ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, OldPedro said: They can learn from this !! (maybe)....a few large canals from the road to the ocean....too easy? This was being suggested on this very forum some 18 months or more ago, as the current pipework efforts were making Beach Rd look a mess. Nature even shows us where to put them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 5 hours ago, BangkokReady said: Any actual evidence of the sidewalk collapsing under the weight of the water? Collapsed for the same reasons everything else around here collapses: They slap it down on loose substrate that is undermined /washed out by waves or flooding. Like the area around this structure in the newly completed Naklua flood control project going through the park. Or what's left of it with this bs parking structure construction. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Just as well that wasn't in Pattaya, as it might put a crimp in the "Riviera of Thailand" myth they've been promoting. Couldn't make this stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, morrobay said: Collapsed for the same reasons everything else around here collapses: They slap it down on loose substrate that is undermined /washed out by waves or flooding. Like the area around this structure in the newly completed Naklua flood control project going through the park. Or what's left of it with this bs parking structure construction. That seemed the more likely explanation to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sharecropper Posted September 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2021 This first 4 photos show the scene at 8.30am. The palm tree had just collapsed next to me.... And the second four show the scene at 5.30pm...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Government has figured out how to help those stranded in the flood waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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