Thai government launches emergency plan to reduce flood disasters

[drenddy]

Excuse my innocence, but emergency plans should be set BEFORE the water comes, right?

 

Not after.

 

Or while sailing to Tesco.

Edited September 25, 2021 by drenddy

[ChipButty]

Just now, drenddy said:

Excuse my innocence, buy emergency plans should be set BEFORE the water comes, right?

 

Not after.

 

Or while sailing to Tesco.

Not in Thailand

[Moo 2]

Hurry up Prayut, it's flooding everywhere already. This work has to be done during the dry season,

don't wait until it floods again. You know the song "it's now or never, la la ".

[Rampant Rabbit]

7 hours ago, Denim said:

Always one step ahead of lesser mortals.

If  only he could  master it for my  hobby of cliff  walking

[Rampant Rabbit]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

68 cubic meters

wow 68 whole cubic  meters  thatll  really fix  thing, now  about the other 10million m3

[orchidfan]

4 hours ago, robblok said:

Worst thing after the great flood of 2011 mismanaged by the opposition, it was promised that new plans would be made and things would improve. They have not. So many promises so many lies. 

Agree. 

Our house and garden were under a metre plus of water for 3 months during the 2011 floods.

Everything was going to be fixed....clean Klongs (choked with water hyacinth and rubbish ) install huge drainage pipes, mega pumps etc.

We had to come in by boat. Not only to the house but inside as well.Luckily 2 story so could move a lot upstairs...but not everything !

Even Yingluk's house was flooded. 

What's changed in 10years?

Only nature hasn't thrown 3 consecutive typhoons over Thailand !

[Aussieroaming]

68 m3 of water pumped....don't think so, unless they were using buckets.

 

If they set the dewatering pumps up then where do they discharge the flow during a major regional flood event. Dewatering only works if you can redirect the water to somewhere that has capacity to take the runoff, otherwise the BMA are just pumping water in circles. If they have to release dam water from upstream resevoirs to relieve the levels in them then the flooding down here is just going to worsen in the short term, unfortunately. Thats what happens when a city is built on a river delta.

[actonion]

On 9/25/2021 at 8:05 AM, actonion said:

Does anyone remember   many years ago the serious floods in Bangkok, the government asked  boat owners to gather together to start their  engines to push back the rising sea water with the boats propellors.

And no it is not a joke

[actonion]

On 9/25/2021 at 8:50 AM, HeijoshinCool said:

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Whatever happened to that government science advisor who arranged for a thousand power boats to line up and use their props to make the flooded river flow faster......?

 

 

Did he become prime minister