Popular Post webfact Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 Picture: Thai PBS It's been a perennial question since some Pattaya expats now retired were knee high to grasshoppers! Why does their preferred retirement home flood all the time? Yesterday Pattaya's strongarm mayor - from a family used to getting its own way - gave his excuses and outlined the way forward. Thai PBS were in town and they too had noticed that whenever the rainy season comes around great swathes of Pattaya continually go under half a meter of floodwater. Firstly the excuses. Picture: Thai PBS Sontaya Kunplome said that it was caused by rain. Not just any old rain, oh no. Pattaya had suffered the heaviest rain in decades recently, he claimed. Also causing trouble to his plans was the building of the high speed three airport rail link (Don Muang - Suvarnabhumi - U-Tapao). Aspects of this projects construction had interferred with drainage. In addition many areas that are low lying had flooded despite measures to prevent this. That went back years, he suggested without saying "well before I arrived". Picture: Thai PBS He outlined several roads where this was happening saying Soi Bongkot and Jomtien 2 road and at Mongkhol intersection had gone from knee deep to waist deep. He then described Pattaya as being in a shallow frying pan - outlying areas just feed all that dastardly H2O to the city. For answers the mayor is looking at new pipe plans as well as concentrating efforts to stop encroachment on waterways. Offending properties will be removed and more than 100 cases will be continually followed up to conclusion. Rather resigned to Pattaya's problems the mayor asked for time and concluded with a vague set of generalizations: "Solving Pattaya's flooding problem is not a short term issue. Firstly we must drain the water as fast as possible. Secondly we must follow the plan in the medium term. Thirdly we must make improvements to the system". ASEAN NOW advice to residents: Get out your galoshes, the rainy season still has a way to run! -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-09-28 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grantbkk Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 This guy is hilarious! He has no idea what is happening from one minute to the next. Rain causes flooding! Priceless! 8 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrMJA Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 Amazing, flooding is caused by rain …. Brilliant!!!! Nothing “slips” past this kind of Muppet. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, webfact said: had gone from knee deep to waist deep. Is that waist deep to the same grasshopper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Geoffggi Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 He is partially correct, when I first came to live in Pattaya (some considerable time ago) Soi Bongkot did not flood at all, it was only when a certain hotel on Soi Honey plus other road works interfered with the drainage system that things started to go wrong and Soi Bongkot started flooding. Now it is a total mess, they continue to divert the natural flow of water without due consideration for what may go wrong. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, grantbkk said: This guy is hilarious! He has no idea what is happening from one minute to the next. Rain causes flooding! Priceless! I disagree. IMO he knows what is happening, but he doesn't care, for the usual reasons. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Get 10 x 30TKomatsu's in and 300 labourers and 30kms of 2ft Humes conc pipes in and it'll be fixed in 6 months forever. It's not rocket science .... just action and do it. oh wait ! no budget .... lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Banana7 Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) We know why Pattaya keeps flooding! It's because the sewer pipes are too few, too small, and aren't sloped downhill and the pumps are too small. The existing pipes are 3/4 full of water even before it starts raining! Hire professional civil engineers who can calculate storm water accumulation and runoff, understand that water runs downhill and have many years of successful experience in building adequate sewers. Give the engineers adequate funds to use quality materials and complete the project quickly - like 24 hours a day 7 days a week construction permission and mandate the project be completed in 12 months. Lots of times we see lots of digging but only 4 people on job with one backhoe, and many days of no one on the job. Proper planning, organization and execution can get the job done quickly - it doesn't take decades. Edited September 28, 2021 by Banana7 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Banana7 said: We know why Pattaya keeps flooding! It's because the sewer pipes are too few, too small, and aren't sloped downhill and the pumps are too small. The existing pipes are 3/4 full of water even before it starts raining! Hire professional civil engineers who can calculate storm water accumulation and runoff, understand that water runs downhill and have many years of successful experience in building adequate sewers. Give the engineers adequate funds to complete the project quickly - like 24 hours a day 7 days a week construction permission and mandate the project be completed in 12 months. Lots of times we see lots of digging but only 4 people on job with one backhoe, and many days of no one on the job. Proper planning, organization and execution can get the job done quickly - it doesn't take decades. I think this is a prime example where they don't want to spend the money. imo 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Absolutely priceless ! Others have their own theories about the Flooding every time there is some kind of Rain shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvorBiggun2 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 20 minutes ago, DrMJA said: Amazing, flooding is caused by rain …. Brilliant!!!! Nothing “slips” past this kind of Muppet. Rain is not necessary the cause of flooding. Water management is the cause of flooding or should I say 'the lack of water management'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Is this news or an OP Ed piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huangnon Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Build on natural flood plains and over run-offs, and this is what happens. It's been happening in Pattaya and other towns in Thailand for decades, but a lot of new housing projects in England (e.g.) have the same problems. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 Until they admit defeat and get experts in it will keep flooding 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwonitoy Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Water, Water is why the flooding is happening. This man's IQ was tested and found to be uncalculable 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IvorBiggun2 Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 minute ago, kwonitoy said: Water, Water is why the flooding is happening. Flooding is caused by bad water management. The Dutch manage it very well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 47 minutes ago, webfact said: Why does their preferred retirement home flood all the time? because the Mayor keeps spending Millions piling sand on the beach blocking the only escape route the water has lol 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 53 minutes ago, webfact said: Sontaya Kunplome said that it was caused by rain. I stopped reading right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 48 minutes ago, grantbkk said: This guy is hilarious! He has no idea what is happening from one minute to the next. Rain causes flooding! Priceless! Bet he knows how much money is in his bank from one minute to the next ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 39 minutes ago, steven100 said: Get 10 x 30TKomatsu's in and 300 labourers and 30kms of 2ft Humes conc pipes in and it'll be fixed in 6 months forever. It's not rocket science .... just action and do it. oh wait ! no budget .... lol 4 footers me thunks... yes you are right, a bit of action always helps... Cheers GBW 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobandyson Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DrMJA said: Nothing “slips” past this kind of Muppet. Not flood water apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 I preferred the Bangkok governer's explanation to a similar story on his turf a few years back. "It hasn't flooded, the water just hasn't left yet". ???? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: Until they admit defeat and get experts in it will keep flooding Plenty of Dutch expats here available for consultation...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post IvorBiggun2 Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said: Until they admit defeat and get experts in it will keep flooding Thailand askes for farang help? Yo havin a larf? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 the whole explanations shows the good education of he man....Better could find a job that suits him more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 When it's raining, it might result in flooding - sure, especially when people decides to settle in areas that are natural water reservoirs in heavy rain periods, as after a few years with less rain these areas seems to be safe, and those settlers furthermore splash concrete out everywhere, so the water cannot drain into soil - it's pure logic, which however is overlooked quite many places around the World, not only Pattaya...???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeahbutif Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Just build cannels instead of roads .. that would get the unlicensed cars and bike off the road .. double whammy..or a moat round pattaya.as someone said rain runs down hill.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jamiejoel Posted September 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2021 The main question people should be asking here is how many of MP's houses have been flooded? If we made every MP live in the areas that were flooding whilst they were in office, the problem would be solved in a few days. The old adage NIMBY (Not in my backyard) applies here. As long as it does not affect those making the decisions there is no need to stress urgency. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nojohndoe Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 hours ago, steven100 said: Get 10 x 30TKomatsu's in and 300 labourers and 30kms of 2ft Humes conc pipes in and it'll be fixed in 6 months forever. It's not rocket science .... just action and do it. oh wait ! no budget .... lol What are Humes conc pipes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 hours ago, webfact said: Pattaya had suffered the heaviest rain in decades recently, he claimed. Disagree... I have seen rain this heavy before..... flooded then too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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