Video: 3-2-1 gone! Big house collapses into a heap amid north Thailand flooding - owner films it

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Sanook Thai Caption: The moment a house collapses

 

Sanook had video of the collapse of a large house in Lampang, northern Thailand where there has been severe flooding. 

 

A woman could be heard to shriek as the house creaked and collapsed next door. Then crying could be heard.

 

The house was in the Ban Nam Long estate in Ngao district.

 

The owner of the property, a lady called Somthat Kankaew, said she had filmed the end of her house herself.

 

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She explained that the previous evening she had left it after a flash flood and gone to stay with relatives nearby for her own safety. 

 

The foundations of her house had been seriously eroded.

 

The video also showed army personnel helping other stricken victims and local volunteers clearing up after the floods. 

 

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[JoePai]

Few nails and a coat of paint and it will be fine

[Dmaxdan]

Desperately sad. Things like this put our minor little gripes into perspective. 

[Dmaxdan]

4 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Few nails and a coat of paint and it will be fine

Lets hope something like this never happens to you...

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, JoePai said:

Few nails and a coat of paint and it will be fine

Probably what caused it?

[bbudd]

Can't understand why people insist on putting there houses up on posts and not using any sway braces

Just an accident waiting to happen

[Lopchan]

On 5/18/2022 at 11:59 AM, JoePai said:

Few nails and a coat of paint and it will be fine

Would you be so flippant if it was your home?

[billd766]

On 5/18/2022 at 12:01 PM, Dmaxdan said:

Desperately sad. Things like this put our minor little gripes into perspective. 

How sad for the lady owner. I hope that nobody was hurt or in the house when it happened.

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1 hour ago, Lopchan said:

Would you be so flippant if it was your home?

To be fair, I could imagine this Thai home owner playing the world's smallest violin if this farang lost his home to some barwench.

 

Wouldn't surprise me if he'd even have a good belly laugh about it with his pals; I am sure they wouldn't talk about it solomnly and feel genuine empathy -- that's a farang thing to do.

 

As much as I kinda feel a little sorry for this guy, I have been in Thailand long enough to know they don't truly care about each other.

 

There are a few exceptions.