Bangkok Braces for Northern Runoff, High Tide

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK, Aug 29 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the military work together to reinforce flood embankments to cope with looming impacts from northern runoff along with high tide and rainwater.

 

Bangkok governor Chatchart Sittipunt visited the Royal Thai Naval Dockyard in Bangkok Noi district to give moral support to soldiers deployed to install sandbags to protect riverside communities from possible flooding.

 

The city hall sought cooperation from the military to install sandbags at two sections and 100 soldiers were deployed to help BMA’s officials to carry out the operations.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1007244

 

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[billd766]

It happens every year and no matter how high or how many embankments that are built, flood water will always find a way around or over the embankment.

 

At least the current (elected by the people) governor, Chatchart Sittipunt, got out of his office and went out to the site to talk to the guys who were actually working. His government appointed predecessor never bothered with little things like that.

[RichardColeman]

Seems to me, that unless they block all the drains behind the barrier then its pointless

[Bangkok Barry]

Anyone in government preparing for this? Like helping 10,000,000+ people and businesses to relocate? No, I thought not.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the military work together to reinforce flood embankments to cope with looming impacts from northern runoff along with high tide and rainwater.

Sanbags are their only answer..

[Caldera]

Sandbags 555. Have they ever helped, I mean really?

[ourmanflint]

Thailand could well have been devastated like Pakistan this year, it's only luck that stopped it, the approach would have been the same, do nothing until it's far far too late.

[foreverlomsak]

6 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Anyone in government preparing for this? Like helping 10,000,000+ people and businesses to relocate? No, I thought not.

But 2050 was 515 years ago and it didn't happen, why should we be worried now or in the future.

[Stargeezr]

Hmm, it is now 2022, so 2050 is in the future for those that can add.

  I am more inclined to believe that maybe by 2150, the ocean level may rise enough to over take Bangkok.

   Then again even though I do believe that the world may be warming itself up and climate change is

happening, I am not a climate alarmist.   I can see that many places in the world are being affected by 

hotter or wetter weather than usual, but I am sure there have been some times in the past, maybe 

distant past of more than 100 years, where the weather has been extreme as well. Hopefully the sky is

not falling as well.