Major Thai agencies predicting repeat of Bangkok's "2011 Great Flood" - city will disappear altogether by 2100 unless govt acts

[Excel]

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Flooding in Thailand was three times worse in 2011 compared to this year, space agency data

 

Daily News Thai Caption:Three times the difference

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1270610-flooding-in-thailand-was-three-times-worse-in-2011-compared-to-this-year-space-agency-data/

That may be so but the so called "doom and gloom" report earlier was not stating that the flooding is worse now than 2011, it was predicating it could become worse within the next few months as this is what they stated. 

 

"Expected rain over the next three months will be heavier and longer lasting than normal, likely heralding the worst deluges in 100 years."

[ozimoron]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Bkk was apparently full of canals till they filled them in for cars to use, so perhaps they could dig up the roads and return it to what it was.

 

Seriously, they've had 10 years to prepare, and what have they done?

If it all turns to <deleted> they only have themselves to blame.

Stop with the uninformed misinformation

 

https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/S3b4_Thailand.pdf.

[sandyf]

16 hours ago, AnotherFarang8 said:

It is not going well for energy prices after many countries stopped investments in fossil fuel production.

What a distorted comment. Cutting back on fossil fuel is not the problem, that stems from how alternative energy was aquired.

If you playwith the devil, expect to get burned.

[spidermike007]

The sceptic will argue that anything we do could not possibly influence the climate, or effect the atmosphere. The planet is simply too large, and the population is too small to have any effect. Let the ships dump whatever they want into the ocean. The ocean is simply too large for anything we do to damage it.

This frees us to buy as many plastic bottles as we please, drive filthy diesel vehicles, and behave as if nothing effects anything. It's not us. It is just a cycle. We are not responsible. Stop blaming us. We cannot do anything to change things, and our behavior is not important. 
 

[gunner1]

I remember in the sixties and seventies before leaving the hotel I had to roll up my pants, take off my shoes and wear a pair of flip flops before going out on the street, especially on sukhumvit soi-4.

 

[racket]

This is a compelling reason why you shouldn't invest or put any money into this third-world country.

 

Let's face it, this restructuring should have been planned and executed well over 20 years ago when the U.N. issued multiple reports of high and severe warnings about major capitals around the world in the event of flooding risks , but the public and political leadership have been weak and continues to be ignorant.

 

I know many property owners in Bangkok who are chocked to see their homes collapse in prices. The supply is there yes, but poor infrastructure have turned this city into the 2nd worlds most congested capital in the world - yes, you heard it right. 

 

Pollution is another problem this article haven't highlighted.

 

Economically, de-globalization is going to put a lot of downward pressure on the baht as more factories and manufacturing are slowly and eventually going to leave Thailand simply because it's impossible to do business here with a convenient environment... but most of it stems for the fact that the U.S. and Europe can't rely on SE Asia long-term.

 

They are coming back home!  Look how quickly western businesses, in a coordinated fashion, left Russia in a matter of few weeks.

 

Now that BKK is representing 40% of GDP, most if it is just financial services and tourism. The north east is where the manufacturing hub is, and the south is completely disconnected from the rest of Thailand. 

 

Tourism ain't gonna save this economy for the short- and intermediate term. Get your money out from this country - you have been warned. 

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[Photoguy21]

If that is the case then we can say goodbye to Bangkok. It will take 80 years just to agree to get actual experts in to resolve the issue. The resistance to getting anyone who is not a Thai national will be tremendous despite the fact there is no one in the country who can work out the solution. if there is why have they not resolved this problem a long time ago?

[kingstonkid]

23 hours ago, DaLa said:

Starting to move my furniture upstairs this afternoon.

That will save your furniture but you will still not be able to stay there if it happens.  I did that in 2011 and was ready to ride it out until the sewers backed up on the second floor.

 

The challenge is not having access to food and fresh water.

 

They have done some work around Rangsit and in Pathum Thani, but it will be interesting to see how much it works.  

 

The other problem is Thais throwing garbage into the canals

 

Going to be interesting to see what people do and how they act this time; a lot more people are living in the burbs and not sure the sewer lines have been improved enough.

[toofarnorth]

By 2100 I think I will have disappeared too.

[Bangkocker]

On 8/31/2022 at 1:54 PM, Dmaxdan said:

So it will soon become Venice of the orient. The tuk tuk drivers will have to trade in their machines for gondolas.

Oh well !! Another excuse for more floating markets.

 

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, Bangkocker said:

Oh well !! Another excuse for more floating markets.

 

Sook Siam knows no boundaries.

[Bangkocker]

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Sook Siam knows no boundaries.

Yes, many sookies in Siam... health minister biggest sook known.

[onthedarkside]

Two posts with unsourced and unsubstantiated claims have been removed, along with ensuing replies.

 

[mixed]

3 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

They have done some work around Rangsit and in Pathum Thani, but it will be interesting to see how much it works. 

Did they complete the work? There are walls of around a meter along hwy 305, but last I looked there were gaps, which make it useless. A year or two after the floods they were back working on housing estates that had been abandoned. Short memories, let's see how things pan out.

[kingstonkid]

8 minutes ago, mixed said:

Did they complete the work? There are walls of around a meter along hwy 305, but last I looked there were gaps, which make it useless. A year or two after the floods they were back working on housing estates that had been abandoned. Short memories, let's see how things pan out.

around nokon nayok they completed the walls.

 

[Excel]

2 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

around nokon nayok they completed the walls.

 

Well based on the original report and the subsequent one regarding the 2011 floods that the suggestion is that if the weather pattern does occur as predicted then it will indeed be nothing like the 20111 floods which were caused by Northern Run-off and the opening of sluice gates to protect BKKs CBD.    This time it is being suggested it will be solely due to immense and heavy rainfall through out Bangkok which the current infrastructure will be unable to cope with and hence flooding, even in the CBD, is a strong likelihood.  But of course whoever trusts a weather man ?

[Pattaya Spotter]

Glad I've passed on all the Covid discounts on Bangkok condos the past 2 years.

[n00dle]

On 8/31/2022 at 4:35 PM, Crossy said:

Thai's are not particularly good at planning, but they are amazing at coping!

so very true.

[Stargeezr]

Hey 88 years should be long enough for everyone in Bangkok to move to the new

capital city in Kow Yai. Lots of higher ground up there, and then Thailand would have

a still fairly new, only 88 year old capital. Problem solved.   No the sky is not falling for anyone

but a climate alarmist.

[ozimoron]

6 hours ago, Stargeezr said:

Hey 88 years should be long enough for everyone in Bangkok to move to the new

capital city in Kow Yai. Lots of higher ground up there, and then Thailand would have

a still fairly new, only 88 year old capital. Problem solved.   No the sky is not falling for anyone

but a climate alarmist.

Right, because in 87 years nothing will have changed. Got it.