The Bangkok River Level Thread 2022 - Please post your river level photos

[Crossy]

Hmmm, I think I saw one of these ...

 

 

Sketch by John Wyndham.

[lujanit]

So far so good here.  The pumps seem to be doing their work.  The canal is very full.  We will see at the end of this month when high tide is 3.9 m on the 29th.  27 through 31 are all around the 3.9 m.  This is about 60 cm higher than today's high tide.  Hopefully it doesn't rain upcountry and that the flood peak has passed by then.

[DavisH]

On 10/17/2022 at 1:15 PM, lujanit said:

So far so good here.  The pumps seem to be doing their work.  The canal is very full.  We will see at the end of this month when high tide is 3.9 m on the 29th.  27 through 31 are all around the 3.9 m.  This is about 60 cm higher than today's high tide.  Hopefully it doesn't rain upcountry and that the flood peak has passed by then.

The tide will be attenuated somewhat as you go upstream. It may only be a 20-30 cm increase in Pak kret, for example. We have a few days of lowish high tides so hopefully that will help water flow to the gulf more quickly. There should be little rain for the next 10 days so that should help a lot too.

[Crossy]

There's not really much of note going on, level goes up and down with the tide.

 

Not really much overall movement, hoping for a general decrease before the big tides at the end of the month.

 

Madam notes that there were some issues up in Ang Thong when some annoyed villagers who have been flooded for a while decided to share their water with the adjacent village who were (until then) safe behind their sandbags!

[Jai Dee]

41 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Madam notes that there were some issues up in Ang Thong when some annoyed villagers who have been flooded for a while decided to share their water with the adjacent village who were (until then) safe behind their sandbags!

This seems to happen a lot in semi-rural areas, where the natural watercourse in times of flooding are blocked by some to the detriment of others.

No wonder they were annoyed!

 

Glad to hear that you have not been flooded out yet.

[Crossy]

An epic struggle was captured by our CCTV starring a Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), which figures as it was about 8PM. He spent a full 10 minutes failing to swallow his catch before being spotted by the dogs and flying off (catch still in beak).

 

 

 

[Jai Dee]

 

 

[Crossy]

Meanwhile, the general level around Bangkok is dropping, slowly but it is dropping.

 

This morning's high at Pak Kret.

 

 

We now have mud, lots of mud, and rather less water although there are high tides due later this week.

 

Also, many of Madam's koi have been captured and returned to their pond. 

 

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

50 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Meanwhile, the general level around Bangkok is dropping, slowly but it is dropping.

 

This morning's high at Pak Kret.

 

 

We now have mud, lots of mud, and rather less water although there are high tides due later this week.

 

Also, many of Madam's koi have been captured and returned to their pond. 

 

 

 

Going to need a skip loader to remove the mud from the concrete driveway, I mean there is one under the mud correct?

[Crossy]

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

Going to need a skip loader to remove the mud from the concrete driveway, I mean there is one under the mud correct?

 

Nah, it's gravel, we like the au-naturelle grass-up-the-middle jungle style, it matches the rest of the garden.

 

Once it's dried out a bit, we'll dump another couple of truck loads on to freshen it up ???? 

 

 

[carlyai]

54 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Meanwhile, the general level around Bangkok is dropping, slowly but it is dropping.

 

This morning's high at Pak Kret.

 

 

We now have mud, lots of mud, and rather less water although there are high tides due later this week.

 

Also, many of Madam's koi have been captured and returned to their pond. 

 

 

 

Good news about the fish. ????

Shovel and pressure washer for the mud?

Do the army or navy ever come around to help after a flood?

[ThailandRyan]

33 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Nah, it's gravel, we like the au-naturelle grass-up-the-middle jungle style, it matches the rest of the garden.

 

Once it's dried out a bit, we'll dump another couple of truck loads on to freshen it up ???? 

 

 

Bingo......

[Crossy]

The first of the bigger (tomorrow and over the weekend is the highest I think) tides has arrived at Pak Kret.

 

 

Actually looks like there should be no problem, at least for us.

 

Others may be less fortunate ???? 

 

 

[Crossy]

Should be about the top of the tide at Pak Kret.

 

 

About an hour before we peak at the house.

 

EDIT about an hour later

 

Top of the tide at the house.

 

[Crossy]

Meanwhile, Madam being Madam is rescuing stranded fish. These are all now residing happily in the goose pond.

 

Her koi are already back in their home.

 

 

 

[Crossy]

High today at Pak Kret, no nasty surprises ???? 

 

Should be the last of the biggies, peak tide starts going down from tomorrow ???? 

 

[John Drake]

3 hours ago, Crossy said:

High today at Pak Kret, no nasty surprises ???? 

 

Should be the last of the biggies, peak tide starts going down from tomorrow ???? 

Good to go until next year, then?

[Crossy]

Pak Kret high today, definitely on a nicely downwards trend.

 

Puyai Baan has also allowed us to adjust the sandbags in front of our gate so we can get the car in and out ????   

 

 

So now the big cleanup begins including replacing / fixing Madam's irrigation pumps which haven't reacted well to being under water for 2 weeks + ???? 

 

EDIT It looks like the mower didn't make it ???? 

It's not like there's any grass yet anyway. The mower was on its last legs already having survived over 10 years of abuse.

 

[Pooreye]

Wife is happy she was wrong. But now we have a 2011-look alike year with fresh data saved from various points upstreams during the last month, so easier next time to predict about water level in our area.????

[Crossy]

Yeah, we have a much better idea of how high it can get before it comes in the house (rather higher than I originally thought too) and just what we need to protect.

 

I had a backup plan if it went much higher which should handle the 2011 levels. I did a test install on one door just in case but we ended up with only a tiny amount getting past the sandbags which our small pumps managed to handle easily.

 

That's Shera board, silicon behind (over masking tape to protect the paint - hopefully), brace it with a couple of sandbags behind if the level really came up.

 

[Jai Dee]

What about your grey water tanks guys?

Do you have a contingency plan for them too?

If they get inundated won't your floor drains inside the house overflow as well?

 

Just asking. because it happened to us about 7 years ago.

[Crossy]

Our floor drains are actually lower than the water came this time.

 

Bin liner over the drain with a sandbag on top stemmed the flow to a drip, this time!

 

Next issue would be the downstairs toilet pan!

[lujanit]

Well I am eating humble pie.  I was convinced the village was going to flood like 2011.  The village committee learnt a few things since then and we were saved from being inundated.  Well done to the village committee.  They are still pumping water out although I’m not so sure it helps with the klong level so high.  The water just comes back up the storm water drains.  Who am I to judge?

 

Anyway thanks for saving us from a repeat of 2011.

[Crossy]

I'm certain that it was my Plan-B which convinced the river that it just wasn't worth flooding our place just so it could muddy some tiles

 

6 hours ago, Crossy said:

... (over masking tape to protect the paint - hopefully)

 

It didn't, so some painting will be required after filling the screw holes. The masking tape certainly made it easier (possible) to actually remove the silicon.

 

Got to test the pressure washer this weekend, I expect more paint will be needed after that too.

[Crossy]

High water at Pak Kret.

 

Most definitely continuing the downwards trend, but it could do with being faster for many riverside communities.

 

[lujanit]

10 minutes ago, Crossy said:

High water at Pak Kret.

A good trend, let’s hope it continues.  I also hope it will be another eleven years before this natural calamity happens again.  I probably won’t be around then to witness another flood.  What with BKK sinking it might be worse than 2011.  I see BKK sinking here at home, the garden has sunk 5 cm over the last seven to eight years.  The concrete surrounds have all cracked and it is almost impossible to drive the car out of the garage without scraping the bottom.

[Crossy]

4 minutes ago, lujanit said:

The concrete surrounds have all cracked and it is almost impossible to drive the car out of the garage without scraping the bottom.

 

Time to lose the Ferrari!

 

[lujanit]

4 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Time to lose the Ferrari!

It’ s common ten year old Mazda 3, much more clearance than a Ferrari.  If I could afford a Ferrari I wouldn’t be living here.

[Crossy]

1 minute ago, lujanit said:

It’ s common ten year old Mazda 3, much more clearance than a Ferrari.  If I could afford a Ferrari I wouldn’t be living here.

 

 

[lujanit]

On 11/2/2022 at 5:35 PM, Crossy said:

 

 

I knew a guy in Singapore who put ‘skirts’ all around his souped up Nissan.  He couldn’t even drive out of the workshop the car was so low.  Had to remove the kit.  He then blew up the Cosworth motor.  After ‘investing’ over 100k he sold it for pennies on the dollar.  I am a great believer that car engineers and manufacturers know more than me so I never alter a new car.