ozimoron Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Just now, voulez vous said: Can say that is news to me about urban drainage and irrigation. Thanks. As for the GDP; Thailand is awash with money. Like so many countries it is poorly distributed. Anyhow; when the causeway is built from Sattahip to Hua Hin, and the water drained, the flooding in Pattaya should cease. The finest example is Ankhor Wat and environs but the khlongs in Bangkok are extensive as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 4 hours ago, jacko45k said: I drove in Sunday morning about 9am... do you mean like 1am -2am or so....? I walked around Buakhao and it was ok.. This rainy season has me worried. by 6am Sunday morning it had been raining for a few hours, maybe dry a few hours later. Sunday evening started raining again to morning, heavy hence the flooding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaaSaparot Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Got to wonder, if those electricity boxes on Walking Street being positioned at street level is such a great idea? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 They were installed as as short term solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 25 minutes ago, TaaSaparot said: Got to wonder, if those electricity boxes on Walking Street being positioned at street level is such a great idea? Probably not, also why so many? very suspicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted September 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2022 2 hours ago, John Drake said: Just watched the first minute and it mostly seemed to consist of broken down balding old potbellies. When they post a video of Pattaya, I notice the Thai girls, and you notice the fat old white guys. I think that says something about both of us! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, voulez vous said: Anyhow; when the causeway is built from Sattahip to Hua Hin, and the water drained, the flooding in Pattaya should cease. Is that supposed to be some kind of off the wall joke? A causeway across about 80 km of the gulf. That blocks the ports. Edited September 5, 2022 by morrobay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jastheace Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, morrobay said: Is that supposed to be some kind of off the wall joke? A causeway across about 80 km of the gulf. That blocks the ports. thats a new one on me as well. however, any updates on the Pattaya monorail that was proposed in 2006... ? edit... BTW speaking of 2006, wasn't that when soi honey was dug up for new drainage pipes to help the problem of soi buakhao flooding in that area... ( similar to soi 15 of recent weeks). Edited September 5, 2022 by jastheace edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 1 hour ago, morrobay said: Is that supposed to be some kind of off the wall joke? 39 minutes ago, jastheace said: thats a new one on me as well. Was in the news the other day. A suggestion to create a freshwater lake or something to change the ecology........Start of the climate change argument discussion......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Some off topic and troll posts removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Farang Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 10 hours ago, ozimoron said: Thais and the Khmers were world leaders in urban drainage and irrigation for centuries. The xenophobic notion that they are behind the curve really isn't true. All they lack is the GDP of more developed nations. Never knew that. Good to hear. I suppose in an area that is Monsoonal followed by a lengthy dry (very very hot) spell, the proper distribution and storage of the water would have been a Priority for the survival for the population. "Necessity is the Mother of invention" as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ71 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 6 hours ago, morrobay said: Is that supposed to be some kind of off the wall joke? A causeway across about 80 km of the gulf. That blocks the ports. You still have a map?? Good effort, not seen one for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jastheace Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 1 hour ago, PJ71 said: You still have a map?? Good effort, not seen one for many years. pre swampy airport as well by the looks of it. i can see bang phli, and the aircraft symbol at U-taphao, but no swampy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 The way it is raining at my place this morning (6.15 am) I might expect more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Some off topic posts have been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 A heavy night of rain last night...Mrs is in the pool, and it is over-spilling onto the grass.... (no she is not a big lass.) Surely town had issues..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 7:36 PM, scubascuba3 said: Probably not, also why so many? very suspicious Not suspicious at all. Install many boxes instead of the necessary number gives added opportunity for the usual reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 9:43 PM, morrobay said: Is that supposed to be some kind of off the wall joke? A causeway across about 80 km of the gulf. That blocks the ports. Um, it would likely incorporate a bridge somewhere for ships to pass under, as in many such schemes around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 They better get alot of foreign engineering help for this. If they can't even connect the latest Beach Rd drain pipe project to that existing pump station at South end. As evidenced by all the portable pumps .https://bangkokherald.com/business/transport/broke-thailand-mulling-trillion-baht-on-unneeded-bridges-to-nowhere/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 What's the logic of walking street having no drainage? only man holes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen65 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 8:42 AM, jacko45k said: Probably not, I suspect they are already filled with sand. wait long enough they will be filled with fat balls ( remember the sidewalk vendors and every restaurant kitchen dumps there used oil down the drain or empties it into drainage grid ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voulez vous Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 12:49 PM, ozimoron said: The finest example is Ankhor Wat and environs but the khlongs in Bangkok are extensive as well. Best to send a few of the engineers into Pattaya then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voulez vous Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 4:43 PM, morrobay said: Is that supposed to be some kind of off the wall joke? A causeway across about 80 km of the gulf. That blocks the ports. The ports will have to move to the other side of the new wall. Must move with the times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 13 hours ago, Jen65 said: wait long enough they will be filled with fat balls ( remember the sidewalk vendors and every restaurant kitchen dumps there used oil down the drain or empties it into drainage grid ! ) I thought they could get money for it..... my Mrs keeps it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppius Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 19 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: What's the logic of walking street having no drainage? only man holes I thought they dug it up a few years ago and put big drain pipes in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 4:41 AM, scubascuba3 said: Can't be true, they fixed the drainage They didnt fix the <deleted> that sits on top of the drainage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, Seppius said: I thought they dug it up a few years ago and put big drain pipes in The Beach/ sea is but a few yards away..... if not for the illegal buildings, surely it could drain very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 1:20 AM, TaaSaparot said: Who will be first to say its unseasonable? August and sept r wettest months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 39 minutes ago, Seppius said: I thought they dug it up a few years ago and put big drain pipes in they put some drains in but now water can't drain away quick enough, partly because not enough proper drain holes, also probably full anyway, as usual they haven't designed it properly and so keeps flooding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyn Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Floods every year one more thing to attract those rich hiso tourists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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