Social Media Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Also in Phuket town....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamfalang Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 falangs standing in rushing water..... Murphy's Law!!!!!!! Hey falang, look.............................earthquake, go take selfie next to that big crack in the Earth!!! only the falang why falang? Tik Tok views........................ teaching moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatewash Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 The first video in the OP is indeed Patong, but the second video is taken in Phuket Town at the intersection of Phuket and Phang Nga Roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) Bang Tao South flash floods, our car in 1 meter of water. Gonna cost me a fortune. Hell of a rain the last 2 days. Edited October 16, 2022 by SoilSpoil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said: Bang Tao South flash floods, our car in 1 meter of water. Gonna cost me a fortune. Your car not insured ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Flash flooding really scares me, no (or very little) warning, no chance for preparation! ???? Here in BKK we get the slow-motion train wreck, (usually) plenty of time to prepare, then it hangs around for weeks ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said: Bang Tao South flash floods, our car in 1 meter of water. Gonna cost me a fortune. Hell of a rain the last 2 days. That possibly explains why Samui is currently getting a lot of visitors from Phuket. You folk seem to have had things particularly bad this year or are this year's downpours normal? Edited October 16, 2022 by Tropicalevo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skatewash Posted October 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2022 40 minutes ago, Crossy said: Flash flooding really scares me, no (or very little) warning, no chance for preparation! ???? Here in BKK we get the slow-motion train wreck, (usually) plenty of time to prepare, then it hangs around for weeks ???? Two things that make the flash flooding in Phuket not as bad as it could be: The same areas (low-lying, poor drainage) are affected over and over again. If it's raining hard you know which areas are likely to flood. The waters do drain fairly quickly (usually). It's unusual for an area to still be flooded the next day after a flash flood. It's still bad if one has to travel during the flash flood, many people who don't live here don't know the flood prone areas, and sometimes there's no good alternative (the Airport-Phuket Town Road in Thalang, for example). 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Ralf001 said: Your car not insured ? Not sure if the insurance will cover flood damage. I hope so, if not then so be it. Cant argue with nature. The amount of rain that came and is still coming down here is enormous. Glad that we postponed buying a new car till next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 59 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said: That possibly explains why Samui is currently getting a lot of visitors from Phuket. You folk seem to have had things particularly bad this year or are this year's downpours normal? This year more rain than other years. Raging downpours, scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFPhuket Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Tim Newton has a new video (posted around noon Sunday) showing several of the flooded areas. The heavy rain last night in Patong is as bad as I remember during my 7 years here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 3 hours ago, DFPhuket said: The heavy rain last night in Patong is as bad as I remember during my 7 years here I do recall about 10 or 11 years ago that we had a flash flood here in Patong which was horrendous, and the water cascaded down from the "new middle road" and its environs into Rat-u-Thid road, and carried me and my car with it, actually lifting it off the ground with the volume and sheer force of it! I ended up desperately trying to steer the car at any time when the tyres touched the road, which was very infrequent I have to say, and it was quite an unnerving feeling being carried along and having no control whatsoever over the car or where I was going!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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