16 hours ago, Peabody said:

I would bet that there is far more unseen yet major structural damage. I believe most of BKK is built on mud.

It is on a river delta, is it not?

5 minutes ago, fondue zoo said:

 

 

Someone this morning sprayed some type of blue coloured adhesive where the walls meet the floor in the corridors.

 

 

 

Probably a surface crack detection coating.

18 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

You want to feel what it's like being inside a tall building when it collapses?

 

That how you get your kicks, is it?

 

Talk about living dangerously!

You can count me out.

 

The Don.

 

Guess we won't be having a beer together on soi 4 then 😂

 

 

My wife works on 36fl.

 

Coming down the stairs she said many were totally overwhelmed, crying, frozen. Those people gonna die and or cause chaos. She kept some calmed, moving down.

 

Many in this world simply lack any life skills, mindset to confront emergencies or even change. Funny because rural Thai maybe not so clever but tough.

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Japan has a history of quakes- Thailand doesn't. I guess that explains it.

Thanks for stating the obvious!

 

But that doesn't negate the danger.

 

I wouldn't stay in a high rise apartment/condo/hotel in Bangkok now for love nor money.

 

The Don.

1 minute ago, RUSirius said:

Many in this world simply lack any life ability to confront emergencies or even change.

Which is a good reason for compulsory military training for all. Without training it is natural for people to panic. Probably more die from panic after the event than from the event.

2 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

Thanks for stating the obvious!

 

But that doesn't negate the danger.

 

I wouldn't stay in a high rise apartment/condo/hotel in Bangkok now for love nor money.

 

The Don.

 

As someone who's lived and traveled in quake zones all my life you simply have no idea when they will hit. Even aftershocks cannot be predicted. Thailand will experience more quakes in the decades ahead - yet, BKK may not see a similar quake in your lifetime. That's the nature of quakes. Nevertheless, one less grumpy old man in BKK can only be a win for expats and locals alike. When will you be leaving aseannnow forum?

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Which is a good reason for compulsory military training for all. Without training it is natural for people to panic. Probably more die from panic after the event than from the event.

 

In theory. Conscription here seems to be more about free domestic servants and dubious sexual encounters.

13 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Re the vdo of the collapsed building- seems the pillars have disintegrated. Surely that shouldn't happen if have enough rebar?

yeah, the whole building crumbled

14 minutes ago, p414 said:

Hense the name ...'

Swampy'

I thought that was the nickname for the airport

17 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Read the news,    iam talking about Thai construction meaning bulding, roads, bridges ect   Thai consruction is in the dark ages !!

I did not see any roads or bridges moving in any of the videos. Only the half-built tower collapsed.

2 minutes ago, RUSirius said:

 

In theory. Conscription here seems to be more about free domestic servants and dubious sexual encounters.

I was actually talking about all countries, not just Thailand.

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

Which is a good reason for compulsory military training for all. Without training it is natural for people to panic. Probably more die from panic after the event than from the event.

 

This, a friend told us last night she had to treat a guy, who after running down ten flights of stairs in sheer panic, decided to jump out the 2nd floor window to save himself.

Broke his leg.

 

 

 

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Congratulations. You've managed to gracelessly shoehorn 'Trump' into a topic that couldn't be less connected if you tried - a feat of intellectual bankruptcy so common it's practically a national pastime.

 

 

What is it with you Americans? It's as if the entire country is locked in some festering Freudian nightmare, unable to shut up about a bloated, orange spectre who haunts your every thought. Like deranged lovers muttering the name of the one who left them - pitiful, obsessed, and utterly incapable of moving on. It's pathetic.

Their critics were less kind.... 😜 

30 minutes ago, RUSirius said:

 

Ok gramps

 

Whats not or at least has potential of being dangerous in Thailand lol. Everything. That's why we are here. To not just live life, but feel it.

Feel what? People struggling?

1 minute ago, Aussie999 said:

I thought that was the nickname for the airport

It is, after Cobra Swamp, where it is built.

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It is, after Cobra Swamp, where it is built.

And I thought it was because foreigners cannot say Suvanabhumi.

Translated from Sanskrit, it means Golden Land.

Is that because it is where aeroplanes LAND?   555

14 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

Thanks for stating the obvious!

 

But that doesn't negate the danger.

 

I wouldn't stay in a high rise apartment/condo/hotel in Bangkok now for love nor money.

 

The Don.

The danger is not in the sky. The danger is on the floor. Earthquakes are rare but floods happen all the time

15 hours ago, steven100 said:

some on here just want others to do their DD and answer their questions for them ...

 

that's not on ... 

What's the harm in asking, no other members are compelled to do anything if they don't want to, are they?    

14 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

Thanks for stating the obvious!

 

But that doesn't negate the danger.

 

I wouldn't stay in a high rise apartment/condo/hotel in Bangkok now for love nor money.

 

The Don.

So will you too eschew travelling on the roads which statistically is orders of magnitude more dangerous than staying in a high building? Try thinking.... 

19 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Probably a surface crack detection coating.

 

That makes more sense, cheers.

 

Update: They are spraying for termites we've been told.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

15 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

If an earthquake of 1000km away can bring this kind of damage, you can question the quality of the building constructions

"Constructions", plural?  which other buildings have had their structural integrity/quality of construction called into question as a result of this tremor?

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Constructions", plural?  which other buildings have had their structural integrity/quality of construction called into question as a result of this tremor?

Correct. Videos showing towers swaying is because they were built that way, to absorb any quakes.

15 hours ago, geisha said:

Im very surprised that ASEAN Now hasn’t followed this up better??

Asean Now can only put out information/news that it is provided with, what else do you expect the site to do?

15 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I've seen photos of Thai rescue teams - they have their search dogs etc.

 

If I'm not mistaken, Thailand sends its experts overseas as part of an international effort when similar issues happen (i.e. Turkiye and Iran), so I don't believe there is a reason to suspect inexperience. 

 

That said, calling in any help is not a bad thing.

Well said.

15 hours ago, steven100 said:

      a Thai ask some outside for help     !!!!!!      your joking right.    because it will never happen

Doesn't need to happen in this circumstance.

12 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

And I thought it was because foreigners cannot say Suvanabhumi.

Translated from Sanskrit, it means Golden Land.

Is that because it is where aeroplanes LAND?   555

No, it's because Thaksin made a lot of money, selling it to the government, when he was PM... 555

1 hour ago, Chris BKK said:

I understand that concrete takes up to 28 days to gain full strength, so if adding floors to quickly then the concrete is not strong enough ...

Not an engineer but I watched a high storey condo in Pattaya  go up some years ago ( as my own condo value dropped !)  and it took 16 days approx. to complete a floor  ...

13 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What's the harm in asking, no other members are compelled to do anything if they don't want to, are they?    

OMG, I actually agree with you... the world truly is coming to an end.

17 minutes ago, hotsun said:

Feel what? People struggling?

 

Life.

 

If the only people you come in contact with in Thailand are struggling I probably wouldn't want to come here either. That's not been my experience. Not only that, but even in their struggle they are a good natured lot. I envy thainess and the bonds the nation keeps.

14 hours ago, MarkBR said:

Geography is not a strong point of US education, they may not know where Burma/Myanmar is.  They may not even rocognise the name.

50% of them probably don't even know where the US is!