What's With All This Rain?

[Thanh-BKK]

Hi.

After nursing a bronchitis now in the fourth week without seeing any chance to get rid of it, i have a stupid question.

Will this ultra-long rain season EVER stop..?????

I depend on my motorbike to get to work and not getting rain clothes in my size (almost 2 meters tall) ANYwhere plus it raining every day precisely at the times i'm on the road has me SO fed up with rain now......

The last few years the rain season NEVER lasted this long....... is this global warming or what?

Best regards.....

Thanh

[londonthai]

your bronchitis needs now some antibiotics to feed on.

as to rainy season can last to the end of the month, maybe a week or two into november, so brace yourself up. There yet might be mighty floods.

[Neeranam]

Why does everyone say that every year?

Rainy season finishes in October - this is October.

[geronimo]

Hi.

After nursing a bronchitis now in the fourth week without seeing any chance to get rid of it, i have a stupid question.

Will this ultra-long rain season EVER stop..?????

I depend on my motorbike to get to work and not getting rain clothes in my size (almost 2 meters tall) ANYwhere plus it raining every day precisely at the times i'm on the road has me SO fed up with rain now......

The last few years the rain season NEVER lasted this long....... is this global warming or what?

Best regards.....

Thanh

It always rains heaviest toward the end of the rainy season, which will be at the end of October. This year it began one month early but that doesn't mean it will finish early.

[TigerLily]

Raindrops keep falling on my head

But that doesnt mean my eyes will soon be turnin red

Cryings not for me

Cause Im never gonna stop the rain by complainin

Because Im free

Nothings worrying me.

TigerLily

[lazeeboy]

Why does everyone say that every year?

Rainy season finishes in October - this is October.

in samui it rains thru november ,better a little rain than a drought and no water in april......

[sbk]

Why does everyone say that every year?

Rainy season finishes in October - this is October.

in samui it rains thru november ,better a little rain than a drought and no water in april......

Correct, in the South the rainy season starts a bit later. November is traditionally the rainiest month of the year, or at least, the month with the absolute heaviest rainfalls. Last november it hardly rained at all and boy did we pay.

[Thanh-BKK]

Hi.

But this year it's been raining since APRIL. I remember that very well because it was when i went to Chiang Mai the very first time, on the way there it was pouring the whole trip..... and during my entire stay there too. And since then it never really stopped.... that's not ONE but THREE months early, compared with the past six years that i have been in Thailand.

I've been taking antibiotics since three weeks now despite reading on the net they don't do anything for bronchitis - still the doctor gave them so i took them. Fourth week now, not a sign of it leaving me alone. And everytime i'm on my bike the piss keeps coming.

Wednesday night i had to push the bike thru more-than-knee-deep water along Sukhumvit.... the worst flooding i have ever experienced here, my engine expired after being completely submerged and i had to find a higher spot to drain the carb and get it to run again. Took me two hours, wet to the bone, to get home (WITH bike). Of course the virus had a field day..... and i'm coughing my lungs out. ###### rain.

I think i'll move to the Sahara desert or anywhere like that.... but knowing myself, it'll start pouring there as soon as i arrive!

Best regards.....

Thanh

[PeaceBlondie]

Thanh, the dryest place on earth is Arica, Chile. You can go your entire lifetime without seeing one drop.

I bought a Ducati rainsuit in Houston, and another TVisa member brought me a rainsuit from London. There may be a place in Bangkok that sells them for 8,000 baht, but 3900 did the trick for me both times.

[Neeranam]

Thanh, the dryest place on earth is Arica, Chile. You can go your entire lifetime without seeing one drop.

I bought a Ducati rainsuit in Houston, and another TVisa member brought me a rainsuit from London. There may be a place in Bangkok that sells them for 8,000 baht, but 3900 did the trick for me both times.

I bought a rainsuit at the local market for 20 baht.

[Dr. Burrito]

Thanh, the dryest place on earth is Arica, Chile. You can go your entire lifetime without seeing one drop.

I bought a Ducati rainsuit in Houston, and another TVisa member brought me a rainsuit from London. There may be a place in Bangkok that sells them for 8,000 baht, but 3900 did the trick for me both times.

I bought a rainsuit at the local market for 20 baht.

Over-sized garbage bags don't count.

Dr. B

[a2396]

Packable Gore-Tex is a necessity here. I stuff it under my motorcy seat.

[ashacat]

I thought this year had actually been fairly dry compared to last year??

[PeaceBlondie]

The problem on motorcycles is that you never know when or how hard the rain will come down, for how long. Sow baht does not buy a real rainsuit for a farang.

[ovenman]

I thought this year had actually been fairly dry compared to last year??

Seems that way to me, too, in Chiang Mai town. Other parts of the province may have been wetter though.

[esbobes]

Thanh, the dryest place on earth is Arica, Chile. You can go your entire lifetime without seeing one drop.

I bought a Ducati rainsuit in Houston, and another TVisa member brought me a rainsuit from London. There may be a place in Bangkok that sells them for 8,000 baht, but 3900 did the trick for me both times.

I bought a rainsuit at the local market for 20 baht.

A rainsuit is great but I was told that you will need a Ark soon. I am building a Ark for myself I have to admit I am not telling the wife as all her family will want to come with us.

My Ark's name is "Esbobes Ark"

[thaired]

Thanh, the dryest place on earth is Arica, Chile. You can go your entire lifetime without seeing one drop.

I bought a Ducati rainsuit in Houston, and another TVisa member brought me a rainsuit from London. There may be a place in Bangkok that sells them for 8,000 baht, but 3900 did the trick for me both times.

I bought a rainsuit at the local market for 20 baht.

A rainsuit is great but I was told that you will need a Ark soon. I am building a Ark for myself I have to admit I am not telling the wife as all her family will want to come with us.

My Ark's name is "Esbobes Ark"

Original name me thinks

Trust me mate...they already know what your doing

[Sir Burr]

Rainy season in Phuket used to be 1st May to 30th November.

Then, a few years ago, at the decree of TAT, it was changed to 1st May to 31st October. Good for tourism, you see.

Also at the behest of the TAT, it is no longer called the rainy season, but, the "Green" season.

I'm with the others, the more rain the better. That way, we don't run out of water in April.

[Thanh-BKK]

I'm with the others, the more rain the better. That way, we don't run out of water in April.

But then, you're probably not depending on motorbikes for daily commutes? I rather have no water in April than being sick for half the year because i'm constantly wet! See, i've got a car too but with the car it would take me about two hours to get to the office, and another two hours back...... worse if it rains and everything slows to a crawl. Public transport isn't available in the area and a taxi would take just as long as my own car. So the bike it's got to be.

I too have had rain suits "XXXL" which were expensive even (1.500 Baht for a better plastic bag!) and still way too small and coming apart after the first use. I'm not fat, just tall - 193 cm's (that's 6 foot 3 inches) and that last rain suit was "XXXL" and would have fitted a person of maybe 180 cm...... same with bike covers, the one's called "for bikes 500cc and more or large choppers" don't even go over my RXZ which isn't that big a bike....... what is it with sizes here in Thailand, where everything has to be too small? And why don't they sell the ###### things on every corner, at least during the rain season? Motorbikes are much more popular here than in Germany, but in Germany you get decent rain clothing in every shop that sells motorbikes and also in just about every supermarket, year-round. Here it's got to be specialist "outdoor sports" shops, and then still can't get for my size (and there are tall thai people too, there's one right at my office, taller than me even)!

@ PeaceBlondie I guess the moment i move to that place in Chile it would start raining there...... at least if i brought some motorbike with me

If anyone knows a place that sells rainclothes for tall people (type "full-body-condom", one or two-piece suit that also covers the feet if possible) for normal prices (i don't pay 10.000 Baht for a bloody rain suit! In Germany they cost 10 Euros, and that are the better ones!) please let me know - i already e-mailed a dozen places but thai shops tend to ignore e-mail in general - never got info from any of them.

Best regards.....

Thanh

[ZukiSuzuki]

Has cloud seeding contributed?

If it has, would it be against the forum rules to make a post being critical about it?

[Naam]

What's With All This Rain?

WHAT rain? no rainy season in Pattaya this year

[ZukiSuzuki]

By the way Dr Naam, your signiture is breaking forum rules, i was asked to change mine, i wonder why you are not.

[londonthai]

I've been taking antibiotics since three weeks now despite reading on the net they don't do anything for bronchitis - still the doctor gave them so i took them. Fourth week now, not a sign of it leaving me alone. And everytime i'm on my bike the piss keeps coming. Of course the virus had a field day..... and i'm coughing my lungs out. ###### rain.

you should be in the bed if not hospital and not working and driving in rain.

if antibiotics don't work it might be not a virus but bacteria or something else irritating your lungs. Talk to your doctor, do more check ups and have a second opinion (to play safe).

it might rain for another month and there might be more floods in Bangkok - so try to work from home rather than commute

[AlexLah]

The signs are there for those who recognise them.

I suggest you start building an Arc............

[Jimjim]

There's rain because it's rainy season. Sell your bike and find means of transportation with shelter.

[Thanh-BKK]

Ok Mr. Intelligent, i guess you'll offer me to borrow your helicopter? Otherwise please read what i wrote before answering to it, thanks.

To refresh: "sheltered transport" (car) already available but no option because office is on other side of town and no public transport anywhere close. So it's "getting pissed on" every day - or wasting four hours per day in Bangkok Traffic Jam .

But if you're coming forward with that helicopter, there's a flat roof to land on, and here at my place you could land as well in the lot downstairs. And i won't sell my bike, not even if you offer me 25k for it (try 26k, i might go for it).

Oh yeah, and i, too, noticed it's rain season. Just why is it soooooo long this year?

Thanh

[elkangorito]

Thanh, the dryest place on earth is Arica, Chile. You can go your entire lifetime without seeing one drop.

I bought a Ducati rainsuit in Houston, and another TVisa member brought me a rainsuit from London. There may be a place in Bangkok that sells them for 8,000 baht, but 3900 did the trick for me both times.

I know you're joking Peace but the driest place on earth is Antarctica. The second driest continent on earth is Australia. This information is based upon annual rainfall.

I don't know where the OP is but in Sattahip, where I am (near Pattaya), it's only rained about 1 day per week...if you are lucky. Very dry here.

[sibeymai]

Great light and sound show if you happen to be in Phra Khanong (BKK) right now. The lightning (I almost wrote "lightening") and thunder happening very close and very intense.

BTW, my pond in Khao Hin Sorn has filled up 2 metres in the last week, 1 metre last night.

[mark lamai]

- if you dont like it you can go to ....

- must your Khamma coz its only happening to you'

- why not ride when its not raining?

but also:

just a thought, that fancy bicycle shop in Th. Sarasin (opp. Lumphini Park)

has rain gear for cyclists, good quality, imported, not too cheap,

maybe worth a try.

(lucky ur not here in aus, had hail today, now that hurts)