gotlost Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 13 provinces declared drought disaster zones Thirteen provinces have been declared drought disaster zones, a senior government official said Wednesday. Wibul Sa-nguanpong, the director-general of the Civil Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said the drought had affected 6,730 villages in 99 districts of 13 provinces. The provinces are Kamphaeng Phet, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Phayao, Udon Thani, Loei, Nong Khai, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Saraburi, Chachoengsao, Trat and Chanthaburi. The Nation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim armstrong Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Dosen't this happen every year, within months of the floods ? Reservoirs/ Dams ? am I missing something ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 dam_n !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAYBOY Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 How do they do it? On the 12th Febuary Thai Visa posted a clipping fron I presume 'The Nation' headlines saying " Drought situation in Thailand this year is less severe" The article goes on about the current dam water capacities and how one dam is only 19% full. Nearly every year they ( The irrigation Dept.) cock it all up. Last year when the floods were at their height. one twit from the Dept. said on TV that a good result of flooding, was the new top soil the farmers were getting!!! .BAYBOY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Here in my farm house, i'm listening to a few frogs and lot of toads croaking...rain's coming maybe ? Wish it would rain for a few days like in Dec last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubby Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Here in my farm house, i'm listening to a few frogs and lot of toads croaking...rain's coming maybe ? Wish it would rain for a few days like in Dec last year. Can't sleep RBH ? probably that Evil smelling Catfish Food As far as the drought is concerned it seems rather lush and green up here for the time of year, and the local reservoir is full. Lots of people growing a second crop of rice. Its gonna be raining 'Low Kow' in six weeks, doesn't seem bad to me at all Maybe the Disaster Kicks in automatically on a given date . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 up here farmers doing 2nd crop are blocking each other for water, anyone build a dam today and find dam build destroy in the dark of the night by downstreamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletiger Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Our rain started last week. (Khao Yai) 2 weeks early from it's usual end Feb start. Not sure how they can call a drought disaster in the middle of the dry season. (most of Issan) Maybe angling for funds. A National irrigation policy is what is needed. Ah well, hope springs eternal, etc..... Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBullHorn Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm praying for thunder storm up here in Chiang Rai :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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