Flood Warnings 2011

[T_Dog]

anyone remembers / knows what the level was in 2005? still a foot or two to go? would be useful for comparison. from the figures it looks like sandbags will be needed soon around here. thanks

4.9 meters+

Nice to have a hydro-historian among us Tywais! The folks up here in the Mae Ngat Dam area are saying it won't amount to the 2005 floods in the Ping Valley here. Highest levels since then but just not the same period of rain.

[Paagai]

3pm, 4.63m. So, if the map is correct, that'll be all of Nong Hoi, the areas south of Mahidol Road, Night Market, the lot, under water.

I guess for now the sand bags are doing their job....

As well as 4.63M at 704 the flow rate is also well above the maps 673 for flooding area 7.....

[Berkshire]

Gotta say that this is one thing TV is pretty good at: providing up-to-the-minute reporting on this type of emergency/natural disaster. My compliments to all the contributors.

[Maejo Man]

anyone remembers / knows what the level was in 2005? still a foot or two to go? would be useful for comparison. from the figures it looks like sandbags will be needed soon around here. thanks

Here is a graphic page of shots from 30/09/2005

CLICK HERE

[canuckamuck]

Here is what it looked like on the west side of the iron bridge about 40 minutes ago

[Nienke]

They are releasing water from the Mae Kuang Dam.

(Info plus pic from the TAT facebook page)

[Rosco911]

Chiang Mai Lamphun road between the Holiday inn (Nong Hoi) and Narawat bridge is now under water.

The rain has started again so its going to get worse especially now they are releasing water from Mae Kuang Dam.

[jackr]

4.68m / 727ms. Slowing but spreading.

[CMwanderer]

The river has reached 4.7m

Predicted to peak at 4.93m sometime before 7pm

[jackr]

^^ I think it's just as well the dregs of typhoon what's her face hasn't made it over yet.

[jdinasia]

Hey, I hate to ask but I have been scrolling through pages ....

Is the area in/around the moat likely to be seriously flooded? (Wasn't bad last year at all!)

[CMX]

^^ I think it's just as well the dregs of typhoon what's her face hasn't made it over yet.

Mebby so, but it's begun to rain again 3 kms.S, of Maejo. Just 10 minutes or so ago, but v. heavily.

[jackr]

^^ I think it's just as well the dregs of typhoon what's her face hasn't made it over yet.

Oops, spoke to soon; it's pissing down here!

[jackr]

Is the area in/around the moat likely to be seriously flooded? (Wasn't bad last year at all!)

Don't think it does. Don't recall seeing it flooded during the 2005 floods, for instance, when Chang Khlan (Night Bazaar) was.

[Paagai]

Hey, I hate to ask but I have been scrolling through pages ....

Is the area in/around the moat likely to be seriously flooded? (Wasn't bad last year at all!)

According to the map posted earlier in this thread, and current/predicted levels should be O.K.(famous last words...) most at risk would be SE corner according to the map.

[huli]

just got back. the river water is flowing east to west from Loi Kroh into Changklan night bazaar area by the McDonalds filling up the street. Lots of sand bagging going on

[jdinasia]

Hey, I hate to ask but I have been scrolling through pages ....

Is the area in/around the moat likely to be seriously flooded? (Wasn't bad last year at all!)

According to the map posted earlier in this thread, and current/predicted levels should be O.K.(famous last words...) most at risk would be SE corner according to the map.

Thanks --- still gonna make the 7-11 run! Need food/water/smokes!

[CMwanderer]

Update on Varee: Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Picked up kid at 3:45, was home by 4pm and I live way out of town. I did avoid Nong Hoy / Aom Muang intersection and crossing the bridge at Aom Muang / Pa Daed where I expected some traffic jams.

Tonight: DRINK downtown!

Does anyone else agree that the Thaivisa posts, especially those in the News forum posted by Bangkok based admins are overly alarmist/sensationalist? If you write 'Chiang Mai Flooded' then I cannot really blame anyone for understanding that to mean that the whole town is inundated? Then for MONTHS to come there will be tourists asking 'is it still flooded?' when even the roads near the river that are wet now will be bone dry in three days from now..

overly alarmist?! No, mostly people have been posting fact, nothing alarmist about that.

[RidersCorner]

2 hours ago

one more

and another

lots more over on RideAsia DOT net ---- not allowed to post links here ---Phil

[RidersCorner]

Narawat bridge

[jdinasia]

West side of the moat (near Suthep Rd)

Trouble over here if we get much more water!

[RidersCorner]

Sandbag preparations at the U.S Consulate

[dave2]

someone asked for some pics earlier so heres some taken between the iron bridge and warrarat market between 130 to 2 30 ish

the river level was about 6 inches above the pavement where the people are standing in warrarat market at that time ... now ???

dave2

[WinnieTheKhwai]

One more from Chang Klan road.. It's getting to the level that you don't really want to drive through it anymore.

So I'm going to hurry up to get downtown now. With any luck I will be stuck there, meaning a great excuse to not come home tonight.

[Semper]

Update on Varee: Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Picked up kid at 3:45, was home by 4pm and I live way out of town. I did avoid Nong Hoy / Aom Muang intersection and crossing the bridge at Aom Muang / Pa Daed where I expected some traffic jams.

Tonight: DRINK downtown!

Just don't forget the rubber things. Boots that is

BTW. It's red alert here in Padet.

[RidersCorner]

River height 3 hours ago 4.52 meters

[bubba]

You know, I truly don't mean to be gloomy here, but I am a bit worried about the next tropical storm that will be on coming ashore in Vietnam on Saturday (Typhoon Nesat). This storm is much larger and more powerful than the remnants of the current one, and it looks to me like Northern Thailand could get hit again with Nesat's remnants around Monday or so.

Satellite photo of SE Asia and Nesat:

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/Bangkok+Thailand+THXX0002

Nesat track:

http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/wp2011.gif

And then look at this, yet another one (Nalgae) tracking behind Nesat:

http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/wp2211.gif

[lowbo]

... just spoke to the wife in Sansai. I'm in Malaysia working ... about 1/2 klick east of Rimping at Chinag Mai/Praoh road.. is wet, but still passable.

[T_Dog]

Anyone know how Gonzo is doing? He must have evacuated at these levels.

[CMwanderer]

looking down Charoen Rat Road - still a few people trying to drive through but road is almost completely gone.