Commerce Ministry 'blue flag boat' selling cheap consumer goods in flooded areas. http://t.co/xCKjo7I4 RT @Apsorn/NationNews

If you're going South via Rama 2, Dr Seri says, go tomorrow. Don't wait because the flood is coming & road could be flooded a month./via@terryfrd

Dr Seri says BKK was woefully unprepared. Smaller canals were not surveryed and readied to help. Bottlenecks in big canals not addressed./via@terryfrd

Water has now flooded communities around Lat Krabang estate & situation much worse than on previous visit, Dr Seri says. Drainage key./via@terryfrd

All over Bangkok, west and east, It's up to the pumps now, Dr Seri says. Water is here or coming & impact depends on drainage efficiency./via@terryfrd

Water has now flooded communities around Lat Krabang estate & situation much worse than on previous visit, Dr Seri says. Drainage key/via@terryfrd

One piece of good news, Dr Seri said was agreement betw. govt and residents outside big bag at Don Muang to open a gap to allow some flow./via@terryfrd

3 cheers for work at Bang Sue canal, Dr Seri says, but water elsewhere flowing from Lat Prao to Bang Kapi./via@terryfrd

Another piece of good work, Dr Seri says, has been in shoring up Khlong Prapa, securing water supply & allowing some areas to dry out./via@terryfrd

A friend just sent me crucial information of Irrigation Dept about water pumping capacity.You would not believe it.

The information compared the water pumping capacities between the water pump stations in Tha Chin River and Chao Phya River.

As of Oct 26, 2011, there were 31 water pump stations in Tha Chin, compared with 22 in Chao Phya.

We all know that the small guy from Suphan Buri is in charge of Tha Chin.

At Tha Chin there were 127 water pumps, compared with 44 for Chao Phya.

Drainage capacity at Tha Chin was 16.10 million cubic metres a day compared with 2.82 million cubic metres a day.

Last week BMA Governor Sukhumbhand complained that he sent 4 letters asking for water pumps from Irrigation Dept, but to no avail.

Why is it that Chao Phya, which will be draining most of the floods into sea, is equipped with less water pumps than Tha Chin?

Suphan Buri has stolen most of the water pumps from Irrigation Dept to serve its territories.

The director-general of the Irrigation Dept has to bow to political pressure on the distribution of water pumps.

If there were not enough water pumps, why didn't the government seek help from overseas or order new ones?

Requests for assistance from China, Japan, South Korea came at last minute.

It is simply a mathematical game. Can water pumps in Bangchan, Lad Krabang and Suvarnabhumi work faster than the incoming tides from water gates 3-4?

They are protecting Suvarnabhumi like the last days of Ayutthaya.

via@ThanongK

Opposition party leader,Abhisit urged PM Yingluck to forgo some populist spending policies,divert funds to help flood victims instead/via@Biz_TheNation

PM Yingluck said her govt will proceed w/ offering of tax breaks for 1st home / 1st car purchase to boost Thai economy/via@Biz_TheNation

Ford Motor to resume assembly operations suspended by floods in Thailand this mid-Nov./via@Biz_TheNation

On November 16, Secretary Clinton will travel to Bangkok, Thailand to underscore our strong alliance with Thailand and U.S. support for Thailand’s recovery efforts following severe flooding. She will meet with senior officials to discuss shared interests and regional issues in advance of the East Asia Summit.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/11/176846.htm

Next worrisome period due to high tide is from Nov11-15. TR @Pruek_v: http://t.co/bJwPRKOI… Nov11 Highest tide at 06.21

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