Electrical Poles Collasped Near Cabbages & Condom

[Ta22]

Electrical poles collapsed near Cabbages & condom near Chang Rai, anyone have any news and update on it .

saw more then 10 poles down broken at the base, and many more may follow as the power wire is pulling each other and is a Huge risk for diver a any pole of fall across the road easily .

Be careful

[Ulysses G.]

Perhaps move to Chiang Rai forum?

[onthedarkside]

Moved

[villagefarang]

So is this the C&C on the highway between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai or the one in Chiang Rai town? If it is the one on the highway then it is a tossup as to where this topic belongs.

Edited May 25, 2012 by villagefarang

[sceadugenga]

There wasn't any sort of disaster in town when I went in about that time today, would have to be out on the road.

Edited May 25, 2012 by sceadugenga

[Ta22]

should be the old C&C with the cottage style guest house ,it fall on a few houses and also one of it fall on the root of the C&C .

is on your LEFT if you heading back to chiangmai , i passes it at about 11pm saw many TOT truck and many guys like pulling their hair .

Edited May 25, 2012 by Ta22

[masuk]

These concrete poles must have a self-destruct mechanism.

Maybe the incredible weight of power and phone lines is reaching its maximum? Lately I've seen a few around town, (Chiang Mai) snapped at the base.

Seems it's getting to the point where underground cables might be a better option.

[kartman]

These concrete poles must have a self-destruct mechanism.

Maybe the incredible weight of power and phone lines is reaching its maximum? Lately I've seen a few around town, (Chiang Mai) snapped at the base.

Seems it's getting to the point where underground cables might be a better option.

[villagefarang]

Perhaps if they had used better condoms...

[davehowden]

I saw it yesterday on my visa run trip but it was on the right coming back to CM. About 10 poles, some fractured about 1 meter up from the base, others just pulled out of the ground. I hope they remember to turn the power off before they start to fix it.

[Rotweiler]

In total, 36 concrete powerline support poles broken off through 2 villages around C&C (on Highway 118 between MaeKhachan and Wiang Pa Pao). A number of houses were seriously damaged but no injuries reported.

Power back on for most within 48 hours as emergency repair crews from as far away as Thoen and Lampang came to assist,

[villagefarang]

In total, 36 concrete powerline support poles broken off through 2 villages around C&C (on Highway 118 between MaeKhachan and Wiang Pa Pao). A number of houses were seriously damaged but no injuries reported.

Power back on for most within 48 hours as emergency repair crews from as far away as Thoen and Lampang came to assist,

Good report and photos Dog! I assume it must have been a very strong wind.

[sceadugenga]

Looks like it, the buildings in the first photo appear to have been unroofed as well.

[sceadugenga]

Deroofed?

[Rotweiler]

De.. un.. and just broken too. :-/ The following just posted in the CM forum:

The original topic on this subject was posted in the Chiang Mai forum and then moved to Chiang Rai. Since many of the CM forum readers travel that route and know the area well (and most of the residents of the area, while legally within Chiang Rai Province, actually have much closer ties to Chiang Mai), a reference to the post in the CR forum:

http://www.thaivisa....abbages-condom/

Several photos posted as well.

The micro-burst lasted less than 2 minutes and toppled a close-together pair of poles supporting a major transformer - the resulting domino effect toppled (all broken near the base) 36 concrete electrical poles over a distance of over 2 km. In addition to the damage at C&C, many homes in the area were damaged both by the winds and by the toppled poles, especially in the village of Ban Mo. Thank goodness, no injuries.

Local crews were assisted by emergency repair crews from as far away as Lampang and Thoeng and had power restored to most of the homes within 52 hours. Internet server was restored yesterday but land-line telephone will take longer.

FYI

[Big Gary]

De.. un.. and just broken too. :-/ The following just posted in the CM forum:

The original topic on this subject was posted in the Chiang Mai forum and then moved to Chiang Rai. Since many of the CM forum readers travel that route and know the area well (and most of the residents of the area, while legally within Chiang Rai Province, actually have much closer ties to Chiang Mai), a reference to the post in the CR forum:

http://www.thaivisa....abbages-condom/

Several photos posted as well.

The micro-burst lasted less than 2 minutes and toppled a close-together pair of poles supporting a major transformer - the resulting domino effect toppled (all broken near the base) 36 concrete electrical poles over a distance of over 2 km. In addition to the damage at C&C, many homes in the area were damaged both by the winds and by the toppled poles, especially in the village of Ban Mo. Thank goodness, no injuries.

Local crews were assisted by emergency repair crews from as far away as Lampang and Thoeng and had power restored to most of the homes within 52 hours. Internet server was restored yesterday but land-line telephone will take longer.

FYI

It was about 2 years ago on the same stretch of road and 4 power poles were down. These ones had come out of the ground and not snapped. Bad foundations with too much weight in the lines????!!!

[klikster]

In total, 36 concrete powerline support poles broken off through 2 villages around C&C (on Highway 118 between MaeKhachan and Wiang Pa Pao). A number of houses were seriously damaged but no injuries reported.

Power back on for most within 48 hours as emergency repair crews from as far away as Thoen and Lampang came to assist,

Where is the rebar?

[Rotweiler]

Rebar? Huh... There is supposed to BE rebar?

Actually there was - in all of the poles. They were made using a precast system called pre-stressed reinforced concrete (poles with pre-stressed steel reinforcement), a very convensional method of building such poles.

It was a very unusual wind: but the real cause of the failure of so many poles was the a double poleset holding a very heavy transformer unfortunately had the transformer mounted on the leeward side of the wind direction that day - I would guess just enough to over-stress one of the poles - the rest - a rather typical domino effect.

In total, 36 concrete powerline support poles broken off through 2 villages around C&C (on Highway 118 between MaeKhachan and Wiang Pa Pao). A number of houses were seriously damaged but no injuries reported.

Power back on for most within 48 hours as emergency repair crews from as far away as Thoen and Lampang came to assist,

Where is the rebar?

[extexthai]

Could be a wonderful example of not curing the concrete...gets very brittle. Seems like no one in this entire country worries with this essential component of making things with concrete. The pre-stressed concrete flooring pads they brought for our house were as green as could be. Probably waited just long enough to set and load up! TIT...ett

[Rotweiler]

An update...... the local PEA (Provincial Elecric Authority) has refused to pay for the damage casued by their falling poles. Something about it would cost too much money, and they don't want to........... :-( So we all have to pay any resulting damage ourselves.