and i'm not talking about songkran.

check this out

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=310

i hope its right

WG is rarely accurate that far out.

Chuking it down here Steve , ( Thalang ) 3.10pm

Look at all the lightning on the lightning radar over in Krabi: http://panphuket.com/weather I hear some rumbling off in the distance here in Rawai.

pretty dark skies here in Kata. I fully expect it to start raining soon.

Started really tipping it down now ...

//update - wow serious rain

Started really tipping it down now ...

//update - wow serious rain

Woo-hoo!

Not raining in Rawai yet, but very very dark! (Been working in the garden and thought it was 6 o'clock )

It's about to start here at Ao Por. Big storm coming!

How long before this thread returns to, ''wish this bleeding rain would stop!!'' ....

Chuking it down here Steve , ( Thalang ) 3.10pm

Not yet in this part of Thalang, though I can hear thunder.

Now some thunder. Come on, rain! Where are you?

I hope there's some left for Rawai and Kata hasn't taken it all.

Edit:

Just started.

Saw a few flooded streets on my way back from Central about 1530. The hill heading into Patong was like driving up a waterfall. One truck stuck on the way up, and another on the way down.

And as usual, the rain comes and electric goes. The lights just turned on again after about 45 minutes without a fan in Patong, Nanai.

Amazing, we still have power

if this is what to come in patong with the first bit of rain, then batten the hatches down, all of patong along nanai road has no electric, all the roads behind jungcylon are flooding with oozing mud, patong hospital junction is out of action and just for good measure there's been no government water in patong for 2 days. thats the good news, what a total <deleted> up, please someone start suing the Thai government as a test case, how many times can they screw up common sense stuff

if this is what to come in patong with the first bit of rain, then batten the hatches down, all of patong along nanai road has no electric, all the roads behind jungcylon are flooding with oozing mud, patong hospital junction is out of action and just for good measure there's been no government water in patong for 2 days. thats the good news, what a total <deleted> up, please someone start suing the Thai government as a test case, how many times can they screw up common sense stuff

I thought the road behind Jungceylon and Soi Banzaan were the Government water storage facilities for Patong, during the wet season.

Seriously, that mud is from the two big contruction sites on the hill, either side of Soi Banzaan. The silt fills the drainage system up in the area everytime there is decent rain. They send trucks to suck out all the silt after it rains. It will be very interesting when all the rooms have been built and the concrete carparks and driveways.

A lot of water is going to flow down there at a good speed.

if this is what to come in patong with the first bit of rain, then batten the hatches down, all of patong along nanai road has no electric, all the roads behind jungcylon are flooding with oozing mud, patong hospital junction is out of action and just for good measure there's been no government water in patong for 2 days. thats the good news, what a total <deleted> up, please someone start suing the Thai government as a test case, how many times can they screw up common sense stuff

Escape with your sanity intact....Here in Rassada we got a lot of thunder and lightning, but not much rain. The cool breezes of the storm front were very much appreciated by this poster, but not his 7-year-old daughter who had the temerity to complain of "being cold". This is the same child who insists on using air-con at night, even though the temps outside are perfect for sleeping.

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if this is what to come in patong with the first bit of rain, then batten the hatches down, all of patong along nanai road has no electric, all the roads behind jungcylon are flooding with oozing mud, patong hospital junction is out of action and just for good measure there's been no government water in patong for 2 days. thats the good news, what a total <deleted> up, please someone start suing the Thai government as a test case, how many times can they screw up common sense stuff

Escape with your sanity intact....Here in Rassada we got a lot of thunder and lightning, but not much rain. The cool breezes of the storm front were very much appreciated by this poster, but not his 7-year-old daughter who had the temerity to complain of "being cold". This is the same child who insists on using air-con at night, even though the temps outside are perfect for sleeping.

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I got the cold bit from my 6 year old. She's wearing a sweater now.

The mud behind Jungceylon may be from the new project all around DD Swiss. All the way down toward Soi Banzaan, muddy water comes out of the drains after it rains. I have a feeling that the drain line may turn down towards Jungceylon once it arrives at the intersection.

What about in the old days when they sent prisoners down the drains with ropes around their waists? Saw it down in front of the Two Black Sheep years ago. Those guys came out black with muck.

How long before this thread returns to, ''wish this bleeding rain would stop!!'' ....

I already said it!

The mud behind Jungceylon may be from the new project all around DD Swiss. All the way down toward Soi Banzaan, muddy water comes out of the drains after it rains. I have a feeling that the drain line may turn down towards Jungceylon once it arrives at the intersection.

What about in the old days when they sent prisoners down the drains with ropes around their waists? Saw it down in front of the Two Black Sheep years ago. Those guys came out black with muck.

There's no way they will be able to retain all of that storm water on site for hardstand and roofing that size, and with no upgrade to the nearby drainage system, these two hotels are going to actually be the cause of a lot more flooding in this area of Patong.

They are already causing problems and they are not even finished yet.

^^ LOL! No wonder I moved out of Patong almost eight years ago! Civic planning? Infrastructure, what's that? It just get's worse ever year, by the sounds of it. I rarely go near the place anymore.

^^ LOL! No wonder I moved out of Patong almost eight years ago! Civic planning? Infrastructure, what's that? It just get's worse ever year, by the sounds of it. I rarely go near the place anymore.

"Civic planning? Infastructure, what's that?" - it's coming to a beach near you, soon.

^^ LOL! No wonder I moved out of Patong almost eight years ago! Civic planning? Infrastructure, what's that? It just get's worse ever year, by the sounds of it. I rarely go near the place anymore.

Non existent. Really sad. Here in Kamala, they are filling the wetlands faster then they can build an inefficient drain system. The areas that have the newer systems flood more now, then before.

^^ LOL! No wonder I moved out of Patong almost eight years ago! Civic planning? Infrastructure, what's that? It just get's worse ever year, by the sounds of it. I rarely go near the place anymore.

"Civis planning? Infastructure, what's that?" - it's coming to a beach near you, soon.

They actually put in power system upgrades and storm drain systems around here in the past few years. At least in my neighborhood, the storm drains work and don't stink!

Infrastructure - don't make me laugh. About 8 years ago the local gov built a main drain under the road at the bottom end of Nanai 2. The water then drained along a small klong through the vacant land, ending up up the big klong behind new road.

All that land is being developed over the past few years. The developer built a high wall at the end of Nanai 2. Fine by me, stopped all the traffic over the dirt road. So when it rained hard last week the end of Nanai 2 flooded badly, so badly that the water level rose and pushed the wall over. The next day we all had a look at the problem and discovered that the developer had built a concrete dam and gate round the exit of this very main drain servicing the central part of Nanai. No-one knew anything about this, seems that the developer had built this very quietly.

So a few of the owners tackled the Patong Tesibaan and discovered that the land owner won't allowed water drainage along the natural path across this land. They want the Tesibaan to build a straight channel in order that they can make the best building use of the land. So now it's all a big dispute and this rainy season will be a nightmare at that end of Nanai 2.

Terrific City Planning

seem like it missed rawai, just a few drops here! bugger. anyhow, at least its nice and cool now.

looks like a lot more coming on the weekend

Will be interesting to see how it effects songkran if it poors down. Not much use on shooting water if its chucking it down .

Bangkok here I come

Will be interesting to see how it effects songkran if it poors down. Not much use on shooting water if its chucking it down .

Bangkok here I come

Rain forecast for BKK as well on the 13th

i was in ko phangan about 4 years ago for songkran and it was cold and raining hard. it wasn't a lot of fun actually, shivering all day and the a-holes with ice water made it 10x worse.

maybe i'll stay in if its raining