Big Buddha land slide.

[hansgruber]

Anyone else notice the south side of the Big Buddha site has had a big land slide? That south lookout must be close to going over. I wish I had a better camera but this is the best my phone can muster.

[Guest]

There was another landslide close to Big Buddha. http://www.thephuketnews.com/landslide-tree-block-phuket-big-buddha-road-42250.php

[nedkellylives]

We were there yesterday, no sign of landslides from the road in

[phuketexpat5555]

http://www.thephuketnews.com/landslide-close-to-big-buddha-%E2%80%98no-threat%E2%80%99-42266.php

[IrishIvan]

I see you made the newspaper Hans. Congratulations. If you remember I made the news a few months ago after the tsunami warning scare

http://www.thephuketnews.com/landslide-close-to-big-buddha-âno-threatâ-42266.php

Edited October 9, 2013 by IrishIvan

[LivinginKata]

Yes, well done Hans.

"Suporn Wanitchakul, President of the Creation Committee of the Phraphutthamingmongkhol Sattha 45 Foundation said he was unaware of the landslide until The Phuket News contacted him yesterday (October 8).

“I must thank The Phuket News because I knew only about the land slide [on the north side] on October 5, which has already been cleared up.”

The slide was spotted by a Kata resident, who posted a photograph of it on the ThaiVisa Phuket forum under the username Hans Gruber.

“After The Phuket News told me about [the slide on the south side] and I saw the photograph, I contacted the Royal Forestry Department and the Phuket Land Development Department and they are supplying takien trees, vetiver grass and geogrid soil reinforcement. We started work on stabilising the top of the landslide yesterday [October 8]."

source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/landslide-close-to-big-buddha-%E2%80%98no-threat%E2%80%99-42266.php

-- Phuket News 2013-10-09