What do they mean by shutdown?

[yourauntbob]

Everyone is talking about the "shutdown." How do you shutdown a city? What exactly is going to happen next week? In all honesty, I hear people talking about this but I dont hear any specifics.

Is this going to be the same as a "crackdown" in which everyone goes along for a day and then its back to business as usual?

[wym]

Just traffic problems, don't make important business appointments across town.

[CharlieH]

Road barricades or closures, stop access into the city.

[mogandave]

They might blast transportation and electrical distribution centers as well as water and sewer mains.

[Opl]

Stickman's weekly column of this week covers this subject:

http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/StickmanWeeklyColumn2013/Bangkok-shutdown-2014.htm

[namdocmai]

The protestors will block the main roads so better stay away from BKK at all if you can. Traffic will be a nightmare. No traffic means not much food availlable so be prepared.

Hopefully the trains and metro's can still operate if not then it will be a drama. Some weeks ago the skytrain was without electric power and it was chaos as well.

If was a tourist i would fly directly to Phuket or Bali.

[h90]

They might blast transportation and electrical distribution centers as well as water and sewer mains.

and don't let the upcountry bar girls into Soi Nana.