Thailand, always safety first.

Safety's third, a distant third after 1:money; 2: face.

Wrong, safety is a least 5 on the list, you forgot food and sleep.

Actually, the abbot said he did not know. I wonder what he thought about never receiving an elect. bill: Buddha is giving us his energy ?

Sad news.

Can someone makes sense of this article what actually happened? Wouldn't the stand be earthed?

Have never come across a Thai house that is earthed the house that I had built was earthed with a steel cable thankfully I checked it and replaced it with copper

If you go to buy one of those copper earthing rods, take a magnet - ;-)