Pattaya flooding worse than ever, city officials admit

PATTAYA:--Despite years of talk and months of effort, flooding actually is getting worse in Pattaya, with two recent days of heavy rain flooding areas of the city not inundated for 10 years, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said.

The deputy mayor called an emergency meeting after a downpour of just two hours left areas of the city under a meter of water Oct. 19.

He said projects such as the dredging of canals in South and North Pattaya canal as well as a new retention basin near the East Pattaya railway didn’t seem to be having much effect.

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Seems the heavens are opening up again this afternoon

Long over due douche job.

Edited October 31, 201411 yr by khwaibah

In "normal" cities in "normal" "democracies" at the level of CITIES there is a political price to pay for failure to solve basic public utility problems like this.

So, see the flooded streets NEXT YEAR ... and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, etc., etc. etc.

Edited October 31, 201411 yr by Jingthing

Massive electric storm over Pattaya at the moment, blackest skies I have seen for a long time

Good chance to claim the flood prevention money was surprisingly washed away again .

Brings misery to some areas, but water level in main reservoirs still pretty low.

Maybe we should be a bit happy too..

Who built on the drains?

Who blocked the drains?

Mai roo kap

Pattaya went from nothing to a sprawling conurbation in 25 years or so with absolutely no planning. Is anyone with any common sense surprised that we get floods every time it rains a bit?

The city obviously has no will or intention of really dealing with this problem or they would hire expert(s) drainage engineers.

Yep, another day of heavy rain and the most exciting electrical storm I've seen this year just passed through.

A few poor Somchais were pulling plastic buckets of muck out of the drains here last week, This afternoon over a foot of flooding - jeez

Wow that was a great storm!!!! Lightning and thunder like the end of the world and it was really dark at 2.45pm. The rain was so heavy that I could no longer see nearby buildings. Hope everyone was safe and dry. Seems to have passed now.

All the time uncontrolled development continues in Pattaya with no or very little thought of how the existing infrastructure will cope, occurrences of floods and the like will increase. The money to be spent on the ill-conceived underpass at the junction of Klang and Sukhumvit would be much better spent on flood prevention including clearing drains and prevention of their misuse. There is a construction site close to where I take my dog for his twice daily walk and almost every day I see drivers washing out their ready-mix concrete drums straight into a convenient drain. Are these people so stupid that they are not aware of the fact that cement whether immersed in water or not will set? Maybe they just do not care; out of site out of mind!

And coincidentally insurance company's stopped to offer flood coverage.

I bet it is flooded now... we had one massive thunderstorm this afternoon. (Fri)

In "normal" cities in "normal" "democracies" at the level of CITIES there is a political price to pay for failure to solve basic public utility problems like this.

So, see the flooded streets NEXT YEAR ... and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, etc., etc. etc.

try doing a google search of, as an example "flooding florida" and you might see that normal cities in normal democracies have exactly the same problems

In "normal" cities in "normal" "democracies" at the level of CITIES there is a political price to pay for failure to solve basic public utility problems like this.

So, see the flooded streets NEXT YEAR ... and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, etc., etc. etc.

The present government spend the B 350 bn flood money on drought relief. The cities in Thailand rely on central government for funds as they have very few sources of income. So the cities (accept BKK which have the BMA) cant be blamed for floods as this must be solved by central government.

In "normal" cities in "normal" "democracies" at the level of CITIES there is a political price to pay for failure to solve basic public utility problems like this.

So, see the flooded streets NEXT YEAR ... and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, etc., etc. etc.

The present government spend the B 350 bn flood money on drought relief. The cities in Thailand rely on central government for funds as they have very few sources of income. So the cities (accept BKK which have the BMA) cant be blamed for floods as this must be solved by central government.

Pattaya City brings in plenty of income of its own, if they do not, they can always ask police to share some profits from monthly donations from thousands of bars, disco's, shops, restaurants, karaoke's ,tour company's massage shop's and list goes on

In "normal" cities in "normal" "democracies" at the level of CITIES there is a political price to pay for failure to solve basic public utility problems like this.

So, see the flooded streets NEXT YEAR ... and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, etc., etc. etc.

The present government spend the B 350 bn flood money on drought relief. The cities in Thailand rely on central government for funds as they have very few sources of income. So the cities (accept BKK which have the BMA) cant be blamed for floods as this must be solved by central government.

Pattaya City brings in plenty of income of its own, if they do not, they can always ask police to share some profits from monthly donations from thousands of bars, disco's, shops, restaurants, karaoke's ,tour company's massage shop's and list goes on

Please tell me what are their income sources ? As you are a frequent customer at the bars, brothels and "message" shops why not make a direct donation to the municipality to solve the flooding of the town.

We live on the East side of Pattaya and today at about 2:20 pm was the worst storm I have ever experienced. I used tio live in South Florida and suffered through many hurricanes but nothing this bad. Blew fronds off the palm trees and all yard plants were blown over. We have an 18 feet wide gate made of 2 inch pipe that must weigh a a couple of thousand pounds. It is not a swing gate but slides on a track - the wind blew the gate half open. My office sits at the back of the carport and the rain splashed about six feet up the window. This means the rain was blowing almost vertically for 20 feet or so,. Good thing I had laid in an extra bottle of rum.

Edited October 31, 201411 yr by akentryan

In "normal" cities in "normal" "democracies" at the level of CITIES there is a political price to pay for failure to solve basic public utility problems like this.

So, see the flooded streets NEXT YEAR ... and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, and the year after that, etc., etc. etc.

The present government spend the B 350 bn flood money on drought relief. The cities in Thailand rely on central government for funds as they have very few sources of income. So the cities (accept BKK which have the BMA) cant be blamed for floods as this must be solved by central government.

Pattaya City brings in plenty of income of its own, if they do not, they can always ask police to share some profits from monthly donations from thousands of bars, disco's, shops, restaurants, karaoke's ,tour company's massage shop's and list goes on

Please tell me what are their income sources ? As you are a frequent customer at the bars, brothels and "message" shops why not make a direct donation to the municipality to solve the flooding of the town.

I just own few businesses so would know little more than you.

Every business besides paying donations to police, pays tax for signs, licences and permits.

It helps to have a clue before posting rubbish

PS. Just for 1 business I pay 25000 per year for signs and my signs are small.

Edited October 31, 201411 yr by konying

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Massive electric storm over Pattaya at the moment, blackest skies I have seen for a long time

You bet.

I was caught on the golf course with only my varifocal sunglasses on. It was just like a solar eclipse.

(Ps For no spec wearers who might have said take them off - I would have been almost blind!)

I can't imagine what Pattaya would be like this lunchtime

Massive electric storm over Pattaya at the moment, blackest skies I have seen for a long time

You bet.

I was caught on the golf course with only my varifocal sunglasses on. It was just like a solar eclipse.

(Ps For no spec wearers who might have said take them off - I would have been almost blind!)

I can't imagine what Pattaya would be like this lunchtime

So, playing nude golf now are we? I bet this gives the caddies a few laughs when you follow through with your swing!

Is it difficult to get 'member' ship there? Seiously, golf and electrical storms are a taboo for me. I had the misfortune many years ago to spectate a football match where 12 players were struck by lightning, Sadly, one died later in hospital. Still gives me the shudders when I think how close I was to being a victim.

Edited October 31, 201411 yr by joebrown

Well when an entire tropical city is covered in cement, flooding is what you get. No green space just concrete.

With so many odd natural events happening around the world, I swear when I looked out today and saw trees bent in half from the wind and all of the electricity and rain, I was just waiting for hail to begin and for a tornado to appear. My GOD...I can't remember ever seeing it so bad and I've been here 9 years.

I looked out to my pool and saw everything that was sitting around the pool area floating in the pool or in other areas around the pool. We had some minor leakage in a bedroom we don't use except to store items and a trickle in my office but good thing that was it. At least I know that my house is built well; we haven't had any leaks in 7 years.

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Planning, planning, plan

ing !

The exact same spots in Pattaya have been flooding for over 20 years. They cleaned the drains in front of my place 4 days ago, the street still flooded. One would think with all the graft potential in a construction contract to make the drains large enough it would have happened by now.

Halloween afternoon's storm was the most amazing weather event I've experienced in Pattaya.

On my 20-minute walk to Booze Bar on Soi Buakhao to play pool, just before 1 pm., it was rain, sunshine, rain again, then sunshine again as the rain continued. Beautiful contrast... Perfect rainbow weather, tho I didn't see one.

Booze left the front door open, so I could check on the weather while playing pool. It seemed to change every five minutes. The rain-sun alternation was blown away by the fantastic lightning & thunder that followed. It was a bit scary out on the Booze front porch. One Booze maiden fled screaming inside from the boom of a close strike.

Then the rain, a real rain, not petering out after 10 minutes like most of the few rains in Pattaya this "rainy" season, but continuing on and on.

After losing another pool game, I peeked outside and saw a small flood blocking the way into Soi Buakhao. I put on sandals, waded across thru the wonderfully slow traffic on the Soi, cut thru the empty lot (that would be a lovely public park in many non-Thai cities and towns), and reached Second Road, un-flooded and rolling along.

In short, I really enjoyed this beautiful rare storm in Pattaya, giving water that we really need here.