webfact Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Flash Floods cause chaos around PattayaPATTAYA: -- It’s a regular occurrence in Pattaya and causes major disruption to the city and on Tuesday afternoon flash floods returned to Pattaya as persistent and heavy rains caused chaos.As the rains began, the flash floods soon followed in the usual hot-spots, including the Sukhumvit Road which resembled a river in places. Traffic chaos ensued which was compounded by the ongoing construction work for the new Central Pattaya underpass where work had to stop due to the heavy rains.Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/177218/flash-floods-cause-chaos-around-pattaya/-- Pattaya One 2015-03-25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Drove down from Korat yesterday, very glad I decided to head to Jomtien from the South (off the 331). Heading South along Sukhumvit through the centre is a disaster even when its not flooded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lust Posted March 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2015 Every year it floods, every year it's news. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Great choice on my part not to head into town due to the ominous skies. Good for the garden. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicowoodduck Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yup, was a shit storm in the making.....love walking through all the shit that was thrown down in the storm drains over the past six months or so......guess it was Spring cleaning before Songkran??.? trim.B20C5940-E607-467D-87C3-7D7F7E15EEA4.MOV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthai Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yup, was a shit storm in the making.....love walking through all the shit that was thrown down in the storm drains over the past six months or so......guess it was Spring cleaning before Songkran??.? Was waiting for the rain to stop in the local bar where we, for many hours? Holding your camera upside down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 There you have it officially. It was only localised flash flooding.... as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwhoov Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Can't wait until they finish those tunnels on Sukhomvit! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Same problem seen in Samui. You may have a hill which slopes to the sea, and still see floods. The cause - storm drains do not end at the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empireboy Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Does it occur to fix the problem that happens at this time every year for decades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Did you see the video of the water in Top Market in Bangkok shooting up through the floor drain, looked like a river flowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Awohalitsiktoli Posted March 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2015 Does it occur to fix the problem that happens at this time every year for decades? They could have partially fixed it at the time they destroyed the old beachwalk area, but they did not. I am not an engineer, but clearly the people who are designing roads and drainage have no idea what they are doing. Yesterday was the worst flooding that I have ever seen on Beach Road in Pattaya (especially from around Central Festival Mall all the way to the overpass leading to Jomtien). What made it worse for many residents and tourists was that the bhat bus drivers decided not to take anybody to Jomtien. It was a real mess. Hundreds of tourists (Chinese and Russian) walking through knee deep crap, and no doubt they will never return to Pattaya-Jomtien. Some had to walk all the way from the "Walking street area" to just pass the overpass to get to Jomtien, where some baht bus drivers were taking passengers to Jomtien. Horrible service! The City needs real buses, along with a plan to prevent the flooding. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 No problem in my village ! (It helps that we are on a hill, with newly resurfaced roads, that direct all that nasty water out to soi Khao Noi.) I was whining to friends back in Canada about how it was raining and the temperatures were down to a brisk 25o C (some of those friends have been experiencing severe snowstorms over the last couple of weeks - I'm sure they appreciate the hardship I'm going through. I almost had to put on a long-sleeved t-shirt for a bit !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrabbit Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 it was lovely in Rayong, the wife didn't have to water the garden ........................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yup, was a shit storm in the making.....love walking through all the shit that was thrown down in the storm drains over the past six months or so......guess it was Spring cleaning before Songkran??.? Thanks for that I took the liberty of rotating your vid by 180 degrees and compressing a little bit. rotate.mov view of rain from a luxury penthouse apartment in Jomtien. rain40.mov 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffinator Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Nature washing the s*** away ... or at least attempting to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 No problem in my village ! (It helps that we are on a hill, with newly resurfaced roads, that direct all that nasty water out to soi Khao Noi.) Now we know why soi Khao Noi is flooded every time it rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Bit of moisture in BKK as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrabbit Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Bit of moisture in BKK as well. photo 1.JPG photo 3.JPG photo 4.JPG ouch ! Karma ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Beach Road flooding - 2013: http://pattayadailynews.com/pattaya-beach-road-under-water-after-heavy-half-hour-of-rain/ Beach Road flooding - 2014: http://www.pattayamail.com/1108/news.shtml The good news is, this: http://www.pattayamail.com/946/pic/n1-Flood9.jpg won't happen after this is built: http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/engineer-assures-pattaya-business-leaders-sukhumvit-tunnel-won-t-flood-45064 (Just got a couple more years to go !) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johng Posted March 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2015 The door seals on that roller arn't very good are they govner 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post natway09 Posted March 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2015 Sitting there on the covered verandah watching the cricket & the the cars go past in 20cm of water until a real smart taxi decided that 60kmh was the answer not the normal 25.Thanks, not only wet as a shag but me beer got a refill of dark brown Thanks idiot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Can't wait until they finish those tunnels on Sukhomvit! But they guarantee they won't flood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Bit of moisture in BKK as well. photo 1.JPG photo 3.JPG photo 4.JPG Much cheaper and much more practical to have one of these in this country than a Roller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Chaos: "It’s a regular occurrence in Pattaya" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats4ever Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 If you associate with "flash" floods, you are asking for trouble. Decent ordinary honest floods are fine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equalizer Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yup, was a shit storm in the making.....love walking through all the shit that was thrown down in the storm drains over the past six months or so......guess it was Spring cleaning before Songkran??.? Was waiting for the rain to stop in the local bar where we, for many hours? Holding your camera upside down If you download VLC media player for free you can rotate your video's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Every year it floods, every year it's news. Same as back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Bit of moisture in BKK as well. photo 1.JPG photo 3.JPG photo 4.JPG Much cheaper and much more practical to have one of these in this country than a Roller When the new tunnel is finished one of these might be needed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango66 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Every year it floods, every year it's news. every year ? you mean every year thailand got rain, flood and droughts ? Unbeleavable !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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