These pictures were taken in Nong Hin earlier today, after the storm. I think this is what happen if you put the elctric poles on top of the ground instead of in the ground.

must have been engineered by some 'bright spark' huh

Anthony, can't see any problem here.

They will just put the posts upright, on top of the ground again......till next storm comes in.

You farangs think too mutt

Nong Hin Would seem to be in NE Thailand which is nowhere near Pattaya, as we do not have a NE Forum I will move this into the general forum

Nong Hin Would seem to be in NE Thailand which is nowhere near Pattaya, as we do not have a NE Forum I will move this into the general forum

Nong Hin is between Khao Talo and Chaiyapruek near Satit school

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@12.889743,100.9011505,17z

looks like pattaya to me

I dont care if it's in Jomtien, Naklua or Pattaya Nua - i'll be avoiding any soi that looks like that for the remainder of my stay : nowhere safer than good old central Pattaya !

looks like pattaya to me

I refuse to believe a TV moderator could ever be wrong.

It must be in the NE.

You must have a bad map.

Maybe a farang map ?

Nong Hin Would seem to be in NE Thailand which is nowhere near Pattaya, as we do not have a NE Forum I will move this into the general forum

Nong Hin is between Khao Talo and Chaiyapruek near Satit school

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@12.889743,100.9011505,17z

Nong Hin.JPG

To be fair, the storm has made the area look a bit like Isaan!

The bad thing about these pictures are they were taken before the storm... I'm sure the emergency crew will know where to dump the power poles(teak wood)

I haven't heard anything about fatalities, but keep in mind that on the left side is Tesco mini mart and on the opposite is a busy market.

OK I will move it back for further information here is the link I used not being familiar with every small area of Pattaya

Nong Hin is a district (amphoe) of Loei Province, northeastern Thailand

they need a spaghetti knitter fast

A Pattaya bashing post removed

Just around the corner from me, we were out of power from about 11am to 8pm. One of the nastiest storm since I moved here.

I have heard of overhead and underground wiring but now we have "on the ground."

Unsurprisingly here, it's all a question of money: underground cabling generally costs somewhere between 5 and 10 times as much to install as overhead cabling.

http://www.elp.com/articles/powergrid_international/print/volume-18/issue-2/features/underground-vs-overhead-power-line-installation-cost-comparison-.html

How many Thais do you know who would happily pay 10 times more for something elegant and long-lasting when one can do a messy and less reliable job for 10 times less?

Get a few of the boys to push them back up to there almost straight position, stamp the ground around to compact it. Jobs a goodun.

Get a few of the boys to push them back up to there almost straight position, stamp the ground around to compact it. Jobs a goodun.

How true. You probably remember my thread some time ago when someone damaged an electric pole opposite my house.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/776806-how-long-before-my-house-will-be-destroyed/?p=8676049

This was the pole when it was broken leaning towards my house and this was the same pole after they replaced it

Just around the corner from me, we were out of power from about 11am to 8pm. One of the nastiest storm since I moved here.

Please don't spoil the fun for the Thai bashers

With the highly developed infrastructure in their homecountry like USA such damage would never happen.

They have unbreakable wooden poles

Just around the corner from me, we were out of power from about 11am to 8pm. One of the nastiest storm since I moved here.

Please don't spoil the fun for the Thai bashers

With the highly developed infrastructure in their homecountry like USA such damage would never happen.

They have unbreakable wooden poles

Yeah, but termites and aother insects eat the wooden poles here in Thailand. They wouldn't last long.

My house is still out of electric because of this. Luckily I had another place to put my stuff from the fridge in.

The weight of the thousands of telecom cables on those feeble toothpicks probably did not help. Now I wonder if they'll get internet back this year or not. ISP's track record is below any adjectives known to man.

LOl in the soi where i live the poles are put in that way i think maybe thais don't know what a spirit level is.

Nong Hin Would seem to be in NE Thailand which is nowhere near Pattaya, as we do not have a NE Forum I will move this into the general forum

i don't know the location of Nong Hin but in our vicinity (1½ km east of Sukhumvit highway) same same happened.

result: yesterday no power from 10.45 till 22.45hrs. today from 14.00 till 19.00hrs.

GOD bless my inverters!

addendum: wife just told me this is about 1km from us (as the crow flies).

They were fixing the poles yesterday around 6PM, looked very safe:

Hell loose!

Has someone witnessed this terrible whirlwind coming in from the sea?

Can hardly believe it...

Click on the pics:

https://twitter.com/oh_whois/status/591204518592782336

Unsurprisingly here, it's all a question of money: underground cabling generally costs somewhere between 5 and 10 times as much to install as overhead cabling.

http://www.elp.com/articles/powergrid_international/print/volume-18/issue-2/features/underground-vs-overhead-power-line-installation-cost-comparison-.html

How many Thais do you know who would happily pay 10 times more for something elegant and long-lasting when one can do a messy and less reliable job for 10 times less?

The issue of cost is mainly associated with high voltage power lines. The majority of the overhead lines in Thai urban areas are not power lines but a spahgetti of fiber=optic and telephone land lines that can suffice underground in cheap, easy to install seal PVC lines.

Hell loose!

Has someone witnessed this terrible whirlwind coming in from the sea?

Can hardly believe it...

Click on the pics:

https://twitter.com/oh_whois/status/591204518592782336

I think the "twister" was a bit of photoshop.

Crazy thing is that these poles just fell over, in America it is the tree's that are the big problem. Tree falling on power lines and lightning hitting transformers.

All the ice storms and wind storm I have never seen a pole just blow over.