Anthony5 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 must have been engineered by some 'bright spark' huh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Costas2008 Posted April 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2015 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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited April 22, 2015 by Anthony5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontious Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 looks like pattaya to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWorldwide Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) 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 ! Edited April 22, 2015 by MrWorldwide 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post willyumiii Posted April 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2015 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Maybe a farang map ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny T Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 they need a spaghetti knitter fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 A Pattaya bashing post removed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTH Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesjohnsonthird Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I have heard of overhead and underground wiring but now we have "on the ground." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited April 23, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited April 23, 2015 by BB1950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit_Doggie Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) 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). Edited April 23, 2015 by Naam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 They were fixing the poles yesterday around 6PM, looked very safe: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited April 24, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited April 24, 2015 by Srikcir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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