webfact Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Bangkok is sinking into the EarthFROM Global PostPatrick WinnBANGKOK — Thailand's capital is both glitzy and gritty, a city of glass towers and cement hovels teeming with nearly 10 million people.All that steel and concrete and humanity sits on what was once marshland. The ground beneath is spongy and moist. Imagine a brick resting on top of a birthday cake. That's Bangkok — and it's sinking into the Earth at an alarming rate.Thailand's disaster specialists have been warning of this coming calamity for years. One expert has said he's "worried about Bangkok resembling Atlantis." Another previously told GlobalPost that the city will be under five feet of water by 2030.Previous estimates showed that Bangkok is sinking more than three inches per year. But newer data suggests the rate is closer to four inches per year.Full story: https://theweek.com/articles/564883/bangkok-sinking-into-earth-- THE WEEK 2015-07-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 So basiclly your advice is----- if buying a condo, make sure its on a higher floor.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Doubtless before long somebody will suggest reducing the population of Bangkok in order to lighten the load thus reducing the rate of sinkage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Doubtless before long somebody will suggest reducing the population of Bangkok in order to lighten the load thus reducing the rate of sinkage. Makes sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 "The ground beneath is spongy and moist. Imagine a brick resting on top of a birthday cake." Error in the report. The spongy and moist layer is only 20+ metres deep and consolidate with loads placed on it, eg. a road. This consolidation occurs under the load, and not the whole city. What is causing the city to sink is the pumping of ground water by artesian wells sunk down over a 100 metres deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Thais are very advanced intellectually and will follow the Dutch model and build steel dykes and a retainer wall. This will give Bangkok an additional 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojomor Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 It's not only Bangkok, but the Chao Praya basin which is sinking. Barriers have been in place in other parts of the world for years. London barrier is about 40 years old now, and still working well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahjongguy Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 "..the pumping of ground water by artesian wells..." Artesian wells are those from which the water flows from it's own pressure, no pumping required. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 "..the pumping of ground water by artesian wells..." Artesian wells are those from which the water flows from it's own pressure, no pumping required. . Not when these wells are over 4 decades old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradavarius37 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Yawn - more "the sky is falling" from Patrick Winn. That guy needs to get a hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This "news" is known as long as it is ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deserted Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This is not news> I remember reading the same story 10 years ago. It hasn't stopped all the building go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Chonburi is the same, so dont bring any extra weight from Bangkok please.Any expats cannot come if over 60 kilo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Doubtless before long somebody will suggest reducing the population of Bangkok in order to lighten the load thus reducing the rate of sinkage. Better yet, let's get all the boats together to push the water away from Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 ''worried about Bangkok resembling Atlantis'' Stop worrying, Atlantis was an advanced civilization. Thailand, like Oscar Wilde's quote on America, is a country that has gone from barbarity to decadence without the interval of civilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick44 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Thaivisa people, it's not possible to log in via Facebook anymore. Anyway, 10mm is not 4 inches. Doomsday avoided. Dag Ekeberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empireboy Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I'm gonna do my bit and start losing weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmh8 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 yeah, I also read that the western side of the river is the worst. therefore if buying make sure it is on the east bank. there is part of the old city to the south of bangkok, the city was reclaimed by the sea, its well documented, on tv as well as i remember. should bkk go under water completly it can repackage itself as the worlds first diving spot with phenomenon of the big mango underwater - just imagine the opportunites that exist - underwater brothels - mermaid shows - underwater protests - submarines on meteres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godden Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Going, going, GONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOZMO Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This is not news> I remember reading the same story 10 years ago. It hasn't stopped all the building go ahead. I heard the same stories about Bangkok sinking back in 1970 when stationed at Ubon R.T.A.F.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtco Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This is not news> I remember reading the same story 10 years ago. It hasn't stopped all the building go ahead. I heard the same stories about Bangkok sinking back in 1970 when stationed at Ubon R.T.A.F.B. That's when they started sinking in those artesian wells - technology from the US... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Does anyone with any real sense actually give a damn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastguy Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Thais are very advanced intellectually and will follow the Dutch model and build steel dykes and a retainer wall. This will give Bangkok an additional 50 years. But how does that let the flood water out ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Thais are very advanced intellectually and will follow the Dutch model and build steel dykes and a retainer wall. This will give Bangkok an additional 50 years.But how does that let the flood water out ?? Ten million residents with buckets, scooping flood water over the dykes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk75 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Chonburi is the same, so dont bring any extra weight from Bangkok please.Any expats cannot come if over 60 kilo Love it! Retirement visa conditions: 1) over 50 2) 800K in bank 3) 60KG and under LOL, there won't be a lot of expats retiring to Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahjongguy Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Because of the sinking problem, Bangkok has imposed strict limits on pumping out groundwater. Naturally, those limits are mostly ignored and that is embarrassing so it's easier for the BMA to talk about the weight of buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammygood Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 they will have to, one day, move the capital somewhere else... good for the elite that they own already all the land in the country, so they can only become more super rich & happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urnoticed Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Reminds me of an old Paul Simon song: "slip sliding away". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancnx Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Could be an interesting upturn in demand for. CM condos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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