webfact Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 PM thanks rain-making teams for easing droughtBANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has expressed his heart-felt thanks to the artificial rain-making staffs for their tireless efforts to ease drought problem since March, said Maj-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd, deputy government spokesman on Wednesday.Since March 1 until August 10, the rain-making staffs conducted 4,042 flights totaling 5,583 hours resulting to rains up to 92.3 percent of the operating days.Maj-Gen Sansern quoted the prime minister as praising the efforts of the rain-making teams for bringing the country through the worst drought.Besides the teams which are operating in 11 provinces, the deputy spokesman said the prime minister also thanked the special rain-making centres in Chiang Mai and Nakhon Sawan.The two centres conducted 642 cloud-seeding flights for 40 days since June 29 causing widespread rains estimated at 1,204 million cubic metres.Even if drought problem has eased, he said the prime minister stressed the need for small reservoirs in communities repeatedly affected by drought and the need to switch crops which require little water.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-thanks-rain-making-teams-for-easing-drought -- Thai PBS 2015-08-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linky Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Next week's headline.... PM sentences Rain making teams to life imprisonment for causing floods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAppletons Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 He should have thanked the people who did the rain dances in grass skirts too....a practice that is equally as effective in easing drought as cloud seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Do they honestly believe they can manipulate nature with "witchcraft". This is 50's experimentation without foundation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useronthenet Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Oh so they were to blame for the recent downpour. Silly me, I though it was nature itself ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Sometimes stupid .................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 it's been raining cats and dogs up here ... but it does that every year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 http://www.thaiwaysmagazine.com/king/rainmaking.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Haggis Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 If they were so successful why was there a drought in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 it's been raining cats and dogs up here ... but it does that every year... Tried that expression out with P6 in a lesson on idioms last week. Don't know who was more confused at the end of 45 minutes, me or the children! Thais do take things literally, and if Mr John says it, it must happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Conspiracy nonsense posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orac Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 It is a sorry state of affairs when they are making out that causing it to rain during the rainy season is some sort of great achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverado Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) if somebody knew what (kind of products) they have spread in the sky, it would be appreciated to let me know.... but pm please... danger of censorship for nonsense plot/conspiracy ... Edited August 12, 2015 by silverado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverado Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 it's been raining cats and dogs up here ... but it does that every year... Tried that expression out with P6 in a lesson on idioms last week. Don't know who was more confused at the end of 45 minutes, me or the children! Thais do take things literally, and if Mr John says it, it must happen! ha ha ha in belgium , it's falling ropes but the english idioms are too much... love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldozer Dawn Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) Oh so they were to blame for the recent downpour. Silly me, I though it was nature Apologies for repeat posts gone mad ! Edited August 12, 2015 by NongKhaiKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Oh so they were to blame for the recent downpour. Silly me, I though it was nature itself ! Oh Yes, move over Mother Nature as you'll only ever be second best compared to Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Oh so they were to blame for the recent downpour. Silly me, I though it was nature itself ! Oh Yes, move over Mother Nature as you'll only ever be second best compared to Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) Oh so they were to blame for the recent downpour. Silly me, I though it was nature its Apologies for a double post. Edited August 12, 2015 by NongKhaiKid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Oh so they were to blame for the recent downpour. Silly me, I though it was nature itself ! Oh Yes, move over Mother Nature as you'll only ever be second best compared to Thais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Apologies for multiple posts gone wild. Can the mods please tidy the mess ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksamuiguy Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 What does a kind word and encouragement hurt? It costs nothing to be nice. The idea was they tried! What di it hurt to acknowledge their efforts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Sometimes stupid .................. .............sometimes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15Peter20 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Of course he has to be nice to the rain seeding people. They have a rather important sponsor. And their success rate can not be measured by independent parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Oh so they were to blame for the recent downpour. Silly me, I though it was nature itself ! it's been raining cats and dogs up here ... but it does that every year... It is a sorry state of affairs when they are making out that causing it to rain during the rainy season is some sort of great achievement. For those that struggle to read the OP effectively..... the timeframe began in March. Oh, wait, you are soooo right. I forgot!! Up here in March... dry as a bone... dogs lying 'round in the road, tongues hanging out like used sand paper... Better? Now would you like me to cover the intervening months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Thailand's phenomenal scientific prowess manipulates mother nature with ease. The phrase, "a drop in a barrel" comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 What does a kind word and encouragement hurt? It costs nothing to be nice. The idea was they tried! What di it hurt to acknowledge their efforts? I think it has the potential for the people to plan their farming activities with the mistaken belief that all will be well as the good people in their small planes will save them. There needs to be more scientific explanations and also as I and others posted recently now it has rained no further thought is required for drought relief planning in the future no further thought to water storage or water conservation just fire up the Cessna's again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullstop Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 He should have thanked the people who did the rain dances in grass skirts too....a practice that is equally as effective in easing drought as cloud seeding. No it's not. Cloud seeding actually works. Why do people post rubbish like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Mother Nature just got humped by the Junta. That's what I call absolute power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Cloud seeding was the main reason for the US to consider barring rice imports from Thailand a number of years ago. The US stated that such rainmaking activities gave Thailand an unfair advantage over producers in other countries and its own local growers. I doubt the US would have raised this if cloud seeding did not have a basis in science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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