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Our lowest piece of land is now a torrent. The water is over the bridge about 500 meters from there. Cutting off a village. No way to tell how much land we are losing till the water goes down.

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Our lowest piece of land is now a torrent. The water is over the bridge about 500 meters from there. Cutting off a village. No way to tell how much land we are losing till the water goes down.

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you won't get any more rain and things will dry out quickly. Let us know how it goes when the waters retreat.

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The highway department just constructed new drainaage canals along the highway in our village. That big rain still flooded the usual low areas. Our soi was under water. But the water seems to be retreating quickly so maybe the highway project helped. The problem is that the valley is so flat the water really has no where to go.

Our new wall really helped keeper water out of our lot. With the exception of water coming through the gate when the soi floods. I'll have to devise a little raised berm under the gate.

Hope everyone's house is dry!

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Just got the power back. We didn't lose much actual land this time. But a large ancient sandbar that we considered ours and we had trees on. Has been stripped clean and has been shortened at the head. It seems one more flood like that and it will be gone.

This cold season I guess I will be making some concrete embankments.

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It was raining again this morning when I woke up but yesterday was beautiful so I went for a ride. The Ing River and various local streams were meandering about completely disregarding their accepted boundaries. Farmland and small parks were under a chocolate hued torrent of water. Regardless people were out fishing in the floodwaters. The water was nearly touching the bottom of the bridges.

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Aye carumba! It's really coming down!

Think I saw an ark.

Must have driven along that road that passes the Rimkok

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from google map

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Had a beautiful morning with clear sky and sunshine. This afternoon had a big storm with wind and lightning. The rain started for about 30 minutes before the first thunder was heard. It lasted here for around 2 hours. We live near Phayao

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I wish, the problem is I can't see them anymore.

At least it is only mist...that is no problem for me. As far as breathing is concerned the weather now is perfect.

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The mountain range near Phayao also disappeared this morning. They reappeared this afternoon but were very hazy. The sun disappeared at 1725 this afternoon. It set over the highest peak of the mountain range.

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We had an all night rain two nights ago, I was looking forward to some clear days, but no, it's hazier than ever.

Oh well, off to Canada for a month. That will fix me.

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This weather is wreaking havoc on the rice fields. On my ride yesterday a large percentage of the fields were laying on the ground. A few brave souls were trying to get the harvest in before anymore damage was done but it seemed too wet for the harvest machines.

The last few years Loy Krathong has been cold and family came to the pond bundled in jackets. At this moment it is pouring down rain and I wonder if anyone will be braving the elements to celebrate tonight. Odd weather indeed.
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Spent the weekend in Chiang Mai and found it much warmer than here in Chiang Rai. It is a little too windy for me but I love the temperature these days. Being able to ride the mt. bike for 80 km without sweating is a big plus.

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It's officially cold this morning. 7 outside 8 indoors. At least it took a while to get cold this year.

Almost too cold to type!

Now where are those guys that are always crying about handing out free blankets? I know several in my village that would happily give them a free kick in the nads.

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In and near Phayao we actually had a few drops of rain this afternoon. Enough to use the wipers on the car and in one village there was water on the ground. Lets hope we get a lot more very soon.

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Had a storm this morning. It was a pleasure to feel and smell the rain. The temperature has dropped. We need more storms and rain to clear the smoke.

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My dog woke me up last night, something she doesn’t do normally. At first I heard nothing but before long there was a low rumble in the distance. Next the wind picked up, followed by house shaking thunder. Finally the rain came down in buckets and it was impossible to sleep from 1:30 am to after 2:30 am. The rain continued on and off throughout the night and this morning everything looks and feels different.

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