Extreme Drought Thailand/us South

[mbkudu]

A co-worker of mine just returned from Alabama vistiting relatives. He said their fields are bone dry and the farmers have not been able to plant anything. It is the worst drought they have had since the 70s. I wonder if Thailand's drought is from the same weather pattern or is it just a coincidence?

[mouse]

Rained cats and dogs last night in Kamphaeng Phet. First relief we had in a long time. Hopefully the rainy season will being a lot of liquid relief for everyone here.

[KevinN]

might be because of the latitude simalirity between the southern coast and the lat. of thailand is about the same,within about 5 degrees.

I really don't know,,maybe do some checking and see if it is going on all the way around at this lat.

[Goat Roper]

A friend of mine lives north of Birmingham, Ala. and he says it is the worst he's seen in many years, he blames it on the global warming, the ice melting on the north pole, El Ninia and all that other stuff, oh I forgot he mentioned the greenhouse effect too. Rianed a little here in Bkk. this morning but I think just enough to jam the traffic in the city and make commuting more miserable..

[the gentleman]

George Bush has a lot to answer for

[sbk]

El Nino and it's ugly twin sister La Nina have opposite effects on each side of the Pacific. So, when its El Nino SE Asia has serious drought and Central America has terrible flooding. La Nina causes drought in Central America and serious flooding in SE Asia. Although El Nino and La Nina are basically tropical disturbances that move along the equator they obviously affect weather patterns further north and south of the equator. I haven't heard of an El Nino starting up but then maybe the media has other things to hype besides El Nino.

If you want a more complete description of El Nino here is UC San Diegos website.

If you want a really complicated description of why there isn't an El Nino this year here's the link to the US National Weather Service: NOAA

Most likely its just global warming

[Boon Mee]

George Bush has a lot to answer for

It was 98 degrees yesterday in Orange Co, CA. George Bush is staying cool at his ranch in Texas!

[Adjan]

It is the worst drought they have had since the 70s. I wonder if Thailand's drought is from the same weather pattern or is it just a coincidence?

Same phenomenon here in Europe where the water stock is at its lowest level since ever.

Since a douzain of years, the few biggest multinational companies are buying water sources everywhere in the world. The idea is that water will be a greater value than petrol in only 5 years...

[sonthaya]

I sure hope not, here in Denmark petrol is now at 60 bath a liter

[mbkudu]

Crude oil I imagine is just an acquired taste, something to get used to. Bathing might be tricky though.