Flooding?

[pigeonjake]

Hi guys and gals.

What is the flooding like?

Might as well get it first hand from the guys that live there

[Jingthing]

Jomtien Beach Road was a river a few hours ago ... 

[Suradit69]

Pattaya Tai was on the way to becoming river-like, but the water level seems to have subsided rather quickly. Right now it's no more than the usual puddle here and there, at least to the west of Third Rd.

[jimmyyy]

dry up here in Khon kaen, got the BBQ going

[pigeonjake]

Thanks

[pigeonjake]

Thank you

[topt]

Between 5 and 6 o'clock it was a complete nightmare. Police stopped me from turning left out of Hollywood road to go down by Jamiesons Pub. Beach Road was not only flooded but blocked by a coach and a car wedged together where both had decided to turn left somewhere around soi 4 or similar - bus was almost completely blocking nearly all the lanes and still full of Chinese.  presumably they were waiting for the insurance reps........inched around that one car at a time.

Soi Honey, Buakhow from there to Central and south on Central were flooded. By then I think the police had just reopened third road north of Central as it was passable but not for all cars.

 

Was still raining (less heavily) at 8 but almost stopped - was able to take the dogs out........

[SidJames]

Took me 2 hours to get from Pratamnak to Boonthavorn on the Suk & back

We were trying to get to the hospital but only got that far & the clinic rang us to tell us the doc couldn't wait any longer & had left.

Suk southbound was blocked off just past the 'tunnel'

How will they keep that dry if the roads above are flooding?

[champa]

beach road at 3 pm.

 

pattaya sai song near wat chai mong kol. 

 

Sukhumvit south pattaya. 

 

Beach road in front of central beach.

 

Banana boat on beach road, north pattaya. 

 

Soi Bongkot

 

Sukhumvit, south Pattaya.

 

Tukcom. 

 

kao talo

 

Naklua road.

 

soi buakhao.

 

all pictures are from FB. 

 

[michelangelo1000]

Does Wongamat also get flooded and all those condos there? Pratumnak maybe is safe from flooding?

[NanLaew]

7 hours ago, pegman said:

Anyone know what condition the tunnel is in? 

High and dry. Absolutely no flooding.

 

Sukhumvit low spots on EITHER SIDE of the tunnel have and will always flood though.

[NanLaew]

9 hours ago, SidJames said:

Took me 2 hours to get from Pratamnak to Boonthavorn on the Suk & back

We were trying to get to the hospital but only got that far & the clinic rang us to tell us the doc couldn't wait any longer & had left.

Suk southbound was blocked off just past the 'tunnel'

How will they keep that dry if the roads above are flooding?

Headed north on Sukhumvit after 4 PM and noted all traffic stalled at the traffic lights so assumed the run-off from Soi Watboonsamphan had flash-flooded the usual bit. Turned into Pattaya Tai and cut across to Third Road via Chaloemprakiat 18 where it was up to the running boards on the pickup. Third and Lengkee were deserted. Stopped for dinner at 5 PM on Soi Post Officer @ Second. At 7 PM going home, Soi Diana was knee deep and Buakhao was like a river as I crossed over into Lengkee. Third was busy and mostly but cross streets were a mess of cars and bikes trying short cuts to avoid the gridlock on Klang. Big tailback at the Highway 7 exit for the Croc Farm just before the tollbooths.

[JSixpack]

9 hours ago, pegman said:

Anyone know what condition the tunnel is in? 

 

[Orac]

A flash flood that went away quickly as happens several times a year.

[Mattd]

In light of the floods that always happen in the South road / Sukhumvit junction area, then It is going to be very interesting to see how the engineers eventually tackle building the tunnel that is proposed for there at a later date, now this will not be easy from a flooding POV!

[johng]

1 hour ago, JSixpack said:

 

 

I should have taken the blue pill !!!

[OMGImInPattaya]

24 minutes ago, Mattd said:

In light of the floods that always happen in the South road / Sukhumvit junction area, then It is going to be very interesting to see how the engineers eventually tackle building the tunnel that is proposed for there at a later date, now this will not be easy from a flooding POV!

I would imagine that drivers would know not to enter an underground tunnel during the height of a heavy tropical downpour...not rocket science. There are still the surface roads to use.

[NanLaew]

16 minutes ago, Mattd said:

In light of the floods that always happen in the South road / Sukhumvit junction area, then It is going to be very interesting to see how the engineers eventually tackle building the tunnel that is proposed for there at a later date, now this will not be easy from a flooding POV!

Yes, the rumored South Pattaya/Theprasit tunnel will be a much longer and more complex than the current one having a dog-leg in it. The area between Watboonsamphan Road and Tai has always flooded and despite extensive drainage work these past few years, it will always flood. I think they would need to run an elevated, filled section between the south end of the current tunnel to the entrance of any new tunnel. The properties and businesses on either side will have to live with that.

[Mattd]

Little point in building it then really in that case, yes, the floods are not often, however, much better to build a bridge!

[dabhand]

43 minutes ago, Mattd said:

Little point in building it then really in that case, yes, the floods are not often, however, much better to build a bridge!

 

Don't despair. Some have plenty of faith in the planners of this mega project that is not even one third complete (the South Pattaya and Thepprasit intersections are in their sights). Am certain that the flooding issue between the intersections has been fully thought through as I'm not really sure of the benefit of a dry tunnel containing vehicles with nowhere to go. Do overpasses flood?

 

Perhaps the total confusion over the traffic management at the start of the project - maybe the planners are fans of the hokey cokey - was an aberration and the end result will be the usual five star experience and well worth the money being spent, with absolutely no hint of any envelopes of any colour in the process.

[alocacoc]

Heaven above Jomtien. Taken a few minutes ago.

[anotheruser]

4 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

I would imagine that drivers would know not to enter an underground tunnel during the height of a heavy tropical downpour...not rocket science. There are still the surface roads to use.

 

LOL did you forget where you are? They would know this like they know not to run the red lights when the crossing guards are down on a railroad track. :)

 

This is the home of the dumbest accidents in the world. 

[anotheruser]

I can see the headline now. "All 46 passengers on bus die when yaba fuelled drunken driver goes full speed into a flooded tunnel."

 

Secondary reports are in"  "What started as a tragic day ends up with a miraculous story from one lucky bus driver. The missing driver who was presumed dead was later found alive and well in a walking street area gogo.

 

The Driver a Mr. emloi yababeer credited his survival to the amulet he had stolen from the luggage of a passenger he had drugged a mere few hours before the carnage. He want on to say "The amulet truly guarded him from a catastrophe and he is thankful the bus company has assured him he will keep his job." 

Edited October 27, 2016 by anotheruser

[NanLaew]

23 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

I would imagine that drivers would know not to enter an underground tunnel during the height of a heavy tropical downpour...not rocket science. There are still the surface roads to use.

 

19 hours ago, anotheruser said:

 

LOL did you forget where you are? They would know this like they know not to run the red lights when the crossing guards are down on a railroad track. :)

 

This is the home of the dumbest accidents in the world. 

 

Indeed, just a few weeks ago in Bangkok...

 

 

And that was WITHOUT a tunnel!

 

I guess THIS is how you do it...

 

 

Edited October 28, 2016 by NanLaew

[OMGImInPattaya]

5 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

 

Indeed, just a few weeks ago in Bangkok...

 

 

And that was WITHOUT a tunnel!

 

I guess THIS is how you do it...

 

 

Well, if someone decides to chance it going through a flooded tunnel (or road), it's not really anyone else's problem is it. I think that's the obvious point.

Edited October 28, 2016 by OMGImInPattaya

[JSixpack]

On Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 3:51 PM, anotheruser said:

I can see the headline now. "All 46 passengers on bus die when yaba fuelled drunken driver goes full speed into a flooded tunnel."

 

Secondary reports are in"  "What started as a tragic day ends up with a miraculous story from one lucky bus driver. The missing driver who was presumed dead was later found alive and well in a walking street area gogo.

 

The Driver a Mr. emloi yababeer credited his survival to the amulet he had stolen from the luggage of a passenger he had drugged a mere few hours before the carnage. He want on to say "The amulet truly guarded him from a catastrophe and he is thankful the bus company has assured him he will keep his job." 

 

I can see the headline now: "At least 46 former ace construction and drainage engineers posting on TVF die by jumping off balconies when the tunnel didn't flood during the first big rainstorm of the rainy season."

 

Secondary reports are in: ""What started as a tragic day ends up with a miraculous story from one lucky ace engineer. The missing commentard who was presumed dead was later found alive and well in a walking street area gogo.
 
The Engineer, a Mr. Fred "The Prat" Boggs from Bradford, West Yorkshire, credited his survival to the amulet he had stolen from the luggage of a passenger on the Pattaya bus he had drugged a mere few hours before the carnage. He want on to say "Ah managed ta sell t' amulet ta eur pawnshop on soi buakhaoa for 10 quid sa 'a' ah could affut 'un last draft chang durin 'appy 'ahr. i'm soz ah wor such eur dingy ont' forum 'n made orl those childish jokes, sa ah may not last much longa eitha. sin t' tunnel didn't flood, i've lost t' will ta li'. please don't let t' csi: tvf try ta finga uz favori' a' t' kai daoa bar for pushin uz off eur balcony." Which evidently meant something like, "I managed to sell the amulet to a pawnshop on Soi Buakhao for 10 quid so that I could afford one last draft Chang during happy hour. I'm sorry I was such a fool on the forum and made all those childish jokes, so I may not last much longer either. Since the tunnel didn't flood, I've lost the will to live. Please don't let the CSI: TVF try to finger my favorite at the Kai Dao bar for pushing me off a balcony."   

 

"The Prat" posting nonsense in happier days

 

 

[anotheruser]

I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 

[anotheruser]

7 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

Well, if someone decides to chance it going through a flooded tunnel (or road), it's not really anyone else's problem is it. I think that's the obvious point.

It is if they have passengers....

[pattayadude]

On 10/27/2016 at 10:46 AM, Mattd said:

In light of the floods that always happen in the South road / Sukhumvit junction area, then It is going to be very interesting to see how the engineers eventually tackle building the tunnel that is proposed for there at a later date, now this will not be easy from a flooding POV!

why fix it if you can just put a bandage on it each time! what better way to keep the unemployment below half percent (0.56%)

[pattayadude]

On 10/28/2016 at 5:46 PM, JSixpack said:

 

I can see the headline now: "At least 46 former ace construction and drainage engineers posting on TVF die by jumping off balconies when the tunnel didn't flood during the first big rainstorm of the rainy season."

 

Secondary reports are in: ""What started as a tragic day ends up with a miraculous story from one lucky ace engineer. The missing commentard who was presumed dead was later found alive and well in a walking street area gogo.
 
The Engineer, a Mr. Fred "The Prat" Boggs from Bradford, West Yorkshire, credited his survival to the amulet he had stolen from the luggage of a passenger on the Pattaya bus he had drugged a mere few hours before the carnage. He want on to say "Ah managed ta sell t' amulet ta eur pawnshop on soi buakhaoa for 10 quid sa 'a' ah could affut 'un last draft chang durin 'appy 'ahr. i'm soz ah wor such eur dingy ont' forum 'n made orl those childish jokes, sa ah may not last much longa eitha. sin t' tunnel didn't flood, i've lost t' will ta li'. please don't let t' csi: tvf try ta finga uz favori' a' t' kai daoa bar for pushin uz off eur balcony." Which evidently meant something like, "I managed to sell the amulet to a pawnshop on Soi Buakhao for 10 quid so that I could afford one last draft Chang during happy hour. I'm sorry I was such a fool on the forum and made all those childish jokes, so I may not last much longer either. Since the tunnel didn't flood, I've lost the will to live. Please don't let the CSI: TVF try to finger my favorite at the Kai Dao bar for pushing me off a balcony."   

 

"The Prat" posting nonsense in happier days