Storm & Flooding

[samuijimmy]

17 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Thursday and Friday, wind and lots of rain in my Crystal Ball...

 

Good rain this morning in Ban Por,  almost need a boat to get to main road, about 100 meters away!

 

Rain season seems to be going on much later than usual.

[Rooo]

Have a good look & brace yourselves. This prediction between 1 AM  to 1PM Thursday.

This site very accurate.

 

http://www.yr.no/place/Thailand/Surat_Thani/Koh_Samui~1606595/

[carmine]

1 hour ago, Rooo said:

Have a good look & brace yourselves. This prediction between 1 AM  to 1PM Thursday.

This site very accurate.

 

http://www.yr.no/place/Thailand/Surat_Thani/Koh_Samui~1606595/

 

WOW.......has this island ever seen the like of this?!!!

[longtom]

2 hours ago, Rooo said:

Have a good look & brace yourselves. This prediction between 1 AM  to 1PM Thursday.

This site very accurate.

 

http://www.yr.no/place/Thailand/Surat_Thani/Koh_Samui~1606595/

 

Thanks for the warning Roo. Hope they are wrong about tonight though!

[samuijimmy]

Bringing back memories of March 2010....

 

Thanks for that link Rooo!

[churchill]

Still heavy but improving ..

 

http://www.yr.no/place/Thailand/Surat_Thani/Koh_Samui~1606595/hour_by_hour.html

[khunPer]

2 hours ago, samuijimmy said:

Bringing back memories of March 2010....

 

Thanks for that link Rooo!

Believe it was March 2011 we had the flooding with more than 150 centimeter (that's 1,500 mm) downpour in less than two weeks, which together with wind and high waves stopped ferries and planes. Samui and her sisters ran out of food – even Spam was taken from the shelf in the supermarkets, except one last tin can with dents – and lots of stranded tourists, in the news they talked about thousands waiting in the airport, that wished one thing only, to get out of "Paradise".

 

Have a video from our trip to airport the morning that the rain stopped and traffic was expected to be reopened. The departure terminal was full of waiting people, and they were all on "stand-by", as all reservations were cancelled – my girlfriend needed to travel up North for an important business meeting, and from her Frequent Flyer bonus points we had managed to buy a Blue Ribbon 1st class tickets out on a flight that morning, which had been cancelled when we came to the airport. However her 1st Class ticket gave her priority in the stand-by row as one of the first in-line, so she got on-board the first flight out of the island about noon. The best part was, that when she arrived in Bangkok a kind ground hostes called her and said, they were so sorry for not having a plane with 1st class seats out of Samui, so they excused and would like to compensate her ticket by giver her all the points back...

Thanks for weather forecast Rooo , but not for our memories shall be copied for a repeat...

 

Video-frames: 1) Bo Phut Ring Road; 2) Stand-by queue started outside the airport departure building; 3) Some folks had been camping for days inside the terminal to get out on first flights.

 

Edited January 4, 2017 by khunPer

[PoorSucker]

20 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Believe it was March 2011 we had the flooding with more than 150 centimeter

 

Correct, lots of photos in this video.

 

[sticky]

As of 9am this morning measured 12.66 inches of rain this year, 7.60 inches previous 24 hours.

This 3.5 km up soi 5 in Maenam.

 

[samuijimmy]

Thanks Sticky! ^ That's a lot of rain!

 

It's not stopped all night for me, and looks like set in for the the day(?)

 

It must be getting desperate in some areas, perhaps members could give flood reports...

[islandguy]

What does the infamous stretch in front of Big C look like today? Any jet ski's pulling out floating Vios?

[phetphet]

And to think one of the mods closed another Samui thread on the wet weather recently..."because the rainny season is now over." 

[samuijimmy]

8 minutes ago, phetphet said:

And to think one of the mods closed another Samui thread on the wet weather recently..."because the rainny season is now over." 

 

I looked for that, but this seems to be the only one, which was started back in early December ... another about conditions in Lamai, is still open!

 

Perhaps just use this thread for current reports! 

 

I am beginning to wish I was back in Sunny Burma! My garden is now a river and the road to my house probably impassable!

[phetphet]

30 minutes ago, samuijimmy said:

 

I looked for that, but this seems to be the only one, which was started back in early December ... another about conditions in Lamai, is still open!

 

Perhaps just use this thread for current reports! 

 

I am beginning to wish I was back in Sunny Burma! My garden is now a river and the road to my house probably impassable!

Actually Jim, it was about all the rubbish on the island, and how the heavy winds and rain are washing it all up on the beaches.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/959343-welcome-to-paradise-sorry-about-the-rubbish/?page=8

[evadgib]

I haven't heard any sirens yet, presumably because the roads are impassable. 

 

Schools are closed. We purchased new umbrellas yesterday which might prove useful if we need anything from 7/11, Tesco express or market.

 

If you see an airborne teddy in Maenam you'll know my power has gone off! :)

[phetphet]

26 minutes ago, evadgib said:

I haven't heard any sirens yet, presumably because the roads are impassable. 

 

Schools are closed. We purchased new umbrellas yesterday which might prove useful if we need anything from 7/11, Tesco express or market.

 

If you see an airborne teddy in Maenam you'll know my power has gone off! :)

I need to buy a decent large umbrella. Was thinking of asking at one of the hotels. Where did you buy your's please?

[samuijimmy]

I hear that the area around Napalan Temple  (spelling?) Area of Lomprayah Maenam ferry is pretty bad....

 

Umbrellas, I don't know where to buy, PhetPhet..... ... wading boots would be useful too.  Water up to thighs just down the road from me...

 

I hid the rubbish link we don't need the trolls to add to that.

[churchill]

'I hear that the area around Napalan Temple  (spelling?) Area of Lomprayah Maenam ferry is pretty bad....'

 

Yes I drove through , Nissan xtrail , about an hour ago .. only just made it .. ...Most drivers not attempting it . 

[PoorSucker]

Just came back from Makro.

Ring road Chaweng has the biggest flooding I have seen in that area, it's basically a river one meter deep.

Currents from the sois sweepes away all motorbike attempts, almost lifted my carrabean jeep.

Some sedans standing middle of road with water over  the hood.

 

Went by the lake on way back, meter deep water at the roundabout, lakeroad passible but lake is raising fast.

 

One meter deep at laemdin as usual.

 

If you can, stay home., take care.

[evadgib]

5 hours ago, phetphet said:

I need to buy a decent large umbrella. Was thinking of asking at one of the hotels. Where did you buy your's please?

My wife purchased several in Nation market yesterday @ THB 250 each and is test-firing a large PINK one in Maenam as I type :)

 

They had cheaper ones too but they weren't as big or strong.

 

(In this weather the colour wouldn't bother me either!)

Edited January 5, 2017 by evadgib

[PoorSucker]

Flodded areas in Chaweng has been cut from power grid, electric shock prevention.

[PoorSucker]

1 hour ago, evadgib said:

(In this weather the colour wouldn't bother me either!)

Use the pink on Tuesdays to gain Thai respect.

[samuijimmy]

Friend on Koh Phangan, has just emailed me to say many road on the island area in pretty bad shape with floods... and no doubt will get worse over next few days.

[phetphet]

Looking at that weather chart that was posted here today, we are in for more heavy rain tonight.

[cornishcarlos]

Mainland is getting a hammering too....

River behind our place between Donsak and Surat has risen at least 2m !!!! 

Mrs has cleared out the garage in anticipation of flooding..

I'm not there unfortunately to help...

 

Be safe everyone 

[wump]

I just had my flights canceled today (even though I saw one taking off like 5pm and another one just 30 minutes ago). I rebooked for Saturday night. Anyone seen the forecast? Will I be okay?

 

Have to drive to Chaweng tomorrow to pick up my refund, lets see how this goes.

[Rooo]

1 hour ago, cornishcarlos said:

Mainland is getting a hammering too....

River behind our place between Donsak and Surat has risen at least 2m !!!! 

Mrs has cleared out the garage in anticipation of flooding..

I'm not there unfortunately to help...

 

Be safe everyone 

Nakhon where I am at the moment, from 7 this morning:

 

 

Amount of Rainfall 07-07	205.4 mm.

 

Samui:

Amount of Rainfall 07-07	109.7 mm.

Edited January 5, 2017 by Rooo

[wump]

This is crazy... the average rainfall for January is 90mm and for December it's 150mm. We already had a day with 90mm this December, no flooding in Lamai though. Today in Lamai everything was under water, even with the fancy new canal. Water at the beach is almost black from all the debris.

Edited January 5, 2017 by wump

[PoorSucker]

No rain on my roof right now, but I live on a slope so not fear  for the massive water comming down the mountain.

 

I spoke to an old friend of  mine  Samui  Expat since 1997, he told me stories that he heard.

Drought,... Chaweng lake empty.

Flood....Soi had ngam, used to be  the beach road because that is the highest water when the next typhoon comes.

[PoorSucker]

Hard rain started again this morning in south Chaweng.