webfact Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Bangkok readies for heavy rains and flooding BANGKOK, 11 May 2017 (NNT) – All 50 district offices of Bangkok has prepared plans to respond to flooding with the Department of Drainage and Sewerage (DDS) to keep them abreast of the situation on an hourly basis. Deputy Bangkok Governor Chakkaphan Piew-ngam said that as the Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rains for the capital during this period the city has had to prepare plans for its low lying areas and areas where drainage is often slow. The capital has tapped DDS to coordinate with all of its 50 district offices and establish responses to flooding. DDS will monitor rainfall as well as drainage to inform the decisions of each of the offices. The city has also readied all of its canals, pipelines and up to 2,000 water pumps to handle rainfall. Chakkaphan explained that rainfall below 60 millimeters should not cause flooding, while 90 millimeters and up would spur an urgent response. -- nnt 2017-05-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Didnt read that they have had men out clearing rubbish from the khlongs or dredging blocked waterways to help prevent flooding. No, they only have plans for when there is flooding !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Heavy rain in Pattaya now........whoopee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remobb Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Bring it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabula Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Great... extinguish the fire in the sky, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Miller Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 2 hours ago, jaiyen said: Didnt read that they have had men out clearing rubbish from the khlongs or dredging blocked waterways to help prevent flooding. No, they only have plans for when there is flooding !! "The city has also readied all of its canals, pipelines and up to 2,000 water pumps to handle rainfall." According to the article they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bino Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Is this news worthy of email bulletin / LINE update, et al? Is there severe weather coming imminently? Or is this just more "posturing" in advance of the rainy season? If the former, some weather / meteorological information would be useful. If the latter, kinda stupid to post this. They are giving up their deniability when the rainy season does hit and the inevitable problems start happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 2 hours ago, jaiyen said: Didnt read that they have had men out clearing rubbish from the khlongs or dredging blocked waterways to help prevent flooding. No, they only have plans for when there is flooding !! Correct, they haven't done anything... 2000 water pumps means nothing has been done to clear drainage or khlongs just pump & push the water somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Where is the ex science minister, Plod and his boat propellers.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just.a.thought Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Imagine if people stopped throwing plastic and other garbage everywhere then the drains and canals could actually function as intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Oh, no time or money to fix it again this year. Maybe that's what the subs are for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Quote The city has also readied all of its canals, pipelines and up to 2,000 water pumps to handle rainfall. And it still ain't enough to prevent flooding in many areas. The news article released by the National News Bureau of Thailand (i.e, a department of the govt) is just the govt crowing that it's ready for heavy rains in Bangkok--NOT!! Well, it is ready to "watch" the heavy rains unless it's during non-duty hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish monger Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Prayut said that he had it all under control...If he said it, it must be true............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funandsuninbangkok Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Had the boys out Sunday scooping the much from Sukhumvit drains. Nice new uniforms. Much better than the old prison cloths. They found tons of sand and garbage. Well done fellows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Well and truly flooded tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 An off topic obfuscation post has been removed, the replies were removed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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