Suvarnabhumi airport and floods

[joekicker 53]

If you know Bangkok this is pretty useful. It was made Friday night and is VERY up to date as posted:

 

 

 

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[voracious 31]

Water level in Ratchadapisek as of today.

After the photo was taken, it rained for half an hour or so - pouring rain.

Water got up about 5-10 cm around the street and parking lot near the hotel before the rain stopped.

Everything looks fine now.

[satyr 15]

Ride from BKK to Pattaya was normal. Heavy traffic on some stretches getting out of downtown BKK, passing an accident on motorway slowed things a bit, traffic heavy and slow in Pattaya. Trip from BKK to Pattas took two hours, another 20 minutes within Patts to get to my condo near Tukcom. But that is about par for the course for a Friday afternoon. However, condo manager said a lot of demand for rooms, apartments in Pattaya. I don't know how extensive an overview he has, but told me, "Everything full, Very good business."

 

Evil

 

 

Thanks for the updates. Keep them cumming.

 

After you get a chance to look around; can you comment on how crowded it is in Pattaya? Is there bottled water and supplies available along beach road and 2nd road? How is the quality and quantity of bar-girls/go-go girls? Are prices being affected?, etc.

[JONPAT 222]

Thanks for the updates. Keep them cumming.

 

After you get a chance to look around; can you comment on how crowded it is in Pattaya? Is there bottled water and supplies available along beach road and 2nd road? How is the quality and quantity of bar-girls/go-go girls? Are prices being affected?, etc.

I stopped in several convienense stores last night and none had water. Plenty of girls along beach road and many seemed to be in the beer bars (I seldom go to gogos) but not an over abundance of slim ones. Prices were the same as far as I could tell. I'd be sure of having a room before coming though.

[jacko 8,822]

Seems to be in fashion among Bangkokians... my girlfriends father took off with his 2nd wife and son to Italy.

They got floods there!

[MrDK 59]

Keep them cumming.

 

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[bigdelta 46]

Just today,the PM said Suvarabhumi SHOULD NOT flood.Now it's SHOULD NOT instead of will not.That's comforting & reassuring.

Edited November 8, 2011 by bigdelta

[jacko 8,822]

Just today,the PM said Suvarabhumi SHOULD NOT flood.Now it's SHOULD NOT instead of will not.That's comforting & reassuring.

These guys have given up on definitive statements.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

I found on another board this link to a series of umpteen traffic cams in Bangkok. There's a better view if you click on the "View all cameras" link under the first cam at the top right of the page.

 

http://www.webworldc....th/cctv-image/

 

Depending on the number of hits the site is getting, it can be slow to load.

 

Evil

Edited November 8, 2011 by Evil Penevil

[joekicker 53]

Just today,the PM said Suvarabhumi SHOULD NOT flood.Now it's SHOULD NOT instead of will not.That's comforting & reassuring.

 

Don't believe she or minions ever said "will not" about anywhere including the airport. Airports of Thailand pooyai Somchai Sawasdipol KIND of said it last Friday, but this is the closest I've seen:

 

"We project that in a worst case scenario, the floodwater would be no more than 1.50 metres high and our 3.50 metre floodwalls would definitely be able to hold it."

 

It's the government's GOAL to keep "inner Bangkok" and the airport dry. I've not seen anyone say they WILL BE dry.

 

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[satyr 15]

Any estimates on when the flood will reach Suvarnabhumi airport.

[joekicker 53]

Any estimates on when the flood will reach Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

Lots of them. They range from last Friday to "never". That's not facetious.

 

The floods have a way to go if they are going to get to the walls of Suvarnabhumi. As of today, the best GUESS is that it will be "never". But if there are two or three crucial breakdowns, which is possible, it could be a day and a half after those breakdowns. However. In the current plan for draining Bangkok, the water does not get to Suvarnabhumi, which is in a (planned) dry area, which also includes a nearby industrial estate called Lat Krabang. So if everything goes right, which it well might, then it will never get to Suvarnabhumi.

 

One more thing. If Suvarnabhumi actually floods, it will be the most serious thing that ever has happened in Thailand. To flood that airport, getting over a solid 10-foot wall and rendering a few dozen big pumps useless, you're talking tsunami strength. NOTHING is "never" at the moment, but flooding Suvarnabhumi is quite close.

 

Try this. As you load this map, the airport is the grey rectangle just off to the right (slide the map across). You should be able to figure out generally what's going on. This is a real-time map.

 

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Edited November 9, 2011 by joekicker

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

I just had dinner with a friend who decided to flee BKK today for the safety of Pattaya. The taxi driver he used needed to fill up on gas on the way. At the first station, there was a queue of 100 cars. At the second, no gasoline. The driver wasn't able to find any station that had gas before he reached Pattaya, running on fumes the last few blocks, my friend said.

 

Pattaya is likely to be very, very crowded tomorrow because Loy Krathong celebrations on and along the Chao Phraya River have cancelled, a decision announced about 10 days ago.

 

Evil