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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2011 18:23:32 GMT
I don't think Phuket has had any problems because the rain was more to the north, and Phuket does not have much in the way of rivers anyway.
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Post by curt on Nov 17, 2011 22:58:43 GMT
There has been some recent flooding to the south, unrelated to the Bangkok floods. It's still the rainy season south.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 18, 2011 16:36:55 GMT
What is the normal rainy season in that part of the world? Ours here finishes sometime in October, and there's usually no rain again until March at the earliest.
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Post by curt on Nov 18, 2011 22:33:39 GMT
Starts to really set in, late July, to the north.
August and September are the peaks.
It moves down from the north, wrapping up in November, to the south.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 21, 2011 6:24:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2011 8:06:09 GMT
out of the headlines, but still big problems....
Old Bangkok airport's future in doubt
BANGKOK, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- As floodwaters recede at Bangkok's old airport, the Thai government is deciding whether to pay to restore it.
Don Mueang is the oldest continuously operating airport in an Asian capital. Suvarnabhumi Airport has replaced it as the city's and country's major gateway.
Airports of Thailand PLC, which operates Don Mueang, said the big question is whether the facility needs a permanent flood-control system, the Bangkok Post reported. Installing one would add millions of dollars to the cost of fixing up the terminals.
Most of the airport's business comes from two budget carriers that fly domestically.
Before the flood, Airports of Thailand had been planning to add new maintenance facilities and a new car showroom in an effort to bring more business to Don Mueang. A new terminal for private jets had been completed and has reportedly been heavily damaged by floodwaters.
Most of the airport was still flooded Friday, with jets sitting on tarmacs covered by almost 20 inches of water.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2012 11:22:18 GMT
Soon it will have been a year since the Thai floods began. There was a programme on television about the aftermath a day or two ago, and it showed large rather luxurious neighbourhoods mostly still abandoned because the people don't feel safe anymore, even though they are the ones who had chosen to build villas along the waterfront. A lot of images and the comments of the locals were amazingly similar to the reports after Katrina in New Orleans.
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Post by curt on Aug 22, 2012 9:21:43 GMT
There is a bit of irony with post #35.
Don Muang is readying to restart increased domestic operations, while Swampy is the one in actual trouble.
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Post by curt on Aug 1, 2013 9:01:46 GMT
I'll have what she's drinking!
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Post by bjd on Aug 1, 2013 10:49:43 GMT
Sounds like a cocktail mixed with spam.
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Post by curt on Aug 1, 2013 12:35:56 GMT
Sounds like a cocktail mixed with spam. Yes; I was kinda waiting for the pitch!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2013 14:04:12 GMT
I didn't even get to see this one because I go and delete all of the spam posts simultaneously without even looking at them.
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Post by bjd on Aug 2, 2013 11:01:23 GMT
Link or not, I would never link to anything on a post that looks like spam, including #42
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2013 12:12:18 GMT
Ha ha, now you are #42.
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