Soi Katoey flooded

Post by **Philrjones** » May 26, 2008, 7:37 pm

Hi all,
Soi katoey is under water again.

Pic courtesy of Wazza who took it asbout 30 mins ago (7pm Mpnday)

Post by **beer monkey** » May 26, 2008, 7:38 pm

Thanks for the pic wazza + phil,, got anymore..?

Post by **Philrjones** » May 26, 2008, 7:40 pm

Just the one I think Wazza took. I have a shop down there so I'm keeping my eye on it. If anyone is near, run down and take a few snaps, but watch out for the floaters!!!
Cheers
Phil

Post by **beer monkey** » May 26, 2008, 7:42 pm

Philrjones wrote:Just the one I think Wazza took. I have a shop down there so I'm keeping my eye on it. If anyone is near, run down and take a few snaps, but watch out for the floaters!!!
Cheers
Phil

yes leave the flip-flops at home and wear some wellies, nothing worse than getting a floater from someone you don't know stuck in between ones toes....

Post by **Philrjones** » May 26, 2008, 7:45 pm

I think the floaters may already be diluted from the looks of the water! yum!!

Post by **Kudjap or Bust** » May 26, 2008, 7:59 pm

Where is it???

Post by **beer monkey** » May 26, 2008, 8:23 pm

N.14 on the map, near Nongs.

Post by **Ba Bob** » May 26, 2008, 8:40 pm

beer monkey wrote: nothing worse than getting a floater from someone you don't know stuck in between ones toes....

What but you dont mind someone you knows??

Post by **beer monkey** » May 26, 2008, 8:43 pm

If i had the 'choice' i would go for the person i know.....well who wouldn't..!!.

Post by **panick** » May 26, 2008, 8:45 pm

Depends on their eating habits

Post by **Steve3** » June 9, 2008, 5:39 am

Philrjones wrote:Hi all,
Soi katoey is under water again.

Pic courtesy of Wazza who took it asbout 30 mins ago (7pm Mpnday)

So is this something which happens with regularity ?

...he says with a frown after recently renting an apartment not so very far up the hill from there.....

~Steve3

Post by **saint** » June 9, 2008, 6:52 am

only when it rains steve.

Post by TJ » June 9, 2008, 6:59 am

The farmers need rain for the rice crops. So just grin and bear it.

Post by **Steve3** » June 9, 2008, 7:21 am

TJ wrote:The farmers need rain for the rice crops. So just grin and bear it.

When I flew out on the 4th of June it looked like they had ample water in the fields.

Mama told the teelack this week they have to wait a bit to plant because the water is TOO DEEP to plant rice at the moment. The ponds are full and the creek is backing up. But that's over south of Nong Bhua Lamphu.

~Steve3

Post by **saint** » June 9, 2008, 7:28 am

the problem is that they never maintain anything, after the flood in 79 or whatever, they spent a fortune on the drainage canals all around the town, ive got one of these klongs about 100 yards from my house and its so full of silt and rubbish, there is now a 10 ft tree growing in the middle of it. so udon continues to flood when it rains, not as bad as 79, but give it time.

Post by **wazza** » June 9, 2008, 2:35 pm

Last week Soi Katoey received a boost to its external distaster planning.

They upgraded the storm water pipes in the street.

The pict was my Chev Captiva and it survives, makes a gr8 bow wave when i left with my GF that night, and we offered a lift to heaps of her friends stranded on the sides.

Post by **Steve3** » June 9, 2008, 4:40 pm

Building and maintaining infrastructure is something we take for granted from the West. It's not such an automatic in SE Asia from my experience. A few too many grand plans and the following years it falls into disrepair and never lasts as long as it should.

We can see it on any street in Thailand that roads, water & sewer are never a topic until it becomes a serious problem. They will learn with time I'm sure.

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Seems the water has dropped out in Sri Bun Ruang District because teelack told me on the phone just minutes ago that mama and papa were sleeping out at the farm last night. Time to plant rice!!

~Steve3

Post by **Steve3** » June 9, 2008, 4:49 pm

wazza wrote:Last week Soi Katoey received a boost to its external distaster planning.

They upgraded the storm water pipes in the street.

The pict was my Chev Captiva and it survives, makes a gr8 bow wave when i left with my GF that night, and we offered a lift to heaps of her friends stranded on the sides.

So that is what they dug-up and buried last week along Soi Katoey? I was wondering what they had put in the street. They were excavating on the 25-26th of May when we were in town. We moved in on the 1st and they were just finishing up the project. Hope they plan to replace the black top as well because the red soil was washing out and downhill very quickly in the following days with the rains.

Good that they are making improvements though. Step in the right direction.

~Steve3

Post by **aznyron** » June 9, 2008, 7:24 pm

soi katoey get flooded every time she bends over and raises her dress LOL

Post by **wazza** » June 9, 2008, 9:42 pm

At least they have the balls to replumb Soi Katoey LOL

Yes the black top will need replacing, but after the rainy season i imagine.

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