Bad floods in Thailand

Thailand is being hit full on by some of the worst flooding in living memory. When I lived in Thailand we had our fair share of floods around this time of year. We were marooned for a week at our house in Phatum Thani. That was down to rain in the area.

This time the North East of the country had a week long deluge of monsoon rain. Seventeen people have died due to the floods so far and in the next few days Bangkok will be getting the full force of the rain mixed together with what in Thailand is called a King tide over this weekend. This is our version of high tide.

What is becoming apparent is that too many natural flood plains have been developed. These include the new Bangkok Airport and even our housing project. Unfortunately our project drains very well, but that is because it drains in to the surrounding areas. Sorry!!!

I only hope things pass off without too much bother, Nuch's Family lives on the edge of a Klong (Canal) in north Bangkok. The last thing they need are floods, although the house is traditional in that is built on stilts, so everything could be moved upstairs.