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Doom's day Flood Risk Area in Bangkok: as of 1111; Wading into trouble - Earth Changes and the Pole Shift

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Maps of Flood Risk Area in Bangkok: as of 1111; Wading into trouble

11 November:
* Wading into trouble: Highest flood levels on some major roads in Bangkok [Bangkok Post: 11/11/2011] 328520.jpg
* Loi Krathong: Date: Full moon of the 12th Thai month (2011 date: 10 November)
Pictures from Bangkok Post (11/11/2011; Embattled PM refuses to quit)
1) Bangkok celebrated Loy Krathong along flooded roads
2) Residents hire a boat to take them to the middle of the flooded Lat Phrao intersection and float a krathong. THITI WANNAMONTHA
3) People join the Loy Krathong celebration with the theme to help flood victims at the Safari World on Ram Intra. PATTANAPONG HIRUNARD
4) People float krathongs in the flooded Phahon Yothin Road outside the Central Department Store in Lat Phrao area to celebrate the Loy Krathong festival yesterday. RATTASEEMA PONGSAN
* Inundated Districts [JETRO: 10/11/2011]
According to various news summaries, a flood occurs in 29 districts in total as of November 10. (The map below shows the flooding districts as of 10/11. (cf. as of 7/11, 5/11 and 3/11)
* Community spirit [Bangkok Post: 11/11/2011]
SPECIAL REPORT: Pak Kret remains dry after early flood prevention and its community's determination
Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi remains dry despite heavy flooding in surrounding areas thanks to its strong, well-built dykes, including this one near Wat Koo temple. THITI WANNAMONTHA
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10 November:
* Water influx outpaces drainage [The Nation: 10/11/2011]
Sukhumbhand says big bags marginally successful in holding back water but floods spreading in Bangkok.
The volume of water entering Bangkok is much bigger than what is being pushed out, according to Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. (100 million cubic metres of water.. [The Nation: 9/11/2011])
* Bang Chan faces severe inundation [The Nation: 10/11/2011]
Bang Chan Industrial Estate is under serious pressure from rising floods, with factories advised to raise machinery from floor level to prevent damage.
* Bangchan under round-the-clock watch [Bangkok Post: 10/11/2011]
A soldier enters a flooded drainage shaft and places sandbags in it to prevent water from getting to the nearby Bangchan Industrial Estate through the drainage system. PATTANAPONG HIRUNARD [328155.jpg; Bangkok Post: 10/11/2011]
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9 November:
* BMA tries to protect city's heart [Bangkok Post: 9/11/2011]
Bangkok authorities say only Khlong Bang Sue now lies between the floods that have invaded the northern part of the city (above), and the centre of the capital, which the government insists must be kept dry.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is making an all-out effort to drain floodwater from the northern outskirts through Khlong Bang Sue in the hope of protecting the heart of Bangkok.
Massive runoff from the north surging toward Phahon Yothin, Vibhavadi Rangsit and Ratchadaphisek roads are being blocked by Khlong Bang Sue which cuts across the three roads at Chatuchak intersection, near Sutthisan intersection and in front of the Chaophya Park Hotel respectively.
The BMA has installed 17 water pumps at Khlong Bang Sue and is running them at full capacity to drain overflow into the Chao Phraya River. But overflow from Khlong Bang Sue has flowed through sewers in nearby areas.
If the floods pass across Khlong Bang Sue, they will head to Saphan Khwai before reaching Victory Monument.
BMA deputy spokesman Wasant Meewong yesterday said the BMA planned to drain floodwater from Saphan Khwai, if it arrives, to Khlong Samsen where 15 water pumps have been installed.
Other canals which will be used to drain floodwater from Saphan Khwai are the smaller Khlong Makkasan (with five water pumps) and Khlong Bang Khen Mai (10 water pumps).
The BMA wants 45 more pumps from the government to speed drainage through the canals, he said.
Mr Wasant said if big sandbags in northern Bangkok delayed water inflows, the BMA could prevent floods from reaching Victory Monument.
But Seri Supparathit, director of Rangsit University's climate change and disaster centre, said yesterday that big sandbags in northern Bangkok would delay inflows of floodwater from upper areas of the city for only seven days.
"But in seven days, water will overflow the big bags and gush in at a rate of about 100 cubic metres per second. I think in seven days, water will reach Victory Monument and Ratchathewi district," Assoc Prof Seri said.
Justice Minister Pracha Promnok as the director of the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) yesterday admitted that massive amounts of floodwater had yet to enter Bangkok mainly through its northern outskirts and Khlong 1 and Khlong 2 canals.
He hoped that Bangkok's big drainage tunnels could cope with the water.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra yesterday ordered evacuations of parts of Nuanjan and Klong Kum subdistricts of Bung Kum district.
He said the levels of canals in Bangkok had started to stabilise but were still high and there were deep floods in Min Buri, Klong Sam Wa, Kannayao, Bung Kum, Saphan Sung, Phasicharoen and Chom Thong districts.
His deputy Thirachon Manomaipibul said he was not overly concerned about the situation in eastern Bangkok because flood levels there were bottoming out and the BMA had received 57 pumps to drain water there.
He expressed concern about western Bangkok as dykes had leaked at many locations. He said inflows would threaten Rama II Road, the only remaining route linking Bangkok and the South.
It came from underground: Water bursts from the drainage system outside the Chaophya Park Hotel on Ratchadaphisek Road. The floodwater is siphoned through nearby Khlong Bang Sue. (Photo by RATTASEEMA PONGSAN)
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8 November:
* New areas on red alert [Bangkok Post: 8/11/2011]
Last-ditch bid to save Bang Chan
Bangkok authorities have put the Bang Chan area on alert, as floods move southward from Vibhavadi Road (above) and close in on the Bang Chan industrial estate, a key economic area where the government says its credibility is on the line. (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha)
* More residents ordered out [The Nation: 8/11/2011]
* Bangkok floods (graphic) [Bangkok Post: 8/11/2011]
This is the situation of flooding in the Bangkok area as of Monday night, Nov 7.
* Saving remaining estates [The Nation: 8/11/2011]
The Kingdom's most powerful private-sector organisation has called for the government to protect the remaining industrial estates in the eastern part of Bangkok stringently, otherwise the losses from the devastating flooding will soon exceed Bt1 trillion. The current estimate is for losses of between Bt400 billion and Bt500 billion.
* More risk ahead [Bangkok Post: 8/11/2011]
Samut Sakhon factories still unprepared _ FTI
Samut Sakhon province, in red, is directly in the flood path.
* Health warnings stepped up [The Nation: 8/11/2011]
Main concerns are uncollected garbage and leptospirosis
With or without the government's drainage efforts, floodwater will inevitably find its way to the sea.
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7 November:
* More evacuations loom [The Nation: 7/11/2011]
Chatuchak, Phasi Charoen, Nong Khaem, Nong Chok, Min Buri get orders; BMA gets more pumps
Chatuchak district in centralnorth Bangkok, Phasi Charoen and Nong Khaem districts in the capital's west and Nong Chok and Min Buri in the east yesterday joined the list of districts ordered to be evacuated by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Bangkok will face a tough task getting rid of more than three million tonnes of trash and treating huge volumes of dirty water left behind by the flood.
A key problem is that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration cannot send garbage trucks to flooded areas while 9.4 million people in those areas were expected to generate about 500 kilograms of rubbish each over a number of weeks.
* Giving the waters a gentle push [Bangkok Post: 7/11/2011]
Rosana Tositrakul calls on Thon Buri residents to stand up to the crisis by putting their local knowledge to use
Thon Buri people are being urged stand up against the flood problem, by calling on a little local knowledge to help them out of their flood crisis. … Bangkok senator Rosana Tositrakul insists residents can turn the situation to their advantage by calling on innovative local wisdom to help push water out to the Gulf of Thailand faster. … She added the state's attempts to build floodwalls were not enough because the nature of water is to run from high to low-lying areas. "If we focus too much on blocking water, it can spread everywhere along roads and may hardly go back to canals," she said.
* Inundated Districts [JETRO: 7/11/2011]
According to various news summaries, a flood occurs in 23 districts in total as of the afternoon of November 6. (The map below shows the flooding districts as of 5/11. cf. as of 3/11)
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6 November:
* More area at risk due to lack of organization [Bangkok Post: 6/11/2011]: Nothing is totally safe yet, not even Suvarnabhumi airport, and officials involved describe a chaotic, often disorganised clash of agencies.
With the city centre, Suvarnabhumi airport and two industrial estates at risk, officials have been racing against the clock to drain water out of the eastern part of Bangkok through the city's canal system.
However, a lack of coordination between water management officials at both the city and national level has probably put more areas in danger.
In a worst-case scenario, the only option to solve the crisis would be to let the water drain through floodways _ which are not regulated by gates or pumps _ resulting in no control over the flow. …
* BMA gives Froc crisis ultimatum [Bangkok Post: 6/11/2011]:
With waters rising in the Lat Phrao and Chatuchak area (above) and Din Daeng threatened, Bangkok officials have told the government: Start cooperating or we'll throw out your plans and start over.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has given the government an ultimatum to start cooperating or it will ditch the existing plans it has to tackle the city's floods.
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said yesterday the BMA would come up with a new flood management plan if the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) does not spell out by tomorrow how it will cooperate in tackling the floods.
* Bangkok likely to flood, water expert [The Nation: 6/11/2011]
The promise that the 20 districts in Bangkok which remain dry would not flood was now hardly credible, according to a lecturer from King Mongkut Institute of Technology Lat Krabang with expertise in water and flood management.
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* More areas in western Bangkok evacuated [The Nation: 6/11/2011]
Waters rising in Lat Phrao; Din Daeng on alert
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5 November:
* Froc abandons Rama II Road [Bangkok Post: 5/11/2011]: No barriers to be built on main south link
Rama II Road has been left defenceless against approaching floodwater after a decision that could cut road links between Bangkok and the South.
* Watergates forced open [Bangkok Post: 5/11/2011]: Deluge hits Chatuchak, moves closer to centre
Angry residents (inset) of Pathum Thani welded a Klong 9 sluice gate open, sending more water south into Bangkok and providing these two views of conditions outside the Imax cinema at Ratchayothin in Chatuchak district of northern Bangkok.
Floodwaters fill the Lat Phrao-Phahon Yothin intersection yesterday, closing the Central Plaza department store and raising fears that the deluge is approaching inner Bangkok. RATTASEEMAPONGSEN
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4 November:
* More industry threatened [Bangkok Post: 4/11/2011]:Lat Krabang estate at risk
Floodwaters began bearing down on the Lat Krabang Industrial Estate just above the Suvarnabhumi airport.
Lat Krabang Industrial Estate in the east of Bangkok will be swamped by floods if rapidly advancing runoff cannot be drained quickly enough.
The flood menace to the Bangchan Industrial Estate and its 93 factories in eastern Bangkok eased yesterday after the sluice gates of Canals 8, 9 and 10 in Pathum Thani were closed, but not without protest.
* Suvarnabhumi 'will be safe' [The Nation: 2/11/2011] Airport officials 'highly confident' barriers will keep flood water at bay
Suvarnabhumi Airport is "highly confident" its flood-prevention scheme - with its 3.5-metre-high, 37-metre-wide earth dyke and sheet piles - will be effective.
Airports of Thailand senior executive vice-president Somchai Sawasdeepon said the airport also has a team of officers to monitor water levels at six flood gates, including Lat Krabang, Saen Saeb and Samrong. Airlines at the airport are being notified of water levels every three hours to ensure smooth aviation operations in Thailand despite the flooding in Don Mueang Airport. …
* Plodprasop: Accept the reality [Bangkok Post: 3/11/2011]
The government will set up a committee to oversee restoration of the country after the flood recedes, but in the meantime people just have to accept the reality that they must continue living with the flood for now, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Surasawadi said on Thursday.
* Changes to papercontinue [Bangkok Post: 4/11/2011]
Dear readers: Last week, we were optimistic that the flooding situation in Bangkok would ease after the river tides reached their peak at the weekend.
However, the reality is that the water has spread into inner city areas, reaching Chatuchak and Lat Phrao, and is now likely to head towards the central business districts.
As a result, the homes of more than 50 members of the Bangkok Post's editorial department have been flooded. Many more of them are now in areas with a high risk of being submerged soon. …
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3 November:
The west side of Bangkok is totally inundated and will need a month to drain - but all eyes are on the flow from the north towards the heart of the city.
Floodwater from the northern outskirts of the capital continues to flow deeper towards the heart of Bangkok while its western side has been widely inundated and will need over a month to drain.
* `Water war' ends [Bangkok Post]
The prime minister has backed down on her order to open the Khlong Sam Wa sluice gate, and it will be closed again to help to keep Bangkok dry.
* Dams 'not to blame' [Bangkok Post]
The head of Egat (the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) says the dams in upper Thailand were well managed and did not cause or worsen the floods - blame the heavy rains.
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2 November:
The Sam Wa canal breach highlights a growing divide over whether Thailand's flood defenses should be used to protect the heart of Bangkok at the expense of outer suburbs and towns to the north.
An uneasy calm prevailed today along the Sam Wa canal in northern Bangkok after Thailand's government acquiesced to angry locals who wanted to hack a 1-yard-wide opening in a sluice gate along the canal. The hole will allow their flooded suburbs to drain – but threaten flooding in the heart of the city.
* Clash at the top [Bangkok Post]: BMA puts entire capital on alert; Governor issues order to repair sluice gate
Bangkok is on full flood alert as city officials go up against the government, warning the whole metropolis is still in danger of looking like Tawee Wattana (above) because the prime minister bowed to mob demands to open a sluice gate.
Floodwater is advancing deeper into Bangkok from its northern outskirts as a northern sluice gate and a dyke failed to limit inflows to save the inner city.
The water level on Rarm Intra Road, both inbound and outbound, continued to rise and the road became impassable yesterday.
Flood situation in Bangkok as of 8pm on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
* Photos of Bangkok Flooding [Bangkok Post]: http://www.bangkokpost.com/multimedia/photo
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1 November:
* Google Crisis Response: Thailand Floods 2011 Maps
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* Residents 'fed up' [Bangkok Post]: Fed-up residents force open water sluice gates
Bang Chan Industrial Estate in the eastern Bangkok suburban district is in more danger of flooding after angry protesters forced the government to open wider a sluice gate in Klong Sam Wa to allow more water to flow from their inundated commuunities.
About 500 people block Nimitmai Road in Khlong Sam Wa district to demand the Khlong Sam Wa sluice gate be opened wider, from 70cm to 1.5m. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration eventually agreed to open the sluice gate by 80cm. TAWEECHAI TAWATPAKORN
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s flood alert map showing areas being monitored, those under special watch and those where evacuation already required
* PM hopeful but governor fears a second wave [The Nation]: The prime minister and the Bangkok governor offered differing views of the flood situation yesterday.
The premier said a critical mass of water had already been diverted away from the capital, while the governor feared another 'wave' would hit the western part of the city.
* Suvarnabhumi Airport ready for floods [The Nation]: Suvarnabhumi Airport places high confidence in its flood-prevention scheme, with the 3.5-metre-high and 37-metre wide earthern dyke and sheet piles to slow the currents as well as other preventive measures.
Airports of Thailand Senior Executive Vice President Somchai Sawasdeepon said that the airport also has a team of officers to monitor water levels at six flood gates including Lat Krabang, Saen Saeb and Samrong. Airlines operating at the airport are notified of water level every three hours, to ensure smooth aviation operations in Thailand despite the flooding in Don Mueang Airport.
Yesterday, the airport accommodated 945 flights, a new daily record since the opening.
* People help people [Bangkok Post]:Locals ease evacuee's suffering
Where did the "refugees" of the great floods of Bangkok flee? It turns out Chon Buri was the most popular destination by a wide margin.
This probably is due to it being only about 80km from Bangkok, with highways connecting the two provinces. … The major problem for this evacuation centre, which can accommodate up to 4,000 people, is a shortage of tents for evacuees with pets. … To help reduce stress for the evacuees, the centre also provides recreational activities for them, including music, sightseeing and camping for kids. …
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* See also;
• Bangkok under water / images from Reuters; Posted by Jamila on November 9, 2011
• Nov 01, 2011. Thailand- Video Collection; Posted by khan on November 2, 2011
• Bangkok is crying; Posted by khan on October 31, 2011
• Bangkok in 'crisis mode' as floods advance; Posted by steve havas on October 25, 2011
• Flood arrives in Bangkok reported by Bangkok post; Posted by bill on October 19, 2011
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KojimaComment by Kojima 20 hours ago
Hardship makes us stronger [Bangkok Post: 11/11/2011]
Writer: Kultida Samabuddhi (Kultida Samabuddhi is Deputy News Editor, Bangkok Post.)
KojimaComment by Kojima 20 hours ago
kM3eC2v.jpg [The Nation: 11/11/2011]
See also: Cartoon [The Nation]
KojimaComment by Kojima 20 hours ago
Bangkok dry in 10 days 'unlikely' [Bangkok Post: 10/11/2011]
KojimaComment by Kojima yesterday
Flood death toll now 533 [Bangkok Post: 10/11/2011]
Flooding still prevails in 24 provinces, affecting over one million people, and the flood death toll has risen to 533 with two missing, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation announced on Thursday. … The Public Health Ministry reported that seven people were suspected to have been infected with leptospirosis, a bacterial infection which often spreads after flooding, in Phachi district of Ayutthaya provinces. Seventy-two people were reported to have sufferred from diarrhoea at a condominium in Muang district of Nonthaburi. The illness was believed to have been caused by drinking raw low-quality tap water. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration today declared parts of three districts flood evacuation areas. …
The State Railway of Thailand announced it has suspended train services between Wong Wian Yai station in Bangkok and Mahachai station in Samut Sakhon, on the Gulf, because of flooding on part of the intercity rail link. …
Outbound trains were forced to stop at Bang Bon station and the passengers had to transfer to other types of transport. …
[Wet Loy Krathong]
Meanwhile, a total of 18 public parks will be opened tonight for people to celebrate the Loy Krathong festival. …
The BMA advised each family to float only one krathong, not to float their krathongs in front of flood-hit houses, and not to set off fireworks for fear they could start a fire.
A elderly woman makes a wish by the Chao Phraya River before joining others in launching the floral floats at crowded Rama VIII Bridge on Nov 2010. (Photo Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)
- Loi Krathong: Loi Krathong (or Loy Krathong, Thai: ลอยกระทง) is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand and certain parts of Laos and Burma (in Shan state). Date: Full moon of the 12th Thai month (2011 date: 10 November)
NidhöggComment by Nidhögg yesterday
Thank you Nancy for your comment, speaking for my self, I really needed a boost. (Family falling apart as of now).
Live well
Nancy LiederComment by Nancy Lieder yesterday
I do think most of this water was trapped in this interior due to buckling, etc and has been there for MONTHS, now flowing to the sea BUT Bangkok is also sinking. Proof will be when the flood waters have drained out, but the rivers are STILL high with sea water and flooded areas not draining, ever.
NidhöggComment by Nidhögg yesterday
Thank you Kojima
I really hope that this will blow up in the face on "the elite" and that the flooding we have been seeing in southeast asia will be evident for all to see. I've been saying to my relatives and friends that something is really wrong for several years and now I thought that I could point to a real event, something that would be the ultimate evidence. So when Thai leaders promise dry land in just eleven days it's hard to keep the "spirit". But I suppose that this is part of my lesson..
Live well
KojimaComment by Kojima yesterday
The objectionable comments can be seen in "Share your thought" below this article. Some of them are the following.
* Notice the key words---could, would, should... Will be dry in 11 days, but the big bag will be overrun in 7 days. Flood water will reach Rama II and will be inundated and Rama II must be protected. Whew, I am confused! I love my Thai leaders!
* The headline gives False Hope and is misleading and the word "could" made me stop reading the whole article because it's simply another guesstimate and prediction with zero facts or substance to back it up.
* Not going to happen. I guess the Water Irrigation Dept has conveniently forgot about the water still coming at us from the north which, according to Dr. Seri, is still much more than we already have. Sorry, Dr. Seri is the only one worth listening to at this point and he's still saying 3 weeks to a month and that it could get worse before we get better, especially when the Big Bag project fails.
* A NASA satellite pic acquired on 9 november (november 8 in the USA) shows a lot of water in the north --which is not going to evaporate or drain out in 11 days.
NidhöggComment by Nidhögg yesterday
Kojima
If this is true would it then be explained by buckling of the plate? As before I have stuck out my neck arguing earthchanges with family and friends so I really hope that this is part of the disinfo agenda. It can be really tiresome to be called a tinfoil loony, so it would be nice to get this one right…
Live well
Bangkok could be drained of water in 11 days, says the Irrigation Department, presenting good news to an anxious city for the first time since northern floodwaters entered the capital.
Nearly half of the northern runoff which has devastated farmland and industrial estates and flooded parts of the capital has now flowed into the sea and the rest will be drained out soon, it said yesterday.
This year's northern runoff has been estimated at 14 billion cubic metres. …
KojimaComment by Kojima on Thursday
Foreign evacuees packed head to toe [Bangkok Post: 10/11/2011]
Migrants yearn to leave, but want their pay first
A labour officer checks lists of foreign workers who were evacuated to a Ratchaburi shelter. For some, it is the third time they have moved because of flooding—first from Don Mueang airport and then from Wat Rai Khing in Nakhon Pathom. WASSAYOS NGAMKHAM
1) Residents walk along a flooded rail track in Bang Bon district. The water level has risen to 30cm in some areas. WISIT THAMNGERN 328156.jpg
2) Vibhavadi Rangsit Road outside Don Mueang airport is quiet as floods remain deep. The inundation there has lasted more than two weeks. SAROT MEKSOPHAWANNAKUL 328157.jpg
3) ABOVERIGHT The BTSskytrain depot resemblesa lake as water has flooded the whole of the MorChit area. THITI WANNAMONTHA 328158.jpg
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