The Floods of 2013

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The Floods of 2013

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Is it time for "The Floods of 2013" thread? :shock: Let's wait and see.

Parts of five provinces have been told to brace for flooding following several days of heavy rain in the Pasak River basin region.

The basin covers Loei, Phetchabun, Saraburi, Lop Buri and Ayutthaya provinces...........

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... -dams-fill
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Yes, it's already happening. My wife and some of her family are driving from Loei to Bangkok today and these were taken somewhere around Chaiyaphum and sent to me using Line...
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Massive flooding up in Surin the wife has just shown me some pictures on Facebook.
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I'm just watching the Thai news. Just for a change it seems about 30 crocodiles have made a break for freedom. Mambas next? :shock:
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Big Boy wrote:I'm just watching the Thai news. Just for a change it seems about 30 crocodiles have made a break for freedom. Mambas next? :shock:
This has happend before at the Pattaya crocodile park.
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Big Boy wrote:I'm just watching the Thai news. Just for a change it seems about 30 crocodiles have made a break for freedom. Mambas next? :shock:
As far as I know the Black Mambas that escaped during the 2011 floods were never found. 10 or 12 escaped, from an illegal wild life dealer, so we can assume that there is a breeding group somewhere in Bangkok. Nearest anti-venom was in Tokyo the last that I heard.
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They were reported as green mambas, and I think it all turned out to be hearsay about them even existing in the first place. The previous flood thread from that year should have the story somewhere, although about a 20 page thread I think. Pete :cheers:
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Flooding again? What happened to all the funds the Gvt set aside after the 2011 flooding to prevent future flooding disasters? Ah well, we know - don't we!

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prcscct wrote:They were reported as green mambas, and I think it all turned out to be hearsay about them even existing in the first place. The previous flood thread from that year should have the story somewhere, although about a 20 page thread I think. Pete :cheers:
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prcscct wrote:They were reported as green mambas, and I think it all turned out to be hearsay about them even existing in the first place. The previous flood thread from that year should have the story somewhere, although about a 20 page thread I think. Pete :cheers:
Pete, Having checked you are right they were green mambas....So much for my failing memory :D :cheers:
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Bristolian wrote:
prcscct wrote:They were reported as green mambas, and I think it all turned out to be hearsay about them even existing in the first place. The previous flood thread from that year should have the story somewhere, although about a 20 page thread I think. Pete :cheers:
Pete, Having checked you are right they were green mambas....So much for my failing memory :D :cheers:
The only reason I remember is from The Nation cartoons we post on the "cartoon thread". That woman uses the mambas a lot. :laugh:
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prcscct wrote:The only reason I remember is from The Nation cartoons we post on the "cartoon thread".
:oops: I thought it was Bangkok Post :oops: Still funny though. :D
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PM orders troops to help as floods worsen

The floods have hit 15 provinces in the Northeast, Central and eastern regions, including Ubon Ratchathani, Surin, Si Sa Ket, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Sawan, Prachin Buri and Sa Kaeo. As water levels in some major rivers continue to rise and with more rainfall expected this week, riverside residents Sunday were told to move their belongings to higher ground......


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Big Boy wrote:I'm just watching the Thai news. Just for a change it seems about 30 crocodiles have made a break for freedom. Mambas next? :shock:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... a-ket-farm

Crocs escape flooded Si Sa Ket farm......
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Overflow from the Chao Phraya River on Sunday flooded communities on both banks in Muang and Sam Khok districts of Pathum Thani, just north of Bangkok.......

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... thum-thani

Prison flooded, inmates relocated......

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... -relocated
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