Thread: Pattaya under water following two hours of heavy rain

400 million baht that project cost and it was thought through properly I reckon

Canute

Originally Posted by David48atTD

I've been Pattaya heaps of times during downpours, but I've never seen anything like that.
But my time there was 5+ years ago ... has it gotten worse recently?


Amazing photo Dill.

How much rain caused that?

I hope you found shelter in a decent, or better, an indecent Bar

the fact is david, u can actually miss the flood by 5mins,,, it runs away two hrs after the flash loods , which can arrive in two hrs . iwas in bic extra 20 odd yrs ago came out and my motocy was only visible by the mirrors, i waded in got the bike onto higher ground , upped the front to drain water out the exhuast, before i left that day the water was already declining

One of the more interesting Thai foibles is their steadfast refusal to learn anything practical from their neighbours even though the improvements are manifestly apparent to anyone with the meanest of intelligence. It surely is a fucking wonder that they have round wheels and not some fucking stupid diamond shape.

Anyway, one such obvious benefit to the urban environment that Singapore had incorporated into its urban planning and road construction in the 1960s was the addition of monsoon drains running parallel to the road and pavemernt which took all the seasonal runoff and let it drain into the sewer system without the flooding of the road system. Nice big culverts, everywhere, iucking simple to build and every so often paving slabs were laid over them so pedestrians didn't fall in and break a leg. Actually, if you were pissed you could easily end up in one as I did one night in Serangoon but that's not relevant.

So, why the fuck have they not built them here where they get the same fucking weather?

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

So, why the fuck have they not built them here where they get the same fucking weather?

Have you asked them Asshat? Once you do, be sure to report back.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

So, why the fuck have they not built them here where they get the same fucking weather?

why are you asking sensible questions to stupid people?