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[xyzzy]

Things usually start to settle down in November in Pattaya. But as I remember there was some bad street flooding in mid November last year or the year before.

I remember last October walking home at 3 AM on Soi Buakhao in knee deep water. Soi Buakhao floods badly from about Soi Honey to down near the R-Con and beyond.

http://en.wikipedia....Pattaya#Climate

[Ivor Biggun]

October is traditionally the heaviest month for rainfall in Phuket- as seen outside the window at the moment. the past couple of years the weather has been all fucked up though, with heavy rain into December as well. As we are getting the briunt of it at the moment hopefully we are back to the old pattern. The last time I remember it as heavy at this was in Oct 2004, 2 months before the tsunami.

I took a walk up and over the road that leads past skylab yesterday- there have been more landslips but the one near skylab seems about the same. An update on the Patong-Kathu road is that they are keeping the 'slow' lane closed at the moment whilst they work out what to do- with the rain that s coming down at the moment we could see more than a crack if it undermines the road.

[CL]

http://www.google.or...flood-2011.html

[boss45]

Here is another.


http://news.asiaone....020-306150.html

[stonefre]

This Bangkok Post article has a map showing areas affected in orange. I'll be arriving in BKK and staying in the city for a few days. My plans have not changed due to the flooding.

http://www.bangkokpo...ches-city-north

[Woof1]

This map shows Road situation and seems to be updated regularly, ie every 2 hours or so

www.floodthailand.net

[Ivor Biggun]

Gotta love Thai injenuity,

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