[Englishgent]

The flood waters are now only half a mile from where I live and probably, at the rate it is advancing, will be here either tomorrow or the next day, unless a miracle happens lol. . Getting ready for power cuts, stocked drinking water, food, batteries for torches etc. Bought some welly boots! On the up side, there is less traffic On the down side there are still around 95 crocodiles outstanding and 12 green mambas!
Here are some pics I took this morning.
edit....sorry, forgot to say, that first pic isnt a road, its a local canal.

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This post has been edited by Englishgent: 05 November 2011 - 13:10

[Ian Williams]

Dramatic pictures there Alex, not sure about wellies, you may need a kayak or a canoe at this rate!

[Bazmundo]

Maybe a hovercraft? Nicely shot, pretty much media quality those, and a great unique perspective on the situation (particularly the car wash lol). Cheers mate.

[rosskesava]

That's a great set of pictures that tells a story. I had thought the problems over where you are with flooding had gone as I heard nothing more about it on the radio but obviously other events in the EU may have pushed the flooding where you are off the end of the queue of news worthy items.

Sounds quite worrying. I don't like the idea of crocodiles or mambas swimming down a road I might be wading through.

How much longer do you expect the flooding to last?

Good luck.

This post has been edited by rosskesava: 06 November 2011 - 00:34

[Englishgent]

Hi Ross
The floods will probably continue in some parts of Thailand for at least a couple of months. There is so much water to be drained off. The Govt are trying to manage the drainage to prevent it flooding the city and this is holding back a lot of water. In some parts outside the city it is still 2 metres deep. very sad for the people in these areas. It's not all farmland either. Many factories, large ones like Honda at Ayyuthaya are under water.
I dont know if anyone noticed in the original pics that people here are still smiling and trying to continue life as normal until the water gets too deep to continue.
I have added a few more pics below just to show that some people take advantage of the situation although I am not sure I would bathe in the flood water. It.s not just water if you get my drift.

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