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Samui, Phangan still without power

Published: 5 Dec 2012 at 13.49
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Thousands of homes and businesses on Samui and Phangan islands in Surat Thani province were still without electricity for the second day on Wednesday after an underwater power cable ruptured on Tuesday. Tourists were rushing to leave the islands.

Normally the holiday season Samui island, one of Thailand's major tourist destinations, would have about 20,000 tourists. That number had shrunk to about one thousand, reports said.

Power was still sporadically available on parts of the islands, but hotels and resorts were having to rely on their own generators, or candles. The wireless telecommunication network had also been knocked out.

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pointoffew
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Discussion 3 : 05 Dec 2012 at 15.383
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"Mobile generators had also been dispatched to major hospitals on the islands." Yeah, let's take measures when it's too late. Never ever anticipate, totally ignore due care. How for heaven's sake is it possible that licensed (?) hospitals are do not have back-up generators? Thailand making headline news again, day after day - in a negative tone. Fortunately, nothing ever affects tourism - or exports or anything at all - in Thailand.
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Discussion 2 : 05 Dec 2012 at 15.372
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"... an underwater power cable ruptured ..." a single cable for 90 MW? No backup?
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Discussion 1 : 05 Dec 2012 at 14.281
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Normally 20,000 tourists down to 1,000! Ouch!
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