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Bangkokians got into full flood preparedness mode on Saturday, as city residents started stockpiling food supplies and moving their vehicles to safe ground.
ROADS AWASH: Commuters catch a taxi near Kaset intersection in front of Kasetsart University on Saturday. The area was flooded by heavy rain late on Friday night. PHOTO: THITI WANNAMONTHA
The overnight rainfall which caused flooding in some parts of the city, coupled with Friday's national address by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra admitting that the government was almost at its wits' end to deal with the nationwide flood disaster, created a climate of concern in the capital.
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Red-shirt supporters have expressed dismay over ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's call for them to set aside their anger and frustration over social and legal injustices for the sake of national reconciliation.
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Discussion 43 : 10/10/2011 at 11:19 AM43
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i think he meant to ask the God of Rain to make the rain stop but no idea why the Buddha Image got involved with this. D#7: Jesus died 2011 years ago as well but he's still in people's mind and they still keep praying and asking for his "mentally" support. This is called religion I guess? ;)
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Discussion 42 : 10/10/2011 at 10:23 AM42
Khun Pquinlan #41, being born & raised Buddhist by Buddhist parents, myself, as well as, educated in Thai educational system up to high school, I am yet to know exactly what Buddhism is in its purest form. I hope you can enlighten me and others on the Buddhist Faith? And whether Thai people, from the BKK Mayor himself on down, have any hope of being saved by their Buddhist belief? I thank you very much in advance.
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Discussion 41 : 10/10/2011 at 09:43 AM41
Discussion 7 : Way to go. Taking the opportunity of great human suffering and massive economic loss to try to score points for your (so-called) Christian outlook. Your ignorance knows no bounds. Please educate yourself on what Buddhism is. I will be the first to say that there is a disconnect between the Buddha's teachings and current Thai society (an understatement of Olympic proportions), but it is hardly appropriate to do so now, especially while apparently promoting your own dysfunctional belief system.
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Discussion 40 : 09/10/2011 at 10:35 PM40
The only winner on that idea would be those who is selling gas or diesel for the waterpumps.:) That will NEVER work.
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Discussion 39 : 09/10/2011 at 10:28 PM39
Promises will be made that this will "never happen again", and committees organized to draw up plans. But once the rains stops, and BKK is safe (never mind the rest of the country), those promises and plans will end up the same as all those before them - which is nowhere.
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Discussion 38 : 09/10/2011 at 09:54 PM38
@bop, d. 30. I don't know what dynamic fluid book you read, if any, but I suggest you throw it out. The only way you can speed up the water is if it has no way of flowing backwards, which is only the case if you have engines side by side all across the river and throughout its entire dept, or if you have a wall across the river blocking the water from flowing backwards. Water behaves the same as any gas would, meaning that it will go whereever there is the least pressure. The boat engines increase pressure right behind them, but decrease pressure right in front of them, so the water will basically just go back around and under the engine to equalize the pressure. The only way to artificially speed up the river flow is to build a wall of sluice gates across the river near the sea, and install some giant pumps. A 5,000 horse power pump can move around 400 m3 of water per second, so 10 of those can move the entire river at it's current speed of around 4,000 m3 per second. The advantage of the pump/sluice gate system is that it can keep the water flow constant, even at high tide, which usually blocks the river flow and causes floods. Furthermore it can be used to empty the river prior to a flood, making the river a giant reservoir, just like dam reservoirs, but at a much larger scale.
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Discussion 37 : 09/10/2011 at 09:36 PM37
Boats that “push” water into the sea ?! Can somebody explain that to me ?
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Discussion 36 : 09/10/2011 at 09:30 PM36
Propellers operating deeper than those furnished by surface crafts will work better. I hope the navy won't take advantage of this and request for a whole fleet of submarines.
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Discussion 35 : 09/10/2011 at 08:57 PM35
Those criticising both the moored boats scheme and the government for applying it might be interested to see where the proposal came from: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/257717/30-more-tugboats-speed-the-chao-phraya-flow
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Discussion 34 : 09/10/2011 at 08:57 PM34
About that water pushing flotilla. IF they found a shallow enough a spot and have enough propellers going they can induce enough of a draft to make a difference. Otherwise, it's just stirring water around. I wish someone would put a set of multi-depth flow meters half a click above and below the line of boats then publish a 'before/during/after' numbers for the all to see.
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