Heavy rain, flash floods hit South

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Heavy rain, flash floods hit South

Eight hikers missing, Hat Yai man feared dead

Published: 2/01/2012 at 02:13 AM
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Heavy rain and flash floods are causing New Year's havoc in the South, with one man feared dead, eight hikers missing, and evacuations ordered.

Motorcycles navigate a flooded road in Yala’s Muang district after the Pattani River overflowed. MUHAMMAD AYUB PATHAN

In Hat Yai, some tourists were stranded in their hotels after roads were cut off. In Narathiwat, some residents are getting about on flooded streets by boat.

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Discussion 2 : 02/01/2012 at 08:07 PM2
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SF 57 , Sorry But Wasn`t It Prime Minister Khun Yingluck Shinawatra Herself , That Said Of The Floods In HER New Year Speach , That HER Government Would Never Let THIS Happen Again ?
HER WORDS !
Like ALL Know , "THIS" (Natural Disaster) Can Happen Anytime Anywhere Right !
But Maybe The Power Has Gone To Her Head , As Mother Nature Is Pretty Much Largely Unpredictable , By Nature AND Truely IF It Happenned Again Today , No One Could STOP IT And WOULD The Response Be ANY Different , Honestly ?
What About The Dams Levels & Timings ?
What About The Deaths ?
I Suspect The Only Things Not Different Would Be The Lies , Irregularities/Graft , Staged Photo Opp`s And The Apology ?
Oh Can`t Forget The Mega Buck , Mega Project Mega Fixes , That Seem To Have A Different Rediculous Price Tag Everytime It`s Printed , But No Plan To Show For The Costing !
Hey , IF It`s OK For Taxsin (A Convicted Fugitive By LAW) To Call Her , The Prime Minister , A CLONE , What Is Wrong With Any Other Hard Working , Tax Paying , Law Abiding Citizen And Voter Doing So , After All , It Was ALL Part Of THEIR Election Campagne , Wasn`t It ?
She Seemed To Go Along With It At The Time And Actions Also Really DO Speak Louder Than Words !
Really , I Can`t Actually Believe That Thailand Is Swallowing ALL , Let Alone ANY Of This Sorry Stage Play ?
Tell Us Again , How Many RED VILLAGES By The End Of The Year ?
How Very Unifying !
Maybe Someone Should Let HER Know , like Just In Case She Wasn`t There , Couldn`t Make It OR Isn`t The Relevent Person To Ask , Wasn`t Aware , Has To Make A Call OR Just Plain Don`t Know Anything At All ?
Democratically Elected PM Huh ?
Democracy Is A Numbers Game , Isn`t It !
So We Can Expect To See The "POOR" Less Fortunate People Will Line Up For Their 500 Crumbs Next Election Too Then ?
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Discussion 1 : 02/01/2012 at 05:51 PM1
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Perhaps if you have any suggestions how the govt can manage the weather, you could advise us all?

Getting a bit like a stuck record "PM Clone" how about using "Democratically elected PM" for a change.
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