Looming storms foretell flood likelihood

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Looming storms foretell flood likelihood

Published: 1 Jul 2012 at 00.00
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Thailand should keep a close eye on upcoming storms in the next two to three months to assess the possibility of a repeat of last year's floods, a weather expert said.

National Disaster Warning Centre chairman Smith Dharmasaroja said yesterday that flooding could occur this year depending on whether storm predictions hold true.

If storms hit the North and the Central Plains region and the volume of excess water that needs to be discharged from dams becomes unmanageable, significant flooding could result, Mr Smith said. He was speaking at a natural-disaster preparation workshop organised by the Office of the Basic Education Commission.

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banmebkk
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Discussion 10 : 02 Jul 2012 at 10.5410
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"supported the planned 90km seawall from Phetchaburi's Cha-am district to Chachoengsao's Bang Pakong district to protect the Tha Chin, Chao Phraya and Bang Pakong estuaries from rising sea levels."

It doesn't make sense, even with the seawall, it's not going to alleviate the flood problem, water will flow at the same rate with or without the sea wall.
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Discussion 9 : 01 Jul 2012 at 16.569
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Well, no wonder the Yingluck and her government nonchalantly waved off NASA and their high-flyin’ weather predictor gizmos, they have National Disaster Warning Centre chairman Smith Dharmasaroja plotting the future weather. Excess water and mismanagement of dams, we have floods (déjà vu all over again) and minimal water, you guessed it, we have drought. Brilliant.
I thought this government promised the people “no more floods”. But then they also promised “tablets for students”. Anybody want to bet which one happens first?
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Discussion 8 : 01 Jul 2012 at 13.038
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I though the PTP boffins had done some remarkable long range forecasting earlier this year predicting exactly how many storms would hit Thailand and how big they were?

And Yingluck has already promised no flooding so we can hang our boots and boats up.
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Discussion 7 : 01 Jul 2012 at 10.577
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"The Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand still have waves of two to three metres high, so all ships should proceed with caution until July 2, the department said."
Does that mean that on 3rd July we can proceed without caution?
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Discussion 6 : 01 Jul 2012 at 10.566
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No one has mentioned the operability they have thrown away by not welcoming NASA to complete its survey.
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Discussion 5 : 01 Jul 2012 at 10.415
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Disc. 4 Would you agree that all that incompetence could be viewed as type of stability? Certainly, a predictability.
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Discussion 4 : 01 Jul 2012 at 07.584
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Isn't the chairman from the same government that guaranteed Thailand would never flood again? With no transparency or oversight into flood management budgets, rest assured no flood management projects will be completed and Thai authorities will be shocked when Thailand floods again. Not one official will ever question where all the budget money disappeared to or why no flood management projects were completed, and at the same time point the finger, setting up more committees and spending more money trying to find out why Thailand floods again. To set up committees to study incompetence by incompetent people is pretty incompetent.
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Discussion 3 : 01 Jul 2012 at 06.553
Mr. Smith has covered all factors leading up to flooding or drought. Seems like no matter what weather occurs, Mr. Smith will be able to say, "I told you so".
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Discussion 2 : 01 Jul 2012 at 06.112
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To be called an expert and then issue a statement like this :"If storms hit the North and the Central Plains region and the volume of excess water that needs to be discharged from dams becomes unmanageable, significant flooding could result, Mr Smith said" wow what an insight....:) The good news is that the levels in Bhummipol and Sirikit dam are quite low compared to the last few years.
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Discussion 1 : 01 Jul 2012 at 03.511
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Brilliant. This guy is a real genius. If there is a lot of rain, there might be flooding. If there is only a little bit of rain, there might be a drought. I sure am glad he figured that out for all of us.
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