Bangkok cops on flood alert

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Published: 27 Sep 2012 at 00.00
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Police are on alert for the possibility of sudden flooding in 21 spots in Bangkok, following the latest weather forecast of heavy downpours in the capital until the end of this weekend.

Vehicles slow down as they battle floods on Buddha Monthon Road 4 near the intersection with Phetkasem Road yesterday. PHONGTHAI WATTANAVANITVUT

The National Water and Flood Management Policy Committee reported yesterday that many areas in Bangkok will continue to see heavy rain until Sunday.

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fundeena
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Discussion 18 : 27 Sep 2012 at 19.0518
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If flooding, what will the police do, except maybe show up and look?
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Discussion 17 : 27 Sep 2012 at 15.3017
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What worries me are not the floods. It is more that we are now reliant on a police force to help us with the floods while they are mostly incompetent to perform there normal tasks.
Also, I am getting sick and tiered of politicians using last years and this years floods to show how committed they are.
During last years floods we remained at our home at Donmuang, which thanks to our foresight of building it at 1 meter above street level stayed mainly dry, and were surrounded by the water for 5 weeks. During this period the only ones that came to see if we were okay and provided us with relieve packages, were soldiers and a group of lecturers and students of Dhurakij Pundit University. However, to my surprise during last local election for a senate seat, the local politicians all claimed to been in our street looking after our homes! We did have some thefts in several houses in this area. Maybe they can explain those to me then.
Reliance on politics to resolve the floods is for now more a dream vision than reality.
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Discussion 16 : 27 Sep 2012 at 14.5616
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With Bangkok sinking gradually but surely closer to sea level, drainage will become more and more difficult, so, as a result, we are fighting a losing battle. I believe it's time to move the capital to higher ground, possibly, to Nakhon Ratchasima, as it will be much more cost-effective in the long run.
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Discussion 15 : 27 Sep 2012 at 14.4115
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@Discussion 8 You're right about those electric poles, telephone booths and low wires, but they're much more of an inconvenience to street vendors than they are to pedestrians since the latter do not get to use the sidewalks anyway.
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Discussion 14 : 27 Sep 2012 at 12.0914
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So much for the regime's billions 'spent' on flood prevention.
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Discussion 13 : 27 Sep 2012 at 11.4513
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It would be nice if police assisted .Can you tell where so I can go and take photos ?
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Discussion 12 : 27 Sep 2012 at 11.2612
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There is no need to frame anybody for bad watermanagement. My house and my busines is flooded but this is not the fault of any government. ( Different to last years flooding ) I have been living here for over twenty years and this year we had the heaviest rain ever. Over the last decades watermanegment in Bangkok has improved very much. Could it be better? Yes, it could but I think in the moment everybody is doing the best they can. Currently flood news sell good thats all.
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Discussion 11 : 27 Sep 2012 at 10.0611
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Dickemery dis#7, there is no north run-off except in your imagination. The Chao Phraya River is not spilling over its banks and the water level is normal. The klongs in particular Klong Saen Saab that runs through the heart of the city has not spill its bank either. Klong Rangsit and other klongs are at normal level and again not spilling over. In Patumthani where I live, there are no heavy raining for a week unlike Bangkok. BMA has admit that the rain is just too heavy for the system to handle. Can't you accept that without putting a lame blame?
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Discussion 10 : 27 Sep 2012 at 09.4710
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"The downpours that caused brief flooding and heavy traffic congestion in the capital have left the government at odds with City Hall, which was unhappy that police went ahead with cleaning the sewers without telling it in advance."

Huh? WTF do the police have to do with sewer maintenance? Surely that can't be right.
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Discussion 9 : 27 Sep 2012 at 09.219
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I am sure that people in Pathum Thani would be delighted if last year, and again this year, it could be guaranteed that the water would drain away in 3 hours. That is an inconvenience but as noted by others, not unusual in Bangkok.
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