Some of you may have heard that there is a bit of flooding in Thailand. well here is the news from our perspective.
The city is in a bit of a panic here at the moment with lots of mad buying of rice and water just in case. The government have given dire warnings but now realise it has caused a back lash with the locals all saying they have not done enough. Now they have gone the other way and claim the danger has passed. To the north of BKK the flooding is dreadful and lots of people have been killed as well as folk made homeless. Here you have some support but much aid is donated and and small scale. Most people just have to get on and and pick up their live s again.
So far the defences have held in the capital and we have no problems at present in Bangna. However, people are moving valuable things upstairs and there are loads of sandbags at the ready. The head of the Met Office has been wheeled out to say there is no problem, danger is passed. Sounds a bit like "Hurricane. Madam, I can assure you there is no chance of a hurricane" It seems strange that the information in the papers earlier this week said the key days are this weekend. We are also listed as one of the areas at higher risk.
Euniuce and I are off down south to a raptor migration watch point this weekend as it is half term so hopefully we will avoide the worst of it anyway.The main problem is there is no web site or flow of information as you would expect in the west which would keep you informed and up to date. So right now we sit and wait to see what is going to happen. Some say that the worst days are over this weekend when the water runoff will be high and the tides will also be above average. We will see. At present it all feels very far away and unreal.
We have moved anything valuable upstairs just in case and we are keeping our fingers crossed for some dry weather. So far, Eunice and I have been incredibly lucky with the weather so lets hope it holds.
