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Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/10/2012
» We've already covered the "sandbag meeting" in English. Here's an excerpt from a Thai version of the same story.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 10/10/2012
» Bangkok Post's editorial cartoonist Mor knows exactly what the problem is behind the sandbag controversary. Meanwhile Bangkok and government officials continue their very public disagreement.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/10/2012
» Gaemi has arrived in the Bangkok area, not as a tropical storm or a depression, but as big mass of ordinary rain. The rain, varying from light to heavy, is expected to last throughout the day.
Published on 01/10/2012
» Lat Krabang industrial estate remained dry during the great flood of 2011, but water from this year’s rainfall finally found a weakness in its defences. The breached earthen dyke has been repaired but a new one is clearly needed.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/09/2012
» Large sandbags haven't worked so Sukhothai officials are bringing in up to 2,000 gabions – rectangular wire mesh baskets filled with rock – to try to close the hole in the flood barriers that is letting in torrents of water from the Yom River.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 31/08/2012
» The government assures Bangkokians that next week’s release of water to test the city’s drainage system will not cause a man-made disaster.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/01/2012
» Some experts say Thai dams are too full. Irrigation officials say yes, but they won’t be by the end of the dry season.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/12/2011
» With much of Bangkok dry or nearly dry, pumps are being moved to where they are really needed, the low-lying communities were drainage is difficult.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/11/2011
» Residents living above where the "big-bag barrier" was recently dismantled are cheering, while those below it are protesting.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/11/2011
» Being a member of the the government's Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) does not give you any special immunity from the floods.