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3 hours ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

Official start to rainy season is the 1st May.

We still need to see the wind start to swing and lots of electrical storms first, before we see good rain.

I think that we are at the start of this now. My best guess is we'll see rain in the middle of May.

 

I agree with that. Started to swing from South last week, but sort of stalled. Couple off weeks from South West then rains will start.

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10 hours ago, steve2112 said:

i hate the dry season, give me 365 days/year rain anytime

Steve, I had just the place in Auckland, New Zealand you could have rented.

Would have suited you perfectly, that's why we are here.

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3 hours ago, KiChakayan said:

A fair bit of rain in Buriram since March 20. Some downpours even, with the expected brownouts. Trees look happy too, while the frogs get loud.

Very interesting. I can't understand why I missed out in Chalong.

Although, I do have a resident frog.

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Things are getting serious. We have no water left, well bone dry. 

Contacted every water company I can find. Some say 6 day queue. Some say no water at all. Hotels are getting priority. 

One truck company said 3000 baht for 5000 litres but need to wait 3 days in their queue. 

 

Looks like it's time to check into a hotel room. Unbelievable. 

 

Edit: just read this. Local government now admits to shortages. 

https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phukets-water-supply-in-a-critical-situation

 

First time I've heard the term water lords. Lol. 

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1 hour ago, hansgruber said:

Things are getting serious. We have no water left, well bone dry. 

Contacted every water company I can find. Some say 6 day queue. Some say no water at all. Hotels are getting priority. 

One truck company said 3000 baht for 5000 litres but need to wait 3 days in their queue. 

 

Looks like it's time to check into a hotel room. Unbelievable. 

 

Edit: just read this. Local government now admits to shortages. 

https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phukets-water-supply-in-a-critical-situation

 

First time I've heard the term water lords. Lol. 

They're like Time Lords but instead of a tardis they have a seastead!

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1 hour ago, hansgruber said:

Things are getting serious. We have no water left, well bone dry. 

Contacted every water company I can find. Some say 6 day queue. Some say no water at all. Hotels are getting priority. 

One truck company said 3000 baht for 5000 litres but need to wait 3 days in their queue. 

 

Looks like it's time to check into a hotel room. Unbelievable. 

 

Edit: just read this. Local government now admits to shortages. 

https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phukets-water-supply-in-a-critical-situation

 

First time I've heard the term water lords. Lol. 

 

Yep ... you need to be a regular customer to get water trucks. They can't supply anyone new. We pay 700 baht for 6 k liters and can get same day delivery. Right now we have a truck every day.

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This is an "El Nino" year apparently, the last one of those that I remember here the rains were late & there were a lot less of them so if the same happens again the drought will be well & truly on...

  A lot of the reservoirs here in the NE have never completely filled from the last one so it looks like droughts are going to happen more often... 

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It could be a bit of a long wait.. I read not long ago that there is a fairly strong possibility of El Nino event this Thai summer.. along with global warming producing a scorcher of a summer..  lots of info if you Google El Nino Thailand 2019.. a lot of very academic articles but easy to get the picture if you read a bit.. 

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On 4/19/2019 at 7:19 AM, oilinki said:

We had rain season, which lasted for 2 years earlier. Let's enjoy this dry season. 

Every place is different.. my northern village now has water rationing for daylight hours as the ground water tables are low... 

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