webfact Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Pattaya devastated: Farang goes down the drain and stinking water pollutes the sea Thai caption: Pattaya is badly hit More trouble has hit Pattaya - this time mother nature had her say. Two hours of torrential rain on Tuesday left many roads impassable to all but large vehicles. The road by the railway in the direction of Sattahip was under more than 50 cms of water. The shallow basin collects water more than most, noted 77kaoded in their report. Picture: 77kaoded They said that many vehicles were damaged especially in the Thappraya area where there are several roadworks. One foreigner with a woman on the back of his motorcycle was pictured being helped after apparently driving into a hole or a drain. Beach Road was passable, they said, but the water there was black and stinking. And it was all flowing directly into the sea. Source: 77kaoded -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-09-18 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, webfact said: One foreigner with a woman on the back of his motorcycle was pictured being helped after apparently driving into a hole or a drain. I saw the same thing happen one day when having lunch on Soi Kaonoi when they were putting in new storm drainage. The orange cones all floated away, the water covered the drain holes and some poor guy turning into a side Soi drove straight down a huge hole. Took half a dozen people to get him and his bike out. Never ride anywhere in the rain since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBKK Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, darksidedog said: I saw the same thing happen one day when having lunch on Soi Kaonoi when they were putting in new storm drainage. The orange cones all floated away, the water covered the drain holes and some poor guy turning into a side Soi drove straight down a huge hole. Took half a dozen people to get him and his bike out. Never ride anywhere in the rain since. Sorta makes sense right? biking in that flood? Jeeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Farangs 'going down the drain' in Pattaya.... Is that even news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 black stinking water going into the sea, whats new, most of the drains are filled with black stinking water in Thailand at any time due to all the <deleted> that is put into them. Unfortunately not many in Thailand really care about where their <deleted> goes, they throw/tip everything into drains, canals and the sea as it is easier for them, pride in their country doesnt come into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 The post should have rad " The whole of Pattaya is going down the drain"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Don't tell TAT about smelly water flowing into Pattaya Bay or they'll have to invent new tourist figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 there were NO FLOODS in Jomtien....must have a good drainage system !!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Some more from facebook of yesterdays floods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin612 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 It happens all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack100 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Any reports of missing crocodiles ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Guys yesterdays rain was not that big.....As far as big rains go I would give it a 3 maybe 3.5 out of 10 on the big rain scale.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Yes it doesn't seem too bad unlike the 2015 "Vamco" flood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Daily occurrence: down the drain, off a balcony, over a railing at the shopping mall, off a bar stool blind ???? drunk, under a truck or bus, into a light pole, bashed by an endearing ladyboy. The world class resort everyone wants to visit ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 One would imagine the shoe shops would be doing a roaring trade today,all those bar girls shoes soaked and wrecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 17 minutes ago, marko kok prong said: One would imagine the shoe shops would be doing a roaring trade today,all those bar girls shoes soaked and wrecked. I usually buy my sandals etc in the UK. I have been close to toppling over in the Pattaya rains due to not wanting to put my new footwear into that mucky water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 This is always going to happen ! Over the years rivers, klongs and ponds have been filled in and built on, and trees on the hills cut down. So where does the natural flow of water go ? Anywhere it wants to ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solinvictus Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 That photo of the foreigner, ha, going into the hole..www.smart.com/whenitrains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 hours ago, darksidedog said: I saw the same thing happen one day when having lunch on Soi Kaonoi when they were putting in new storm drainage. The orange cones all floated away, the water covered the drain holes and some poor guy turning into a side Soi drove straight down a huge hole. Took half a dozen people to get him and his bike out. Never ride anywhere in the rain since. A similar thing happened to me about 23 years ago in Soi Lasalle that they were digging up. On my Honda Rebel me and first daughter, then aged about six, started being drawn into a quite ample hole during the school run to BPS. People rushed to successfully grab her from my outstretched arms as I sunk beneath the sandy mire. I lived. Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Regrettably, having been a design engineer for environmental engineering companies Binnie and Partners, later Thames Water in London, and Camp Dresser and Mckee in Boston, and specializing in Sewage Treatment and Storm Water collection design, I have an ominous feeling that the prodigious pipework being installed along Beach Road is not going to change a thing, except of course cause massive traffic problems over a long period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Drivers advised to avoid Pattaya Beach Road until next year By Rimmer, Thursday at 04:32 PM in Pattaya News If people would just read the news and look at the sky before they go out none of this would happen - hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 No worries, we will all be safe and travelling by mass transit throughout Pattaya in a few years. They can close Beach road and Sai song to all but the Chinese and India Tour buses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 .....and stinking water pollutes the sea How can you pollute a cess-pit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onera1961 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Skallywag said: India Tour buses I have not seen any Indian tour buses. My observation is most Indians are in a group of few or a large family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Songkraam starts early this year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said: Songkraam Well Songkran ( Thai New year ) and Sangkraam (War) are now quite similar I try to avoid both ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Tropposurfer said: Daily occurrence: down the drain, off a balcony, over a railing at the shopping mall, off a bar stool blind ???? drunk, under a truck or bus, into a light pole, bashed by an endearing ladyboy. The world class resort everyone wants to visit ?????? nobody forces you to come here go to Brighton Beach instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, johng said: Well Songkran ( Thai New year ) and Sangkraam (War) are now quite similar I try to avoid both ! Now u have to avoid the fon tok doeai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 8 hours ago, webfact said: Beach Road was passable, they said, but the water there was black and stinking. And it was all flowing directly into the sea. No change there then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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