Popular Post champers Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 Spectacular storm up here in Naklua. Anybody missing that old-style Songkram experience, go and stand outside for 5 seconds. 3 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 As black as your hat over here on the Darkside, plenty of thunder but no rain........ yet ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 Yes some storm, i do like sitting on the balcony and watching storms 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Yes some storm, i do like sitting on the balcony and watching storms A gale has just whipped up and is blowing straight onto mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 30 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said: As black as your hat over here on the Darkside, plenty of thunder but no rain........ yet ???? Well, it;s absolutely lashing down now. Khao Noi will be the usual mass of water in free flow down to the rail tracks. Luckily I had the family out for the weekly shop at Lotus, South Patts, around mid-day so missed out on getting the groceries soaked in the back of the pick-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 A troll post trolling about a sexual activity has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I think the "rainy" season has arrived early (if I recall, the powers that be said a while ago that it was supposed to start in early May). Only took a few minutes to fill my 45 gal "rain can" with the run-off from the roof. Seems to be petering out now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I live - when I'm in thailand and not stuck outside - in the darkside. The thunder was so loud few years ago I literally thought a jumbo had crashed down the road and had to get up to see it was true or not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, dabhand said: Well, it;s absolutely lashing down now. Khao Noi will be the usual mass of water in free flow down to the rail tracks. Luckily I had the family out for the weekly shop at Lotus, South Patts, around mid-day so missed out on getting the groceries soaked in the back of the pick-up. It has literally just started here by the lake, SSCC side, as you say lashing down, waiting for the Mrs to get back from Big C in Klang, hope there's no flooding down that way. Edited April 11, 2021 by Golden Triangle Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewGuy Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Pattaya Tai for the last hour +, easing off now but the rain keeps coming. Eating gai Sam yang, takes the mind off the car alarms and black sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/100038833238090/videos/pcb.442369557067482/442369250400846 Soi Khao Talo about 20 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerryd Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 Soi Batman a few minutes ago. 439b0b8c-cc49-4ccb-ae1f-ccfe78a49a11.mp4 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Safe to say that once again the beach is cattle trucked again then ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 When I came to Bangkok I looked for a condominium in a high rise building to have a nice view. I found something high up and I like the view. And then there was the first thunderstorm. Wow, what an experience. The nice weather view is nice but the thunderstorm view, especially at night, is phenomenal. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 As usual not a cloud in the sky in Hua Hin.........???? Enjoy the spectacle where you can....but please stay safe............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 45 minutes ago, Kerryd said: https://www.facebook.com/100038833238090/videos/pcb.442369557067482/442369250400846 Soi Khao Talo about 20 minutes ago. Can't get that one to play ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 He may have taken it down or restricted who can see it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kerryd said: He may have taken it down or restricted who can see it. many are not aware of how to edit their fbk 'audience' settings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimn Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 (Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro magnifico 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 A couple of quite frightening videos on the net. Nice bangs after 1:00: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 Bye bye beach: 8 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 6 hours ago, RichardColeman said: I live - when I'm in thailand and not stuck outside - in the darkside. The thunder was so loud few years ago I literally thought a jumbo had crashed down the road and had to get up to see it was true or not. Sometimes they might be 'thunder bolts'...when they hit a street transformer it's a blast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Golden Triangle said: It has literally just started here by the lake, SSCC side, as you say lashing down, waiting for the Mrs to get back from Big C in Klang, hope there's no flooding down that way. 555 hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 49 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: Sometimes they might be 'thunder bolts'...when they hit a street transformer it's a blast I have one over the road from the house.....ooops ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said: Sometimes they might be 'thunder bolts'...when they hit a street transformer it's a blast I unplug all of my electronics. No surge protection here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 13 hours ago, Golden Triangle said: Safe to say that once again the beach is cattle trucked again then ???? Beach, I wonder how much of the new hundreds of tons of sand just shipped in is remaining? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said: Sometimes they might be 'thunder bolts'...when they hit a street transformer it's a blast When they hit a tree in my garden it scared the beejeebers out of me. I have had one hit in my garden and one just behind over the years I have lived here. Both damaged a lot of electronics, and the garden one took out the gate motor too. These days I run around unplugging things and sit with doors and windows closed up, not a little in fear! Edited April 11, 2021 by jacko45k 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcuthbert Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 There were camels on the beach. I wonder how they reacted to the thunder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 don't forget your kite w/a key on the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 A couple days before the storm, the Electrical Authority went up soi Khao Noi, replacing the top braces and insulators on all the power poles (and I think they may have strung an additional power cable as well). I was kind of surprised though when I came home and saw all the new braces - were made of metal ! Looks like steel, but may be aluminum. Either way, they both conduct electricity and probably make good lightning magnets. So I wasn't really surprised when the storm hit not long after we lost power. Not for long. Then it went out again for a short bit. No idea if there was a lightning strike but the outages weren't that long so I don't think it was a transformer blowing or a line coming down. Maybe just a surge somewhere flipped a breaker ? (And no, it wasn't just out in my house though I did check my breakers just to be sure. Also discovered that one of my UPS's doesn't work anymore. Annoying.) So glad I don't live on Soi Batman though ! A lot of people there have built up their floors/ramps so they are almost a meter above street level and the water was almost that high ! They are doing work on a drainage tunnel behind the "Batman" building. It's the width of the soi (2 lanes), divided in the middle, you could drive a car down either side and someone 2 meters (6') tall could walk through there without banging their head on the top. I think it is supposed to be where the water from the ditch in the middle of the Suk is supposed to go. (Right beside the Esso station where they've had the lane blocked off and pumps sitting there for months now). Not sure where the water goes from there though. If they'd put drainage like that down Khao Noi and Khao Talo, we wouldn't have any flooding problems at all ! Though I suspect the low area along the railway bypass would still turn into a lake every time it rained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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