trigger571 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I am just curious if and how the Bangkok floods could affect Phuket. For example, if there was long-term flooding in Bangkok, could food and water supplies here be affected? Could the internet be disrupted or completely shut off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaroon Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Last year there was hardly any stock (water/dairy product) in 7/eleven, family markt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow86 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Last year there was hardly any stock (water/dairy product) in 7/eleven, family markt. But beer stock was normal, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercallen Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Could be a problem getting a new Honda car which is not full of water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Could be a problem getting a new Honda car which is not full of water indeed, as if their 3 months waiting lists before flooding wasnt bad enough, a few hundred Hondas have drowned. 3.000 cars saved by moving to Don Muang and all supplies to Phuket are effected, including cars of all makes. Pepsi from Surat plant ok tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Toyota has suspended manufactoring at its 3 TH plants. Honda same at its 2 TH plants. Both due to flooding causing lack of parts supply. Several other factories are closed down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagallim Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Fresh vegetables are going to be in short supply due to crop damage in the farm areas around BKK. A lot of local (Phuket) hotels and restaurants are already trying to grab as much frozen supplies as they can. That's going to cause shortages, particularly in the 'wholesale' outlets such as Makro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger571 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 Fresh vegetables are already short. Went to Tesco in Chergtalay and the new Tesco Lotus in Talang yesterday. Both had several empty crates. I also noticed eggs were lacking from both and couldnt find Chicken Breasts but not sure this one was due to the BKK floods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Well I think it has started to. I went to buy a 20kg bag of dog food and my favorite red wine yesterday and they were out. I asked when she thought they might get more and she said it would have to swim from Bangkok. Also my internet has been pretty slow at times. Last week it got pretty bad so I had the tech come and check it. He said the signal is good to your house, but CAT is having problems in Bangkok and has chopped service to Phuket... Edited October 18, 2011 by Jimi007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keestha Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Can confirm that lots of things that have to be sent down from Bangkok are already in short supply: yesterday Tesco Lotus didn't have sugar, tea, big garbage bags and so on. Can only be hoped the situation will be back to normal when the high tourist season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercallen Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Main tesco lotus out of drinking water today, but more important they are out of beer also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Main tesco lotus out of drinking water today, but more important they are out of beer also Strangely, the Chalong Lotus had an offer on big jugs of Tesco water for only 22 baht (down from 26 baht) just 2 days ago. Good offer and we bought 16 jugs, they had plenty plenty of stock. I agree that Tesco shops are beginning to run short on many items, that's why we bought a lot of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Tesco Kamala has been out of pork, chicken, and most veggies for at least a week. Plenty of beer last time I checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snamos Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 So logistically if we supplies of beer get cut off from BKK ...we can get Carlsberg from Malaysia right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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