Friday, October 28, 2011

Bangkok Floods: Natural or Man Made Disaster

Just wondering: Do they have water taxis waiting at the Bangkok Airport?
  • Kidding aside.  Many people expect the Thai currency to weaken because of this disaster. That may well just be wishful thinking.  As a comparison consider the natural disaster in Japan.  It did nothing to weaken their currency, in fact it got stronger..
  • Word in the media is that all this flooding is not really a natural disaster, but the result of man made stupidity.  Supposedly a decision was made to not release water from dams to insure sufficient water for farming.  When the heavy rains did arrive, water from the dams had to be released in large volumes to avoid bursting of the dams.
    This is really just speculation, but the decision definitely was at least a contributing factor.

  • Many empty shelves at the local market, but surprisingly there was a limited amount of milk on the shelves.  Also plenty of potatoes, carrots, and onions, most likely from regional sources.
  • Sakon YFC vs Burirum YFC Saturday 10 a.m. at the football field on ITU

  • Cooling temperatures for the next few nights, then things should turn back to NORMAL, with plenty of humidity in the daily forcasts.

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