Monday, August 1, 2016

Better clean my gutters just in case

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Restaurant and Bar
Apples
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Chilly
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Pit Stop
From tropical depression 6 to Tropical Storm Nida its now Typhoon Nida.   
Once Nida makes land early Tuesday morning it should lose  it's strength and be a mere depression by Thursday.  
The majority of forecasters still predict local heavy rains after midweek
Sakon Nakhon

2016 could be the best season for Sakon FC

A win in Mukdahan last Saturday was expected. 
Sakon FC moved up to 7th in a league of 14. It's comparable to the best season in 2010 which ended Sakon Nakhon in 8th of 16 teams.

The next game at Amnat Charoen this wednesday is going to be a tough one. Amnat is 4th in the league. 
In a Sakon home game in May Sakon FC walked away with a 1-0 win with the Amnat Ants

At the moment the teams are not far apart 
Sakon  8 win 4 draw 7 loss
Amnat 9 win 4 draw 6 loss

Sakon Nakhon

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Garden ediibles

Used to complain when people dumped their leftover food in my garden. In this case  new Thai pepper plant grew out of the food waste

I call them footlongs. The green beans are starting to bloom. The Thai version of green beans grow to 12 inches on the average

These are great with shrimp on sugarcane


Sakon Nakhon

Mosquito control :: Sakon FC has a win :: Heavy rains soon

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Mosquito Control is in the news

I've had success with the bottle trap. I'm surprised there isn't a ready made kit 'just add water' available commercially. Electric zapper lights have little effect on mosquitoes. They prefer dark and moist. 
For personal protection I prefer citronella oil. No toxins!
Sakon Nakhon 2
Mukdahan 1

Tropical Depression 6 has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Nida. Expect further upgrades.
NOAA flash animation best shows how Nida is growing. 
Feels like as high as 43 next few days. Chance of scattered shower. Heavy rains still forecast to begin after midweek
Sakon Nakhon

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Look east, northeast, southeast; that is where the rainy season comes from around here :: Sakon Nakhon


Sakon Nakhon Flood of July 2013 
Feels like could reach 40 C during the dry spells
download Google Earth
System hovering over us at the moment was locally born along the Vietnam/Laos region east of us.
Tropical Depression six over the northern Philippines is moving mainly northwest. expected to increase to category 1 strength.  
Local rain chance decreases somewhat over the weekend, scattered. After midweek we may be in for some heavy rains, as much as 17 mm over a 24 hour period. Wunderground
 
Most popular read this week Esarn Football Dictators in black suit
Sending four police officers to tell some childlike adult to stop being a fan and not toot your horn was just overreacting
Sakon Nakhon

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Sakon Nakhon Games 2016 Parade




The games weren't advertised all that well.  
In fact when I first asked what's going on, I was told Provincial festival.

Sport activities were held for most of the day. 

Had I known I would have attended there and avoided a bad experience







Sakon Nakhon

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Tropical Storm “MIRINAE”

Earlier named TD5 (tropical Depression 5) has been renamed  tropical storm “MIRINAE.”  The storm is expected to move west northwest.


Sakon Nakhon

Keep rain coats handy


Had an early morning tropical rain.
Weather arriving from the east at the moment. 

TD5 (tropical Depression) is expected to head northwest according to wunderground
It's tentacles could reach us.  Then again TD5 might change directions??

Many weather forecasters are calling for heavy rainshowers with sunny intervals midweek through the weekend
Sakon Nakhon