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issue 3 04
7 November 2014
Puzzles
Property Marketplace
Balloon Chasers
Telling Stories
sinking Victor
guesthouse
feeling
the inevitable annual heavy rain leads
to the inevitable annual flooding
hua hin, THAILAND
While parts of Hua Hin getting flooded in the last couple of weeks is
newsworthy, and particularly for those living in, or planning to move to,
the affected areas, given the rainfall that is normally experienced and
has been subsequently falling, it should not really come as anything of a
surprise, much like the ‘fallen leaves on the tracks’ that always used to be
trotted out by the railway operators during Autumn in the UK as a reason
for train delays and disruption.
Our sympathy goes out to those who have been flooded out of their homes,
but in the worst affected area every year, around Soi 102, the residents
and businesses there could maybe point to a specific problem that has
exacerbated or even been the actual cause of this year’s bad flooding,
namely the drainage system in place.
Anyone who has gone up Soi 102 in the last month or two may well have
noticed the giant hole that has appeared opposite Bobby’s Bar, and
alongside a new development of shop/townhouses, and it seems as if the
construction of these has played some part in the drainage not working
as well as it could, when an existing drainage ditch was filled in during
construction. As it stands remedial work is being attempted, with a large
concrete tank being built at the site of the hole, as well as storm drains
leading to it, and other efforts being made further up the street to improve
things. Few drainage solutions can cope fully with the quantities of water
involved, and all they can do is attempt to disperse it as quickly as possible,
often not helped by high tides preventing the water escaping. Let us hope
that the current work can resolve the problem for good.
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