Keeping it DRY

The word on the street is that Thailand is FLOODING, and for the most part that would be correct.  In todays BANGKOK POST the headline read...

"Flood Arrives in Bangkok".

All the areas in red are flooded and more continue to flood everyday.

Google Earth shows the same thing only in blue on a satellite  map.


That is A LOT of H2O...


We are some 25 miles north of Bangkok so we will be hit with the flood waters first.  Areas that are less then 2 miles north of us were flooded this afternoon - so we were asked to prepare.








The Nichada Thani Group, the area we live in, decided to put up walls to control the flood waters and have virtually blocked our way in and out of our sub division.


Laura and I took the golf cart for a spin and this is what we saw...

We were asked to move out car to higher ground, which is the neighborhood that houses US embassy employees.


We are to have at least a five days worth of non perishable food available and drinking water, a gallon per person for each day.

We then were asked to move all valuable items to the second story along with all electronics.

Coca Cola has about 5 executive families that live in this neighborhood and they have a evacuation plan in place for us.  Two vans are standing by with drivers on call ready to transport us to a hotel.  We will have a few hours notice and then we will need to leave.

It is not so much the flooding but the lack of electrical power and the ability to leave if necessary that they are concerned with.

Coca Cola does take care of its employees and it is great to have a plan in place to help us if we need it.

With all this said, the motto for this week is "KEEPING IT DRY". 

Let us  prepare for the worst and pray for the best. 

 Still, living here is an adventure that I am grateful to be experiencing.