Daily Dose of WTF?
- Thread starter Shlomo Goldberg
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Yes, where I live the water table on the Mekong River can drop up to 10m in the dry season leaving sandy islands everywhere on the river, and in the wet, the Mekong can overflow up to a kilometre well inland from its main course. My house was built about 2m higher by design than the maximum flood level for my area. Bangkok is worse as they are in the lower part of the delta than us and their roads make the flooding worse.
It is very entertaining to watch the locals catching fish in nets as they swim up the streets by the way
It is very entertaining to watch the locals catching fish in nets as they swim up the streets by the way
Its crazy how many klms away from that river ppl live and have canoe/boat lashed to hut. In the dry season as a traveler it looks weird cos your seemingly a long way from water then you notice the waterline stains above your head on everything.... I have been there in low season but coastal and still that 2-3pm storms were memorable. One in particular on the ocean and we were battered so hard the frame holding the engine broke on both sides so longboat stalled and was sideways. Boatman was hypothermic holding fkr up while i hammered the rusty pipe into a taper and did some jiggery with ropes Not so bad when your an aussie that can swim. Bad for the local muslim fishermen on board. They were crying and wailing and in a foetal position as the water blasted them. Everybody lived and all was well and we emerged from a wall of black to a fairly ravaged coconut battered bay. All the other boatmen were looking at us like ..how?...why?!...My fare....thats why.
^^^ yes if you are unprepared these wild storms will kill you fast. Where my house is next to Laos we get micro bursts of winds that are terrifying like a laser cutting into a block of butter followed by lightning bolts zapping all around you meters away from where you stand. Thais never use their mobiles when this happens for fear of getting zapped .
Awesome and terrifying! Im just a little envious, fond memories of Nakhon Phanom and Thakek though u could be anywhere along that river! Small lightning is so cool. I used to work until late at night and could walk home and on foggy nights there were places where small isolated blue flashes would occur within the fog nearby. Im a huge electric universe fan so it wasnt too odd but suprisingly many people when i would mention how magical it is wouldnt believe me.
