Dear all,
>
>
> Yesterday evening my husband went to the Dutch Embassy for a meeting
> about the water problems here. I just want to share this with you, so
> you also know what is going on over here, maybe you already know, but
> better twice then not!
>
> The Thai Government has invited a group of 10 experts from the
> Netherlands to support the Government in managing the water problems.
> These experts investigated everything and identified the problems.
> These experts where at the Embassy yesterday to give an information
> session.
>
> They came up with the following results:
> If nothing is done then Bangkok will be under water within five days
> from now. But they are working very hard now to build a dike in the
> north of Bangkok (Dong Muang, the old airport) of 2,5 meters high,
> because they expect 2 meters of water there. If this dike will hold
> Bangkok is going to be dry, but the south and west of Bangkok will be
> under water (1,5 meter). If the dike fail Bangkok will be flooded with
> 1 to 1,5 meter of water. But they say there is a reasonable
> probability that the dike will hold.
>
> Yesterday the experts announced this information to the government
> here. The big problem is that the parties not work together (the red
> and yellow), but there is a kind of game going on who is the best in
> calming down the people! Instead, they better get together and
> recognize that there is a huge natural disaster going on here!
> The Thai news that is saying that the worst point is over is certainly
> not true! The experts say the worst is yet to come!. There is such a
> huge amount of water coming this way, amazing! It will take at least
> another 3 weeks before the last water here is over and has reached the
> sea.
> You can see some people know this problem is coming, because as you
> look in Nichada you see they are making the dams higher and higher!
>
> The airport is 2 meters below sea level, but they assure that the
> airport will stay dry! Since last year the airport was shut down, they
> are now working with everything they have so it will not happen again!
>
> Some Dutch companies are flying back there people, or move them to
> hotels in the city.
> >
> I really do not want to scare you, but I want to share these
> information with you! I only tell what these experts told us. Yet they
> think the dike will hold and we stay dry, so lets hope for that!
>
>
> Regards,
