Hatyai,Thailand For Sawadee Newbies

[Sing@pool]

Originally Posted by Playman

TCSS in Danok? Respect..kudos to you!

Combine of 3 nation samsters (Thai, Malaysia & SG)

[dc7176]

Originally Posted by etct88

aiyah, like that, just go to Danok, ok liao...

where the tcss?

bukit kayu hitam/sadao is closed lor... how to go danok??? my fren called up sri maju, say next week no bus departure... ask us change our ticket to dec... nnkc... cant refund!!

tcss?? i only meet up w 4 bros, si ken6890, hunterhi n 2 more bros for dinner... lolx...

Originally Posted by lurpsexx

man proposes, heaven disposes.. take wat comes along lo.. Road cannot go, hide in massage parlour! Some more big flood = no cust = more girl choices and lower prices! Good deal! kekeke..

next week cant go liao... mayb we can go together dec?? keke...

[CheongKa]

Originally Posted by lurpsexx

man proposes, heaven disposes.. take wat comes along lo.. Road cannot go, hide in massage parlour! Some more big flood = no cust = more girl choices and lower prices! Good deal! kekeke..

yeah, alot of girls will be waiting for me

but the prob now is hope the heaven will open the road for me to hatyai . haha. else need to consider take flight already...

[alex18122003]

Originally Posted by dc7176

bukit kayu hitam/sadao is closed lor... how to go danok??? my fren called up sri maju, say next week no bus departure... ask us change our ticket to dec... nnkc... cant refund!!




next week cant go liao... mayb we can go together dec?? keke...

It becos is Nov Rain & Blood meh

[Vsoo]

Oh no going next monday, for 3 nights... Don't know whether to cannel or not....sigh.

[hunterhi]

ok, OIC... as i will be going to ChiangMai ( CNX ) on 14-21th Dec... as Hat Yai... i think got to plan with DC kor kor lioa... u enjoy...

Originally Posted by naemlo

Will try, but mid of Nov I planned to go over to Hanoi. I dun mind flying down to HDY to see my lover, lurpsexx.... hmmmm he is another who converted from prc to thai

[hunterhi]

Wa, all the best to ur " TRIP..." izzt me, OC camper ken6890, seekers n alan0338, maybe we can plan for Jan...

Originally Posted by dc7176

bukit kayu hitam/sadao is closed lor... how to go danok??? my fren called up sri maju, say next week no bus departure... ask us change our ticket to dec... nnkc... cant refund!!

tcss?? i only meet up w 4 bros, si ken6890, hunterhi n 2 more bros for dinner... lolx...

next week cant go liao... mayb we can go together dec?? keke...

[Lone_Wolf]

Originally Posted by CheongKa

yeah, alot of girls will be waiting for me

but the prob now is hope the heaven will open the road for me to hatyai . haha. else need to consider take flight already...

Airport oso closed. Tiger has cancelled this week's flights to Hdy.

[DeKuip]

I have to postpone my trip for 2 weeks...

[DeKuip]

Originally Posted by naemlo

U give me a call loh.... Shall we plan trip to China too?? I just got back today from Xiamen n now miss the mm there.

wah... LCB went xiamen! Any juicy stories to tell?

[zen4859]

Hat Yai city left reeling by its worst-ever flood
Published: 3/11/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News

SONGKHLA Rescuers have struggled to get help to thousands of people stranded in their homes after three days of heavy rain triggered a massive flash flood that knocked down power poles and cut communications in Hat Yai city.


Officials said tens of thousands of people were trapped yesterday in the southern commercial hub which is facing its worst-ever flood crisis.

Torrential rains since Monday caused by a depression in the Gulf of Thailand engulfed Hat Yai municipality and many other areas of the South.

Many districts are under as much as three metres of water. One resident has been electrocuted during the flooding.

Many residents are stranded on the second floor of their homes, unable to venture out for food and supplies, while tourists are being forced to stay in their hotel rooms as rescuers and relief supplies have yet to reach them.

There are about 850,000 people in greater Hat Yai and 180,000 in the city centre.

Officials said a woman was forced to give birth in her room in an apartment block as the high flood waters prevented her from being taken to hospital.

Major roads in Hat Yai such as Phetkasem, Thammanoonvithi and Niphat Uthit were cut by floods with traffic lights shorting out and abandoned vehicles covered with water.

A sudden power failure created panic throughout the municipality.

Meanwhile, banks, petrol stations, schools and state agencies have been shut indefinitely.

Patients at Hat Yai hospital had to be evacuated to higher floors to avoid surging flood waters.

Surachai Lumlertkittikul, director of Hat Yai General Hospital, said more than 500 patients in the hospital were suffering from a shortage of food as relief supplies were taking time to get through.

''Two of our three generators which we need to save the lives of seriously ill patients are out of action from the flooding, while fuel for the remaining one is near to running out,'' Dr Surachai said.

The power failure disrupted thousands of base stations for cellular phones. Mobile phone connections have failed in many areas, particularly in Hat Yai, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Pattani and Surat Thani.

Kimyong and Santisuk markets, which are Hat Yai's major commercial areas and popular with tourists, are under 1.20 metres of water.

Hat Yai mayor Prai Pattano admitted the municipal authorities were caught off guard by the unusually heavy flooding.

''We are now at our wits' end in trying to deal with the crisis and get help through to the victims,'' Mr Prai said.

He said about 80% of Hat Yai was submerged and more than 30,000 households affected, with people stranded and helpless as rescuers cannot reach them yet.

Their Majesties the King and Queen have ordered staff at Taksin Palace in Narathiwat to supply food and clothing to flood victims.

Officials have delivered about 5,000 bags of supplies by helicopter to areas in Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Satun.

The navy, the air force and the army are working with aid agencies to try to get relief through to the flood victims.

[zen4859]

Relief targets stranded
Published: 3/11/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News

The top priority in the flood relief effort is to get food and water to people trapped in buildings in Hat Yai city centre, Democrat Party MP Niphon Bunyamanee says.

Mr Niphon joined one of the first groups of authorities to reach the flooded inner precinct of the city yesterday.

He said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva wanted residents to stop worrying about moving their belongings. It was more important to keep themselves safe.

The sick, the elderly and children were to be evacuated first.

Mr Niphon said many stranded residents had not eaten for 24 hours. Food supplies were adequate but they could not be delivered to people because flood waters were too high.

He said authorities could manage only three inspection trips to the inner city yesterday. Limited provisions of dried food were distributed to small residential zones.

The first delivery of food supplies to the city centre is expected at 9am today. Small flat-bottom boats could not be deployed to deliver food because of strong water currents in many flooded areas.

Mr Niphon said Hat Yai municipality had told people to evacuate ahead of the flood but few heeded the warning.

He said most people underestimated the situation as they did not expect a major flood.

He said hotels were running out of food to feed their guests. Rescue workers were responding to calls for help by residents who flashed torches from flooded buildings and homes.

"We have enough relief supplies from donations but we can't go in and hand them out," he said.

Mr Niphon said small sois in downtown Hat Yai had turned into rapids off limits even to military trucks. Military boats with high-powered engines were sent to assist residents in flooded zones.

Hat Yai was plunged into complete darkness last night because of blackouts which also paralysed telecommunications.

[KatoeyLover69]

Report from The Nation dated wednesday 3 November 2010 :-

Hatyai residents in shock - Songkhla flood brings back bad memories of past disasters, as some residents forced on to roofs

Flooding has returned to torment Hat Yai residents like a recurrent nightmare.

Chalermchai Thongkaew-on, a resident in tambon Khuan Lang's Na Khuan village, found there was little he could do, no matter how well he prepared. After three days of heavy rain he ended up stuck on the roof of his two-storey home with both the ground and second floors submerged.

Chalermchai, who survived the flood in 2000, said his family lost many belongings in the water that time. And he has stocked up on food ahead of every rainy season ever since, as a precaution.

He relived the nightmare on Monday night, when water 2 metres deep forced him to sleep on the roof.

"This flood is worse than in 2000, because that time I was still able to live on the second floor," he said.

Many neighbours also had a terrible experience in 2000, so they were all prepared, moving belongings higher and storing dried food, he said. But none thought the water would rise so fast or by so much this time - everyone ended up sitting on their roofs waiting for local officials to help or rescue them.

Another resident, Thakorn Thiprongpol, said he used to live in low-lying Bang Faeb village, which was hit hardest in 2000 and gets flooded every year. Having moved "uphill" to Na Khuan village, he couldn't believe his new house would also be hit by flooding.

Thakorn said it rained hard on Monday night, and just half an hour after a public flood warning was issued, his home was inundated. Fifteen minutes later, it was under water 2 metres deep. He expected the flood water to remain for three to four days, but said his family had some rice, vegetables and eggs and a gas cylinder.

Many residents in Songkhla's Na Thawi district, which was hit by a 1.2-metre flash flood on Monday night, weren't even able to grab belongings in time despite a warning from tambon officials.

Second-hand-car dealer Jeerapong Janjaroenkul said his family hurriedly moved their cars to higher ground but the flood hit so fast that two cars were submerged. He lamented that this flood was worse than in 2007, when a 60-centimetre-deep flood hit his shop.

"Now water has covered the car roofs. Na Thawi never had a flood before, and now it has," he said, adding that his family slept on the one-and-a-half-storey house's upper deck. Neighbours with one-storey homes had had to move elsewhere.

Na Thawi resident Neramit Noisamlee expressed shock at seeing the district under water at least a metre deep, saying it had never happened before. He was concerned that water would rise to 2 metres and every area would be totally cut off from the outside world, as the authorities had cut power.

"I have instant noodles to live on during this flood, but it was a mistake, because I have no electricity to boil water and cook it, so I have to eat dried noodles. After 12 hours, I finally had a chance to eat cooked food - from a box provided by officials."
--- KatoeyNewsNetwork

[habbomall]

since like hat yai from bad to worst. i hear mayflower hotel flood till lobby liao. don't how ture. i try to reach my fren in hat yai cannot be reach.

[KatoeyLover69]

Report from Bangkok Post dated wednesday 3 November 2010 :-

Southern rail, air links grind to halt

Many rail and air transport services in parts of the South have been suspended as flash floods inundate the area.

Hat Yai railway station and several other nearby stations were under two metres of water yesterday.

Samui Airport was ordered closed from about 2pm until 9pm because of heavy rain, poor visibility and floods exacerbated by rising seas.

Services at Samui Airport are expected to return to normal today.

The State Railway of Thailand announced it would suspend four train services and cut short the route of three others.

The suspended trains are train 35 (Bangkok-Padang Besar), 37 (Bangkok-Sungai Kolok), 169 (Bangkok-Yala) and 173 (Bangkok-Nakhon Si Thammarat). Train 171 (Bangkok-Sungai Kolok), 167 (Bangkok-Kantang), and 85 (Bangkok-Nakhon Si Thammarat) will stop at Thung Song district of Nakhon Si Thammarat. The SRT will transport passengers by bus to their destinations from Thung Song, except for Sungai Kolok.

Hat Yai International Airport was opened for flights as usual yesterday despite surrounding areas being submerged by flood waters. About 30 passengers did not move from the airport.

The Royal Thai Air Forces' Wing 56 offered GMC trucks to ferry airline passengers to higher ground nearest to the Hat Yai city centre.--- KatoeyNewsNetwork