This was the result of about and hour to an hour and a half of torrential rain here in Bangkok on Tuesday.
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This is a mini geyser in our local grocery store.
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Should have used a boat.
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Be careful where you park!
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2010 Honda PCX 125 in Thailand (White) - "White Lightning"Sold in Sept 2017 2009 Yamaha Majesty YP400 in USA (Metalic Titanium) - "The Throne"Sold in June 2020
Dang! Do they sell scooters that can convert to a jet ski there?? They need to!
Currently own:
Red 2013 Honda PCX150 Givi tall windshield & tailbox - Lots of extra lights Custom seat from Thailand - Bad Boy Airhorn Takegawa Lowering Shocks - Michelin City Grip Tires Headlight assy upgraded to LEDs w/HS5 main bulbs NCY variator, drive face, and rollers
I am fine. I live on the 18th floor. Our soi (street) hardly ever floods, but many of the adjoining ones do. The grocery store is the one we typically shop at. It is still closed.
The problem was that the rain came down for an hour or so at about 8 cm per hour (about 3.2") and the system can only handle 7cm per hour (about 2.7"). To complicate matters further, a thunderstorm warning had been issued, but the city decided not to lower the water level in the drainage canals ahead of time. The acting Prime Minister (former head of the military who led the present coup) scolded the city, but told the owners of the grocery store that because they are below street level, they pretty much had it coming to them. He said, "If you don't want floods, then move to the mountains." .... This is Thailand.
2010 Honda PCX 125 in Thailand (White) - "White Lightning"Sold in Sept 2017 2009 Yamaha Majesty YP400 in USA (Metalic Titanium) - "The Throne"Sold in June 2020
The flooding, in and of itself, isn't too bad. It's the overflowing sewers that are killer. In 2011, I had to ride a Honda Wave through a foot of sewer water. Thought I was gonna die while praying to every god living, dead, or yet to be born that I would not lay the bike down.
