Sunday 23 October 2011

Dear Tourists, please get out of Bangkok

The flood situation is getting worse in Bangkok as the sluice gates are now opened to regulate the flow of water at the fully capacitated dams. Despite so, tourists are not putting off their travel plans. Seriously, what is wrong with those people? From what I know, some embassies are closing in preparation for the rise in water level. This is far more serious than the occupation of public areas by the red shirt/ yellow shirt, that deterred the arrival of Singaporean tourists, calling the country unsafe for travel. Ironically the protests were contained geographically with little impact on travel.
FYI some products are flying off the shelf even here in Chiang Mai. I was in the theater this afternoon and was informed that Pepsi and Sprite are now unavailable due to the flood. Supply of many products are low as it is logistically impossible to get them delivered across the nation. A country preparing to counter the flood situation definitely do not need additions to the population to be evacuated.

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