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Surviving the Great Floods of 2022 in NE Thailand (Part 1)
It’s been six weeks since my last post… On October 5th, at around 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, I wrote about how the whole country was flooding from heavy rains…
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Sumoto River Construction Update
One of the berms they built on the river yesterday partially collapsed, leaving a tracked crane stranded out on the water. I was driving by and saw as it happened.…
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Wherein nature’s fury becomes relevant
In an official document today, I used the following reason for changing a parts supplier: “Supplier’s factory destroyed by typhoon.” The situation described isn’t funny; I just never imagined someday…
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Damage Report
First off, me and mine are OK. I know the rest of the world can hardly be expected to notice yet another typhoon hitting our little island this year, but…
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Riding the Big Lizard (Typhoon Tokage)
So typhoon Tokage (lizard) almost washed me and my poor car away (liveblogging posts are on my sidebar today; here is the permanent link), but after 2 hours of endless…
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 5
Roads washed out. Going for a gamble, mountain roads. Last post until I get home. Here goes…
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 4
Gale force winds & unbelievable torrents of stinging rain.
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 3
I’m stuck in traffic.
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 2
River near work is 7 ft higher than normal.
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 1
Live shots of typhoon Tokage.
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Typhoon Tokage
I always used to laugh when I saw somebody use an umbrella in high winds, seemingly being pulled around by an invisible donkey until the inevitable point where the umbrella…
