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In Topic: Police Prepare For Election Day Expat Sobriety Riots
2011-07-01 14:36:56
It just gets better and better by the day! 
In Topic: Chiang Mai Declared Cold Snap Disaster Zone
2010-12-28 10:00:21
endure, on 2010-12-28 08:18:25, said:
111tingtong, on 2010-12-28 08:12:05, said:
15C does not warrant a disaster, come on its not that cold.
That depends on the average temperature you spend most of your time in. Presumably you won't be complaining when the temperature in Chiang Mai hits 40c because 'it's not that hot'?
For it to be a disaster, what we are really talking about is deaths through hypothermia. It has absolutely nothing to do with the average temperature you spend most of your time in. You are not going to get hypothermia with temperatures as high as 10-15 degrees.
The provincial disaster response services director Prajon Pratsakul, has declared all its 25 districts as a disaster zone due to the cold snap affecting the region. It is not just the mountain areas he is talking about.
Incidentally in 2009 it was an Emergency and 2008 was a disaster. i have no information on previous years, but presumably some alarmist term or other was used.
In 2009 "The office was given a budget of Bt26 million to provide 70,000 blankets and 40,000 winter jackets for local residents. It earlier distributed 291,114 winter items to help 64 per cent of locals affected by the cold spell".
In 2008 the provincial administration sought Bt2.5 million from the government to provide urgent help to local people who need about 100,000 blankets.(25THB / blanket)
What has happened to all the blankets and clothes given in previous years?
It is just another case of excessive exaggeration and annual request for more money
In Topic: Varee Hair Police
2010-12-16 23:34:15
alfieconn, on 2010-12-16 15:01:04, said:
Chiangmai Cheers, on 2010-12-16 12:05:42, said:
I find it quite incredible that people like CMGossip and AlfieConn come onto the forum to get their kicks out of "school bashing".
Can you show me my comments on school bashing Varee
.Apologies Alfie, I put your name in by mistake
