The Asia + the Antipodes Thread

[noddy]

the thailand flooding has barely made our news at all, i also hope you all get through it ok.

[the glowing carp]

it's been on SBS, best wishes to everybody in Thailand to survive and rebuild.

[ansuchin]

Thank you for all for your kind concerns; I and my family are all fine. We have dealt with periodic power outages, washed out roads, as well as flooding, but we live outside of the central plain, Chao Phraya River region that has been most severely effected.

We have a rainy season every year and flooding is common, but this year has been particularly bad. This is due to higher rainfall than normal coupled with the results of human activity: roads that block drainage, industrial developments displacing marshland that absorb the waters, and so on. We are pulling together as a people, and we are doing far better than would have done with such as situation a few years ago even though very sadly around 300 of my countrymen and women have perished. We are all behind Her Excellency Yingluck Shinawatra and the work of her government to deal with the crisis. I have volunteered to assist and have done what I could in our provincial district to deliver what supplies I have been able to procure for those in need. I am glad that my two little girls enjoy the rides or nap away the time in the back of the Fortuner without much fussing about.

If nothing else, the many hours during the rains has provided us with the time to be with my husband and children. After addressing water drainage and power issues as well as caring for my family, there has been something about the coming and going of rain, lightening, and thunder while I have rested in meditation late at night when all are finally asleep that has been very special to me...

I really hope that the worst of all this is over.

[ansuchin]

I am afraid that, in spite of my wishes, our terrible flooding is not over here, and it is getting much worse. The government has been unable to cope with the progression of events. Many have lost their homes, their livelihoods, and more have died. My nation has been devastated and there is much fear, anger, frustration, and sadness here.











We will do the best we can to support each other and work together to get through all this.

Please remember my nation and my people in your kind thoughts and prayers.

Metta,

An

[Joao Paulo]

I'll nit forget and pray for you.
Every summer we suffer with rain and flooding here in Brazil, this year not only the poor but also the rich were affected too.

[Colonel Sun]

[Colonel Sun]

[ansuchin]

Bless you, Japan. We will never forget our friends who have remembered and supported us during these difficult times.

We will rebuild and we will emerge as a stronger presence and partner in Asia than ever before. The world can be assured of that.

[Colonel Sun]

Wishing Thailand and all Thais a rapid recovery from the massive floods.

[Ibrahim]

ansuchin, could you suggest some links for aid donations? Hold fast.

[ansuchin]

[Colonel Sun]

Thanks for the info, ansuchin.

[Colonel Sun]

[Colonel Sun]

[Demon of Undoing]

[Colonel Sun]

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[Ibrahim]

[Colonel Sun]

[Ibrahim]