(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
Pheu Thai Promises: Ending Flooding
A campaign poster from May 13, 2011.
The sign reads: Goodbye! Flood and drought – Creating the linkage of water nationwide – Creating dams to prevent floods in Bangkok and its vicinity
Thai capital escapes worst of flooding – CNN, October 17, 2011
[One of the many proclamations from the government in the face of overwhelming evidence that Bangkok would be flooded.]
How to predict the advancing of the flood in Bangkok? – www.finland.or.th, November 9, 2011
…His own assessment was that by looking at the volume of the water and the most natural exit routes, it would be logical to conclude that all Bangkok will be flooded during the next few weeks…
[Complete inundation also turned out to be wrong.]
Floating Buddha Store and Bangkok University & Red Dinghy – flickr.com, November 11, 2011