Flood crisis- Is there a way out?

Thailand’s flood crisis may be one of the most important issues at hand these days. Not only are people alarmed everyday by the news, but the fear of water gushing into your house is rather frightening. Flood prevention walls have been build throughout Thailand’s districts in order to reduce the citizens fears. People have been stacking their houses with sandbags, food, and day-to-day supplies. Thailand’s flood crisis, is one of it’s worst since 50 years. Not only have there been over 300 deaths but the numbers are rising day by day. Now with areas such as Donmueng and Rangsit flooded people are panicking. With the government’s indecisive answers to the public, people fear the worst. Grocery stores such as Lotus, Big C, and 24 hour shops, have sold out their main goods such as water and food.

People’s main concern is food, water, and survival supplies. Though the heart of Thailand, Bangkok, is safe, people are aware of it’s dangers. People have been traveling to unaffected areas such as Pattaya, Khao Yai, and Hua Hin. This danger and fight for survival is rather terrifying. People moving and stacking their house with goods causes lack of resources. If people realize the lack of recourses this may cause a sudden panic for the country. Grocery stores are lacking water and food. People all around Thailand have supplied themselves with the needs and wants in case of floods. As stores such as 711 are running out, the main concern is giving Thai people the supplies they need. Though this may seem as a big issue, there are others such as sanitation. Sanitation is a big issue at hand. The water affecting the people comes through the canals. As these canals are rather dirty and have a sickening smell, being surrounded by it is not fun. As far as this issue goes, sanitation will cause medical problems and new diseases.

Now people may ask why. How did Thailand get all this water? Through the years Thailand has collected water for agriculture. Which were stored in these dams throughout the country. Throughout this year the monsoons and rains has given Thailand one of the biggest rainfalls ever. With that, the dams became more filled. Now that the dams have been broken due to the storage, floods have occurred. All there’s left to wonder is “Who’s really here to blame?”

Now with the American troops being fired off by the government, Thailand is left on it’s own. The question concerning ‘how far the flood will go’ still remains a mystery. It is in our hand’s to save ourselves first, and if it’s satisfying enough stocking your home up with food and sandbags is all you can do. In the mean time you can secure your house and leave the area. The best way to keep yourself safe is to always have an emergency medical kit with you and have water and food at home. If there have been warnings of water leave the area or move everything up to the second floor. As this flooding crisis may be rather daunting, being safe is important.