Samut Prakan

I can remember doing the first one sitting in a hotel in Bangkok.

Uh, for those of you familiar, I was down like in Samut Prakan, way down south, and I was sitting in this hotel room.

I'm, I'm, I'm like, "I'm gonna do this." And I just sorta did one, um, [chuckles] and I'm like, "Well, we'll see how it goes," you know.

299, uh, podcasts later, here we are.

Good afternoon, Rob.

Good afternoon, everyone, from a surprisingly dry and sunny Samut Prakan.

Is it, uh, how is it where you are, Rob?

It's be- it's absolutely glorious here.

It's, it's, it's another-

I, I don't know Okay, 'cause I saw, I saw that there was a team called Paknam Bo who are now in the third tier without looking at which, uh, which regional league they were in.

And of course, I got quite excited because I thought it was the Paknam in, uh, in Samut Prakan, but, uh, it's nowhere near, is it?

No, it's basically Nakhon Sawan Suikwai City were relegated last season, and this is basically the sort of regurgitation of the old Nakhon Sawan side.

More than 3.26 million people from around 1.17 million households have been affected, with flooding covering 154 districts.

Some of the worst affected areas include Patum Thani and also Samut Prakan, with Ayutthaya also having some serious impact, and Supanburi, Chachongsao, and Prachinburi also significant flooding, while Bangkok alone has around 329,000 affected households.

Now, at the same time, Protect your vehicles by moving them to higher ground because a Chulalongkorn University academic has warned motorists against using giant plastic covers to protect cars from flooding.

You think you wouldn't have to talk about it, but if they're talking about it, this has become a problem.

And they, they looked for it, and they couldn't find it.

And, uh, he said the, the main naga in Bangkok is in the Ao Thai Samut Prakan, where the ports are, where the fishermen are.

He sent this little naga to protect Lunpop.

[chuckles] Um, he went to Abhayagiri Monastery, and a rattlesnake came and protected his kuti, coiled up outside.

He was not in Bangkok.

He was about 20 miles south of Bangkok in a small town called Samut Prakan, and he was at a very nice facility with all kinds of, uh, amenities.

Amenities and kind of bungalows, right? Kinda like independent-

Yeah, swimming pool, gardens.

Over half a million people were affected nationwide in Thailand.

the province south of Bangkok, Samut Prakan, had the most families affected.

The estimated losses are $367 million in damage, and over 23 people have died so far.

This may move as things begin to settle.

Yeah, and this is specifically for civil servants who've been battling the floods that they've been experiencing due to bad weather.

And areas and provinces around Bangkok are Nontaburi, Patum, Thani and Samut Prakan.

Yeah, I know where

those are.