Seasonal change?? LOL - I came back from summer in Europe with every intent to swing my machete at the meter-high weeds that have overtaken the back garden. But I came back to THIS:
There are 65 villages around greater Chiang Mai under 60cm or more of flood... URGH! Gardening? I'm needing to wear rubber boots just to venture off the back porch and it is squelchy wet and a serious hazard for snakes, scorpions etc.
Today it has stopped raining for the first time in 10 days, the sun is out and it's 34C. With a little bit of luck, by Saturday morning the worst of the water around the garden will have subsided enough for a session with the brushcutter and the machete.
Really enjoying what's happening as the seasons unfold differently for us all.
Wow, now that's a flood! I am so happy to hear the rain stopped and hope things dry quickly for ya so you can get to chopping! (And that you don't get bit or stung by any flood displaced snake or scorpion! Talk about a gardening hazard!)
And a huge URGH from me as a NEW flash flood warning was issued for the whole of North Thailand from 17-21 September. I'm gonna be out with my brush-cutter 9am Saturday and hopefully beat the expected deluges... LOL. With my long rubber anti-snake boots on.
Oh no! Not more! I am so glad you have those water proof snake combat boots lol, it sounds like you are going to need them! Good luck lol!
Rubber boots? Not a boat? That is a lot of water. It's a lovely photo but I'm sure has left some concerned villagers. Our floods looked like that. Hard to image so much rain
And more flash flood warnings issued for the next 4 days. Yikes. Many farmers have small dingys but the reality is it's too dangerous to user them when the floods are happening, and the rest of the year it's dry enough not to need one.
Hey! Was just thinking about you!
I'd reckon that's a seasonal change... Flood season! Eek. I hope not too much damage...
Coming out of arguably the biggest personal "seasonal change" since I had a baby... 😆
Just beginning to find a routine and clearing the urgent catastrophes from the office... LOL...
Wuau, tremendous risk and so close, just leaving your house from the back, that's the consequences that floods leave, I imagine you have already gone through that and you are used to it, why I notice when I read your comment that you are prepared, since you use your rubber boots, you must live worried when it rains. Sorry for the question that picture is the back of your house?
That is just awful, so many villages flooded. I can't imagine scorpions and snakes in those waters around you. BE CAREFUL!
Best of luck.
Wow - that is a lot of water. I can imagine that seasonal changes are expected but hopefully some people did not lose crops/livestock as a result.
Yikes! Hope the next round of rain isn't quite as bad. Good luck dodging the critters and getting some clearing out done between storms!
Sorry to hear about the floods