Shahab Sabahi
Energy and Environment for Development – Policy Analysis Research Group
Bangkok has grown up along the mighty Chao Phraya River and its narrow branches and canals which cut the city to the smaller patch-like neighborhoods. The city experiences floods, in moderate scale, every year during the monsoon seasons. So floods and the river overflow are phenomena that embedded in the Bangkokian’s life and the city has adapted well to the phenomena. However the city officials admitted that the ongoing flood differed in magnitude and would put the city in jeopardy.
As if the city is in the state of war. Full efforts have been undertaken to enforce the city against the flood and its consequences. Sandbags, barriers, barricades, heavy duty equipments and armies make me recall the time when my home country was in a war. Those days, all citizens made their efforts to secure their lives. Danger, in both events, claims human lives and damages to properties. People are making barriers with sandbags to block WAVE moves in their properties. Barricades are stood up by officials to keep away PEOPLE from the dangerous zones. Streets fall in silence and darkness and ears are cautious only to the TV and radio noises. People rush, in both cases to supermarkets and sweep their shelves to assure undisrupted supply, in rainy days, from their homes’ food STOCKS. Individualism’s principles come into work and stand in foreground of every decision-making processes. Lucks and fortunes turn to instant-foods producers. They make their annual profit over night. Drinking waters go scarce. Panic and fear are bold within societies and everyone tries to anticipate what future would hold.
But there is a distinction between war and flood. In war, people shelter undergrounds, such as parking lots, metro tubes and basements; while in flood they move to penthouses!!
Energy and Environment for Development – Policy Analysis Research Group
Bangkok has grown up along the mighty Chao Phraya River and its narrow branches and canals which cut the city to the smaller patch-like neighborhoods. The city experiences floods, in moderate scale, every year during the monsoon seasons. So floods and the river overflow are phenomena that embedded in the Bangkokian’s life and the city has adapted well to the phenomena. However the city officials admitted that the ongoing flood differed in magnitude and would put the city in jeopardy.
As if the city is in the state of war. Full efforts have been undertaken to enforce the city against the flood and its consequences. Sandbags, barriers, barricades, heavy duty equipments and armies make me recall the time when my home country was in a war. Those days, all citizens made their efforts to secure their lives. Danger, in both events, claims human lives and damages to properties. People are making barriers with sandbags to block WAVE moves in their properties. Barricades are stood up by officials to keep away PEOPLE from the dangerous zones. Streets fall in silence and darkness and ears are cautious only to the TV and radio noises. People rush, in both cases to supermarkets and sweep their shelves to assure undisrupted supply, in rainy days, from their homes’ food STOCKS. Individualism’s principles come into work and stand in foreground of every decision-making processes. Lucks and fortunes turn to instant-foods producers. They make their annual profit over night. Drinking waters go scarce. Panic and fear are bold within societies and everyone tries to anticipate what future would hold.
But there is a distinction between war and flood. In war, people shelter undergrounds, such as parking lots, metro tubes and basements; while in flood they move to penthouses!!
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