Although human beings think they are in charge of everything and know everything better, it shows also technique is failing. Not a single weather channel expected this destroying weather Not a single warning.
Or, maybe, and who knows, like the 'Summer storm' last year in Mae Rim/Chiang Mai, it was the helping hand of the local government trying to help citizens against even more suffering because of the very long extreme high temperatures by making rain. I think nobody ever will tell.
It is the way it is now.
Temperatures dropped in a very short time from the present evening temperature of nearly 40 degrees C (about 104F) to a temporary 25 (77 F) degrees. All producing a terrible steam sauna today.
The results of this 'summer storm' and weather change? ... it's to cry. So much work destroyed within two hours time and lots of damage in our environment. For instance, many houses in our village lost their roofs. Part of the roof of the house of Phatsamon's sister in the village was blown away as well. Also our village temple has a lot of damage. Electricity poles cracked. Trees collapsed everywhere and we are in lockdown again. "The road to your house will come soon and is in the process" is already a more than one year promise.
Yesterday already we could see parts of the damage. This morning after a first check we have already a better view. We are sure there will be some more surprises. Insurance? Not for a construction site.
The gardens are a mess. Fallen trees, cracked trees, flown construction materials and broken pieces of rooftiles everywhere. The entrance gate to the labyrinth broke and need to be renewed. The pond filled up with water again.
The laminate floor of our TED's, although 65 cm above the land, under water because the water by the tornado blown under the roof of the veranda against the sliding doors, had no other way to go. The laminate floor is starting to billow. Also the sunroof above the TED's is damaged.
The floor of the second pyramid partly under water because many liters of water were poured in by a sliding window (covered by a more than 2 meters sunroof). We are trying to vent this pyramid now hoping the laminate will survive. Also the mosquito screens under the glass top roof window of this pyramid are totally blown away. Only a little bit roof damage, easy to repair.
The first pyramid not too much damage but still some water on the floors because of the enormous amounts of water thrown to windows and doors.
Our control room (pumphouse and electricity supply) so far we can see now has no damage. Happy our generator could serve us a bit last night during the around 7 hours power break in the area. Also our workplace and storage survived.
Several solar cell lights and street lanterns stopped broke down and/or stopped working.
The house we are building?
Now, during daytime it's clear. It's a (only) a small disaster at our place and actually really a bit to cry after all the efforts we made in creating something beautiful. But, if we compare with several people in the village, we can also still be a bit happy.
Several rows of terracotta rooftiles are totally blown away or broken. The way to fix rooftiles is to screw every second layer. Even screwed rooftiles are cut into pieces because of this tornado.
After a scary night dog Kadhow takes a nap now. Our two girls Cupid and Singto are overviewing the mess in the garden. One thing, for a short moment, is clear. It's not too hot for them now.
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| May 12, 2024. Broken pieces of new rooftiles collected from our garden so far. Several broken tiles we will ty to re-use installing the corners but not sure about the quality. Already 124 tiles renewed. Two days ago we ordered 240 new tiles. Max. 3 months delivery time but they try to do their best to hurry up. |
Never give up. Happy the five of us are safe. The TED's worked out to be a safe harbor. Happy to have no schedule as well. We will go on and everything will take some more time and will cost a bit more. We also have to take into account that ordering and deliveries will take a long time. We are not the only ones with damage.
Frans & Phatsamon
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