A good amount of Thailand and a majority of the major Bangkok area is under water right now. This has been a crazy experience for me because I have never been a part of something this big before. Currently, my apartment is not flooded - in fact the street is pretty dry right now. The real problem is waiting around not knowing exactly if it will flood here or not. Some reports say it will, others say it will not. I've got food and supplies to last a little while, but I think I will be going back out today to buy a few more things. I really got a scare for the flood last night when they had some news in English on one of the Thai news stations. But I'm also suspicious that this may all be just a big hype and I shouldn't be too worried at all.
The way I understand it is that there was too much rain back in September before rainy season, and now that it is rainy season, there is too much water trying run back into the ocean. The rain has stopped for good now, but the problem is the government trying to get the water back into the ocean the quickest by affecting the least amount of people possible. They do know for sure that it will be at least a month before the flood is completely gone.
My biggest worry right now is money. My school has been delayed 3 weeks and I don't currently have any salary. I have been working a little bit at Inlingua but have a feeling that the classes will really slow down due to the flood panic. There is also online web design work which I have been looking for, but is slow going.
So for now I'm just going to keep myself busy and hope for the best. I know that I don't really have to worry because God will always take care of me. But as a human being, I'm prone to worrying and stress.
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