Unseasonal weather

[Centrals]

Thailand: Storm Pabuk leaves thousands stranded on islands - CNN

I hope nothing catastrophic happened.


I do feel really sorry for Philippines which is facing typhoon every year.

 

[elgoog]

Keeping an eye on this as well as I'm supposed to be diving there starting next Wednesday (Phuket for 4 days, then Similan Islands for 3).

Bangkok Airways has restarted normal operations in Koh Samui today after a 1 day closure and the dive op I called also said that they were only closed for the day the government mandated no boats in the water. The impression I got from both of them was that the storm wasn't as strong as originally thought when it made landfall - this was yesterday so I hope it's remained that way. I went through some of these storms growing up and the amount of time it takes for the locals to recover is huge.

 

[Divemaster No.1]

Koh Tao was barely affected other than some heavy rain and strong winds, nothing to worry about despite all the warnings telling us to do so

 

[stevenl]

Keeping an eye on this as well as I'm supposed to be diving there starting next Wednesday (Phuket for 4 days, then Similan Islands for 3).

Bangkok Airways has restarted normal operations in Koh Samui today after a 1 day closure and the dive op I called also said that they were only closed for the day the government mandated no boats in the water. The impression I got from both of them was that the storm wasn't as strong as originally thought when it made landfall - this was yesterday so I hope it's remained that way. I went through some of these storms growing up and the amount of time it takes for the locals to recover is huge.

The storm hardly affected Phuket and Khao Lak.

 

[Batfish]

Nothing happened here in Phuket except all trips were cancelled for 2 days as a precaution. All sunny again now, a bit breezy, but that's normal for the "Northeast Monsoon" season.

 

[Divemaster No.1]

How's the visibility on the Andaman side right now? Heard Richelieu Rock was 2m yesterday, wondering about Hin Daeng, Hin Muang etc..