My Pattaya Condo Flood - Time to Face the Aftermath
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2021
- Today we continue from the previous episode and it is time to face the aftermath of the big Pattaya Flood. We wake up to 28 inches of water in my condo parking garage and we spend the day trying to salvage our vehicles. I'll show you how and why I decided to handle it the way I did. So far I have managed to save 2 of the bikes and spent less than 100 USD.
If ever you were in any doubt about moving out, i think this will have made your mind up for sure. I think this will put a lot of people off moving into this condo
Absolutely agree, time to move.
@@kaybrisvegas1099 drainage runoff flood control planning= zero
I saw that garage and ended up renting a villa instead of that condo just 6 weeks ago. Barely avoided it lol
My goodness. I've never seen such a community spirit as in pattaya. These people are gods helpers..the way they all come together for each other and help is awesome 👌
Pretty much the same anywhere in SE Asia. Everyone pitches in to help.
Yes, I agree 👍
Well You see what Vee and Her Friends do
with the Lunches and such , it's really something
to be PROUD of!!
In parts of America its called looting. You can count on it after hurricane comes through.
@@icekangz817 in the west no one would even bother
Your calm demeanor throughout this episode is beyond impressive…..I would have been in full blown HULK mode as soon as I saw the garage knee deep in shit water! Once again, great video and it’s definitely time to move!!
being angry won't help..just makes it worse
@@goodo5691 In Asia yes. That's is a loss of face if you show anger.
So glad to hear you're getting off "lightly". That hotel staff is amazing pushing the bikes (and cars) up that ramp. I think a truck with a tow strap would have made the job much easier but than I'm an old Navy guy always looking for the easy out.
Soul destroying to go through that. As bad as the bikes were I can't even imagine the future problems most of the cars will have. You handled it well.
I also live in Grand Avenue Residence. My 6 month old Trike has severe water damage too and I'm tired of servicing my Trike after every severe rain storm! Therefore, I told my rental agent to lower my monthly rent to 20,000 bhat a month or I'll move to another condo!
B20 k is already huge money for Pattaya currently .
20K YOU HAVE BEEN DONE MATE. 10K MAX AT THE MOMENT
Time you moved plenty good places under 10k get a pool villa for that
Lol, 20k in Grand Avenue, are you serious, even that`s ridiculously high. I lived there 18 months couldn`t wait to leave in the end, glad I did now, my bike is safe.
@@anthonydowling3356 I am in shock about the awesome places you can get for approx. $200 mo. there and in Bali, I'm in Vegas in a $1000 a month place surrounded by crime, and my bike just got ripped off from the rack, so am looking to relo....
I'm guessing many at the condo are likely going to think twice about renewing their rentals after their contracts expire. I always wondered how those low parking garages would fair during the monsoon season when it floods. You're right, I think the condo employees should've at least attempted to reach out to its tenants (even in the middle of the night) to give them an opportunity to move their vehicles before the water levels got too high. Glad to see your bill for two of the bikes didn't end up costing too much.
would fare*
Prices of Grand Avenue Condos probably just dropped a lot. So unnecessary! Where's the pumps to keep the garage dry? Ridiculous the guards did not see the water rising.
Exactly! At least they could of warned the tenants of the potential flooding.
Yup big construction companies should be designing to deal with the weather but they give zero fks.
Would never park underground below 3rd road if there was any rain.
@@boogboog8097 This is only in Pattaya. If the same thing happens in Bkk. Imagine how much money it all lose. Talking about the construction company. There is also worth to think about the poor city planning.
They saw it,but they don't give a crap.
So far, so good! And so lucky with Vee's scooter!
Thanks for the update. Stay dry and cool, Loucous!
It’s a good day for the motorcycle shops in Pattaya that’s for sure,great video 👍
"So maybe a normal or a wet year", that's what I call hedging your bets Lucas! Hard lines on the bike drowning.
Another Bonus to renting a house. No underground parking. A house on a hill would be best for the next few years.
Yep a baan on stilts or up on a hill / mountain area ! Sattahip military area !
I hope everything works out Loucous. Appreciate the update. Thank you. All the best. Mitch 🙏
you have a very good attitude a big plus when living abroad, happy your bikes were not too badly damaged, keep the faith.
Always wait for your videos, you do the best job reviewing situations like this.
FANTASTIC ADVICE!!!! Water doesn't compress or burn.... It does however love cracking blocks and popping Piston's.. Your precautions and knowledge has saved you Alot of Money....I hope all's ok...Great vlog..🙏
I'am glad you didn't lose your bikes and it didn't cost to much,I always babied my bike when I lived in Thailand and luckly I had it under shelter during Rainy season,there is always the unexpected in Thailand.
Hay Lucaz, the Excitement never ends Glad it workex out well for ya Chris
So Glad to see you guys made out pretty well so far, your neighbors maybe not so well as if Pattaya doesn't have enough problems already.
Thanks for the update. keep us tuned in.
Sad to see this, but it's nice to know that you still have another sets of bike in working condition! Stay Awesome Luke!
Glad to hear that two of your bikes made it thru. Hope the old one makes out ok. Take Care.
yes I think you got very lucky on 2 out of 3.great video as always. best wishes.
Sad bro.i remember when the Grand Avenue condos were being built and saw the underground garage. I was sure the developers would have designed and engineered it with the proper drainage and pump systems for the most notorious rain seasons.
All the best to you Lucas recovering from this!
You are the more cheerful person Lucas . A half full person always. Best of luck to you . 🙏🏻👍🏻
V wading through the floodwater videoing your bikes being recovered by the security - what a trooper
Good luck, hope they all are back to normal.
That was a very interesting video, You did the right thing. Better to make sure everything is done right. Great Video.
Thanks 👍
Flooding of 'underground' car parks is common in that area. Years ago 'The Avenue' condo building's car park flooded like this. And the electricity was out for about a week.
Good god, that’s terrible! I know how much it must hurt to see your beloved vehicles like this! Good thing that at least 2 of the bikes weren’t damaged too severely! All the best my friend!
Great that 2 of 3 back up and running 400 will be back up and running a house is looking so more better
Love the new shirt. So sorry to see the flood water in your condo
LOL, the hotel still had the water feature running at the bottom of the ramp! filling the carpark up more!!! HA HA
Amazing Thailand,
I haven’t see so much rain in one rainy season as this year…….and the damage I’ve seen is incredible……stay safe my friend!
Yes, very possibly will be the wettest year here in decades.
Keeping you in my prayers, Lucas.
Now you know why some of the other condos don’t have underground parking Lucas.
Still watch all your vblogs they are all entertaining. Keep up the good work and hope to see you again soon in Assienda.
Glad you got them out, cleaned and working again. Good to see you riding around on it the other day. 14:43 thanks for the mash potatoe 😉 Catch you soon.
I’m glad there were no major damages done on your bikes. It could have been far worse … Stay safe!
Great video. Nice to see the help you were getting. I can't imagine security guys in the UK doing as much but i guess you never know!
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What a mess your right someone should’ve knocked on doors telling people to move there motorbikes or cars seems like a design flaw when building the complex, not thinking of floods, hope everything works out well 🙏
That was so sad to watch. Thankfully you took precautions to make sure the bikes were in good working order. Hope insurance will cover all that damage. Thanks for the update.😎
Thank You Eleanor, I promise a happier video tomorrow 👍
Oh man, that poor bike!
All that work put into it!
And I always thought it was a really beautiful bike.
May it ride again!
Sorry for the damages incurred by the flood! You seem to be taking things in stride. Good luck! Hope the damages are kept to a very minimum for you and the rest of the residents at your condo
Yes, that's all you can do really. 👍
Good to see all above water now.
Great footage and prophecy in April
Wow another interesting life story!
People typically underestimate the destructive power of water until events like flooding occur. Good thing your previous experiences taught you to wait it out and have everything fully checked prior to starting your bikes up. That truly was the smart and prudent thing to do, Loucous. Good luck with the two bikes whose health is still yet to be determined.
Water doesn't compress, it can bend engine parts like conrods
Was looking forward to this episode. Good to hear things turned out ok. The design of that basement carpark is terrible. Over here in Vietnam the carpark I use has a ramp which rises about 1.5m higher than the road before slopping downwards.
I feel so sorry for all the people affected by the flooding so glad that your motorbikes are ok 🙏🇹🇭
An inconvenience for some, but a tragedy for others
Sad day. Good to see you working it so handily
Glad at least two were ok. My car was in a flood in BKK years ago and I had major repairs so I feel for all the people.
I’ve flooded my bikes out multiple times while adventure riding pull the plugs out turn it over shoot the water out spray in some starting fluid clean the plugs off reassemble you’re back in business. Change fluids soon as you can.
Great to hear 2 out of 3 is good news , hope 400 has some life left ! I thing you dodged a nightmare . Keep them rolling my friend , Enjoy and stay safe !
Thanks 👍
Good to hear your bike were not really damaged. I hope you consider where the house will be in relation to floods. Bikes is one thing, but a house full of water is another.
Bad luck mate hope all goes well and you get them all back on the road soon take care
Not sure how car insurance works in Thailand, but all those cars would be deemed totals in US
And in Australia ..water over the engine = write-off
"Not sure how car insurance works in Thailand, but all those cars would be deemed totals in US",and bikes also......
Used to live in Korea and dealt with monsoon seasons.Always aware of rain and flooding. Frequently had to move vehicles to avoid this situation. Also stayed on top of pumps in stairwells and basement. Had extra pumps to put into action if primary was overwhelmed. Also had backup generator. Flooding tends to knockout power. Good luck.
I hope you will be OK May God Bless you
Hi Lucus & Vee enjoyed your video I think you got a good result out of this. It could be a lot worse. So count your Blessings. Time to move on and get that house ensuring you're not in a flood zone.
Take care GOD Bless you and yours. M
Thank you so much!
Glad you have at least one ride
Praying that all 3 of yours is safe from major damages sir.... Cheers..
Will all need full service overhaul
Glad it didn't cost much and 2 of the 3 are good to go!
Too much excitement for me meeting the man who knows everything.
So far so good!
Hi loucous and Vee can't believe the volume of that water glad your bikes were turned out OK. How lucky Vee was her bike was in shop.
I feel for you, what a hassle. Better to have the electrical connections dried out a shop than just letting it dry outside. Problems may not manifest right away but they will. I couldn't get my clothes to dry out during Songkran just took them to the laundry. :)
@Duncan Donut Donut nothing wrong with me , I've hung my socks outside 3 days later still damp
Hope everything works out well....
Yes i think its a good time to move to somewhere without below ground parking.. and yes this could have happened anywhere. glad to hear so far two three out of four bikes are fine.. your a lucky man this can not be said about the people who had cars that were in the same garage... L.A Rob
Good that you have at least two bikes you can use. Good luck on the third.
Thanks 👍
I agree with Kevin- I have seen how water damage comes back to haunt you after the fact months later. The immediate worry would be did water get in through the carb or via the muffler- it would be more possible if you had tried to start it right away.
❤ Best thing to do is, pull the spark plug and crank it a few times. If there is water in the cylinder you get what is known as hydro lock and can bend the rod or brake the crank.
the security / neighbors did a good job . interesting video . ~ JDS/CT
Best 400 Baht you ever spent! The peace of mind = priceless.
It’s amazing to see a building like this with an underground parking lot, I’m sure it has been raining there for millions of years, and yet the engineers and architects designed this and got it passed to build it 😐
Because sump pumps don't sell condos.
Back in April 2019, I stayed across the street at the Centara Hotel. Those condos were almost finished. One day it poured and the street flooded. Centara Hotel also has basement parking but they installed a flood stopper at the entrance to the parking. It's a short metal bollard that comes up from the ground and sticks up about a foot or so. It's not water tight of course but it held back most of the flood from engulfing the basement.
So, good luck to you and your bikes! The high side of the dark zone might need to consider, we got everything dry here in high level of dark side!
Most of those homes look like they’re in a flood zone so try again.
You will be alright. As you say, if a car yeah big problems in the future. With a bike , no worries. Good thing it didnt go as high as your dash.
A good clean and you will be on your way
I don't understand why they didn't pump out the car park first with temporary pumps then moved all the vehicles? It would have been a lot easier and faster. After all, the water is going nowhere and it still has to be pumped out to put the car park back into use.
Good luck Lucas
Sod's law if you went to move them at night the BIB would have had a chat with you about being outside during curfew. 555
That's my mate at Kawasaki, only guy to work on my bike since new (other than anything I did myself), good mechanic and very helpful.
Loucas, glad you enjoyed the coffee and food. That was a small portion. Take car and hope the bike is ok.
Wow Lucas hope you got the bikes sorted,when it rains in Pattaya it always floods;my mate Nigel had his bike in there when the earlier rains hit got oil filters etc changes all good,not sure where he had it parked this time.take care
Hindsight is 20/20 but I'm sure you're going to be looking for a new place now. Preferably one above water grade to park your vehicles. Good luck and keep us updated.
I feel blessed, in Dusit grand par Jomtien, underground parking all ok, no water at all
I feel sad too, to see all your bikes condition.
You have made the right decision not to start, even switch-on the ignition key. It's the SOP that we need to do on all occasion if vehicle (car/bike) has merged into water like that.
I'm glad to see the blue-white HONDA CFR runs OK now.
Please let us know how will be the red Kawasaki and small(?) white-bike condition. I hope both will be OK as well.
Thanks for sharing this vlog, although it's an inconvenient experience for you.
Looking forward for next good news.
Glad everything's working out for you so far and at least 2/3 of your bikes are okay. Fingers crossed for #3. That drink you had with your breakfast looked a bit on the small side after a day like the flood though. And $15 for the inspection/oil change? Good lord that's cheap... That's less than lunch here in the states man, that bill would have been $200 easy.
Your right about water damage to vehicles bad news. Ive had to work on some hydro locked engines over the years. Its been my experience that usually there're toast. All though sometimes you get lucky. :)
Why no pump in garage?
Yeah, I'd think there should be a sump pump down there, not sure if there is one or not.
Good Luck that both cycles are Okay ( the Honda &Vee's scooter in the shop) I am hoping that the Versys comes out of this okay too. Your old rebuild 400 is another story. Wishing good Karma comes your way. Next flooding there could be even more disastrous. Good that your going to moving soon ! Hopefully a place that has better drainage & runoff.
Nightmare waking up to that . At the end of the day you probably got off lightly , it could have been much worse . Hope things get better for yer . I was impressed with one hotel / apart in one of your vlogs a few weeks ago , they had a barrier across the entrance it looked like t was doing a good job .
Good video. Thanks for sharing. Brgrds
You are right, trail bikes are made to go through water, so long as the water doesn't get up to the air intake, it won't get in.
Most damage comes when an engine is running then goes under and sucks in water.
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Glad that 2 of your bikes weren't damaged. Fingers crossed on the White one.
I advised him months ago to push the white one over a cliff .
@@anthonydowling3356 🤣🤣. That's his Baby.... All that time and effort to get it running proper.
It is a lot of hard work that could have been avoided for people staying in their units. Our security has an intercom to each unit and they buzz often. This should not have happened for many reasons, but It did. An interesting situation at GA. I drove for over 30 years. In asia, I find it much easier to pay for the ride to get some place, and do my 11,000 steps. It is not the money as I owned many high end cars, but it made me lazy. I think of living in Pattaya for a year to see if it matches my lifestyle on a day in and day out basis. I am not into flooding. It damages so many things and causes lots of disease. Maybe you will consider this while evaluating different housing alternatives. Thanks for the video and good luck with your vehicles.
All this on my birthday...I knew that there was a reason that I don't celebrate it anymore. Glad to hear that at least two of your bikes are okay.
Hope everyone gets compensated properly, knowing Thailand I think a lot of wriggling before you see any monies. Good luck
Why does anyone get compensation it's an act of God, park at your own risk.
@@grahamjohnson4702 It probably says that in a sign on the wall .
I dropped an outboard motor in the drink once for just seconds, not even a full minute. I got it started immediately after. It was okay but never really the same again. Sorry to see your troubles w/ bikes..
That Kawasaki mechanic probably saw the floor waters and knew he was in for a treat of a day ahead, then he called in sick and spent the day eating comfort food and drinking beer. 😁
I'm glad your bikes are alright. Time to move out.
Glad to see you have two bikes back should be looking for some secure parking till you make the move a popular guy like you must have friends that will let you park up for a while
Dun worry bro. God bless you all.
From a few of your more recent videos, I was thinking that it might be a good idea for you to consider buying a small pickup truck. Now I am glad you don't have one, and have to deal with that mess. Take care.