tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511994.post116069031848806452..comments2024-01-23T10:58:22.933+00:00Comments on Ballots, Balls and Bikes: Fears of flooding in BangkokTony Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02730756593968673070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511994.post-1160830154626671072006-10-14T13:49:00.000+01:002006-10-14T13:49:00.000+01:00Thanks for all that - I shall go and have a look. ...Thanks for all that - I shall go and have a look. I had not realised that UK tides followed a similar pattern of highs and lows hecne my puzzlementTony Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02730756593968673070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511994.post-1160748053077929462006-10-13T15:00:00.000+01:002006-10-13T15:00:00.000+01:00Havent the poor people of Thailand suffered enough...Havent the poor people of Thailand suffered enough? <BR/><BR/>Once a month we have very high/low tides over a two day period when they are at their maximun .... we alsways used to hope our holiday conincided with that so we got the benefit of the sand exposed at low tide and the fun of dodging waves at high tide.<BR/><BR/>http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/03-04/marine/res_resourcebkd.htm#spring<BR/><BR/>Has some explanations of tides, how they work and how they are affected by currents.<BR/><BR/>If you go here <BR/>http://www.climbers-club.co.uk/tides/tides.html<BR/><BR/>and put in Padstow for the sake of argument - and look at the height of the tides you will notice a three day peak - this might be the effect that they are reffering to.<BR/><BR/>http://www.myforecast.com/bin/tide.m?city=75672&metric=true&tideLocationID=T0138<BR/><BR/>has some of the Tide Tables for Thailand - not sure that this is the time scale you need.<BR/><BR/>Feel free to edit as necessary !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com