As the floods slowly move onto Bangkok, Facebook has been filling up with information about the floods. As I grew up in the US, emergency preparedness was something you learned since childhood. To us, it\u2019s really just common sense. Although massive flooding happens every year in Thailand, Bangkok floods only about once every 10-15 years. The internet didn\u2019t even exist in Thailand the last time Bangkok was flooded! As such, many people don\u2019t yet know the basics and so that\u2019s the information I\u2019m seeing passed around.<\/p>\n
As such, I\u2019ll translate a list of what you\u2019ll find in an evacuation \u2018kit\u2019 in Thai for you. If you\u2019ve seen the \u2018emergency kit\u2019 posts in Facebook, too, see if you can match some of this up. It\u2019s good practice.<\/p>\n
\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e1c\u0e49\u0e32 seua3 paa3, clothing
\n\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d seua3, shirt
\n\u0e01\u0e32\u0e07\u0e40\u0e01\u0e07 gang1 gang1, pants
\n\u0e01\u0e32\u0e07\u0e40\u0e01\u0e07\u0e43\u0e19 gang1 gang1 nai1, underwear
\n\u0e0a\u0e38\u0e14\u0e0a\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e43\u0e19 chud2 chan4 nai1, bra
\n\u0e1c\u0e49\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e32\u0e21\u0e31\u0e22 paa3 a2naa1mai1, tampons\/sanitary napkins
\n\u0e1c\u0e49\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e21 paa3 hom2, blanket
\n\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e49\u0e32 rawng1 tow4, shoes
\n\u0e16\u0e38\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e49\u0e32 tung5 tow4, socks
\n\u0e16\u0e38\u0e07\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e19 tung5 nawn1, sleeping bag<\/p>\n
\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e23 eh2ga2saan5, documents
\n\u0e17\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19 ta4bien1 baan3, house certificate\/registration\/documentation
\n\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e23\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e19 bat2 bra2cha1chon1, ID card
\n\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e1b\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e15 paat3bawd2, passport
\n\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e23\u0e40\u0e04\u0e23\u0e14\u0e34\u0e15 bat2 kre1dit2, credit card
\n\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e14 ngern1 sod2, cash\/money
\n\u0e01\u0e23\u0e21\u0e18\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21 grom1ma4tam1, insurance policies
\n\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e38\u0e14\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e35 sa2mut2 ban1chee1, account book
\n\u0e41\u0e1c\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 paen5 tee3, map<\/p>\n
\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e23 aa1haan5, food
\n\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33 nam4, water
\n\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e2a\u0e30\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e14 nam4 sa2aad2, clean water
\n\u0e40\u0e04\u0e23\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e1b\u0e4b\u0e2d\u0e07 krueng3 gra1bawng5, canned food
\n\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e07 aa1haan5 haeng3, dried\/dry food
\n\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e27\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e23 kaowsaan, rice (implying a bag of it)<\/p>\n
\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e1b\u0e01\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c u2ba2gon1, tools
\n\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e15 baet2, battery
\n\u0e44\u0e1f\u0e09\u0e32\u0e22 fai1chai5, flashlight
\n\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e15\u0e44\u0e1f\u0e09\u0e32\u0e22 baet2 fai1chai5, flashlight battery
\n\u0e19\u0e01\u0e2b\u0e27\u0e35\u0e14 nok4weed2, whistle (hint: the first word is nok, meaning bird)
\n\u0e21\u0e35\u0e14\u0e41\u0e21\u0e14\u0e44\u0e01\u0e40\u0e27\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c meed3 mae2gai1wer1, swiss army knife (hint: MacGyver knife \u2013 I kid you not lol)
\n\u0e16\u0e38\u0e07\u0e02\u0e22\u0e30 tung5 ka2ya2, garbage bag
\n\u0e2a\u0e1a\u0e39\u0e48 sa2buu2, soap
\n\u0e1f\u0e31\u0e19 fan1, teeth\/tooth
\n\u0e22\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e1f\u0e31\u0e19 yaa1 see5 fan1, toothpaste
\n\u0e41\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e1f\u0e31\u0e19 braeng2 see5 fan1, toothbrush
\n\u0e44\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e02\u0e31\u0e14\u0e1f\u0e31\u0e19 mai5 kad2 fan1, floss
\n\u0e19\u0e49\u0e33\u0e22\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e30\u0e1c\u0e21 nam4 yaa1 sa2 pom5, shampoo<\/p>\n
Some more advanced words for the experts here:
\n\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e32\u0e21\u0e31\u0e22 suk2 a2naa1mai1, sanitation
\n\u0e09\u0e38\u0e01\u0e40\u0e09\u0e34\u0e19 chuk2chern5, emergency
\n\u0e2a\u0e16\u0e32\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c\u0e09\u0e38\u0e01\u0e40\u0e09\u0e34\u0e19 sa1taan5na1gaan1 chuk2chern5, State of Emergency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the floods slowly move onto Bangkok, Facebook has been filling up with information about the floods. As I grew up in the US, emergency preparedness was something you learned since childhood. To us, it\u2019s really just common sense. Although massive flooding happens every year in Thailand, Bangkok floods only about once every 10-15 years…<\/p>\n