Posted on 09/20/2017 5:52:50 PM PDT by navysealdad
Luckily people moved to higher ground and there are no reports of injuries or deaths. An under construction Nam Ao Hydropower Project in Phaxay district, Xieng Khuang Province of Laos burst on September 11, 2017, causing severe flash flooding
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Some barely made it out of the way from the video I saw.......’big’ water!
Direct Youtube link for those that don’t want to hit the blog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftgNxqhPoAM
The little white truck was flipped on its side. Not sure about that one. Looked touch and go for the pickup for a while.
It looks like it’s on a lake just north of Vientiane, the capital. Luckily for them it’s not on the Mekhong. If it was then, Si Pon Don (or 10,000 Islands) on the border with Cambodia in the south would be washed away. Last time I was there they had no electricity. Amazing place for the very adventurous.
Laos is my favorite country. The people are amazing and there is still very little western influences. 10-20 years ago it was untouched by everything but a few French restaurants.
My folks and I were set to move to Laos in 1961-62. Dad was a civil engineer with the US Army in Japan and was to retire and to direct construction of a paper mill for International Paper..
The royals were in support, but there was the lingering issue of the Reds...
Have you ever been there? Vientiane and Luang Prabang are two of my favorite cities in Asia. LP is great. I’ve been there about 12 times and been to almost every province. The north is very pretty and almost untouched. The South is completely different, but just as unique. You can avoid the plane of jars though, didn’t impress me as much as the others.
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