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Title: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: James0x57 on April 22, 2010, 03:28:21 PM
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/explosions-reported-in-bangkok/

I was at dinner and heard the explosion just a couple blocks away.

Plan is to leave Bangkok on Saturday. Until then, I pretty much need to stay inside. =S

PS: Military is EVERYWHERE.
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: Deathwolf on April 22, 2010, 03:31:47 PM
"Three grenades exploded at a train station"
uh WTF  :eek:
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: James0x57 on April 22, 2010, 03:36:48 PM
Yeah.

Seems like it's starting to escalate too. It could die off right now and be quite; you never know.

I'm staying about 4 blocks from where that happened, and where tons of "Red shirt" protesters are. There's also a some opposing "yellow shirts" and then there's the military and swat everywhere.
Seriously, I look out my window and the parking garage across the street is packed with military looking down/around.
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: Deathwolf on April 22, 2010, 03:48:05 PM
have you seen the persons die?  that is terrible terrible terrible :-[
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: James0x57 on April 22, 2010, 03:53:58 PM
I saw a fresh corpse in Vietnam from traffic.


Uh, so just got informed of helicopters flying around firing something...
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: Deathwolf on April 22, 2010, 04:00:20 PM
That is like in Irak  :eek:

Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: James0x57 on April 22, 2010, 04:23:27 PM
Govt says 75 people injured, more than 10 of them seriously, one dead.

Protesters (Red shirts) shooting fireworks at the helis
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: Deathwolf on April 22, 2010, 04:30:45 PM
to the good fortune, you were not there
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: James0x57 on April 23, 2010, 06:37:20 PM
Just woke up to the sound of 3 or 4 explosions followed by gunshots.
The soldiers in the parking garage across the street were up in a scurry putting on their flack vests.
Spotlights on the buildings and sounds like helicopters...
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: Deathwolf on April 23, 2010, 07:51:11 PM
o_O

it was evening?
that's very terrible. It's was very loud or?
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: Romaap on April 23, 2010, 09:02:01 PM
That's heavy, man.
Lets just hope it will calm down.
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: Dark Chaos on April 25, 2010, 04:23:18 PM
that's insane dude. i would never want to go to a place like that o_O
that's rough man.well at least nothing happened to you when the explosions started :)
Title: Re: In Bangkok, not safe..
Post by: James0x57 on April 26, 2010, 01:54:03 PM
It's almost 8pm, leaving for home at 3am.

Tonight might be bad for the area/protesters, gov said it will break them up when gov is ready..


Images from around Bangkok:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs105.snc3/15297_520064535138_79701757_30820919_6625601_n.jpg)

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs085.snc3/15297_520064520168_79701757_30820916_1743259_n.jpg)

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs105.snc3/15297_520064530148_79701757_30820918_5786442_n.jpg)