Thai boys are silhouetted as they sit on a jetty on the bank of the swollen Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. Defenses shielding the center of Thailand's capital from the worst floods in nearly 60 years mostly held at critical peak tides Saturday, but areas along the city's outskirts remained submerged along with much of the countryside. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
On 30 October 2011, down town Bangkok, Thailand is still dry but people are preparing themselves for the flood.
Thai soldiers and residents carry sandbags to fortify a wall breached by swollen Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. The complex network of flood defenses erected to shield Thailand's capital from the country's worst floods in nearly 60 years was put to the test Saturday as coastal high tides hit their peak. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Thai residents ride on a truck as they move to higher grounds in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. 2011. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Residents stand as water from the swollen Chao Phraya River flows through a shopping center, located on its bank, in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)A Thai woman stands in the middle of a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. Defenses shielding the center of Thailand's capital from the worst floods in nearly 60 years mostly held at critical peak tides Saturday, but areas along the city's outskirts remained submerged along with much of the countryside. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Houses in a residential area are submerged in floodwaters in the northern section of Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAA street is submerged in floodwaters on the outskirts of Bangkok on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA Vehicles are parked on an overfly at a flooded street on the outskirts of Bangkok on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAVehicles are parked on an overfly at a flooded street in the northern section of Bangkok on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAA Thai family rides a motorcycle along a flooded street at the Chinatown area of Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Local residents wade through floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. City dikes overflowed in at least two places as coastal high tides pushed up the main Chao Praya river from the Gulf of Thailand, with water spilling into streets as city workers and troops shored up concrete walls with sandbags. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)A couple try to salvage their belongings inside their flooded residence in Bangkok's Bang Phlat district on October 30, 2011. Peak tides tested Bangkok's flood defenses on Sunday as hope rose that the centre of the Thai capital might escape the worst floods in decades, but that was little comfort for swamped suburbs and provinces where worry about disease is growing. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENTResidents use a boat as transport through a flooded street Bangkok's Bang Phlat district on October 30, 2011. Peak tides tested Bangkok's flood defenses on Sunday as hope rose that the centre of the Thai capital might escape the worst floods in decades, but that was little comfort for swamped suburbs and provinces where worry about disease is growing. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)Residents wade through flood waters in Bangkok's Bang Phlat district on October 30, 2011. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
Map of Myanmar locating the epicentre of a 6.8-magnitude quake on Thursday. More than 60 people were killed and 90 injured after a strong earthquake struck Myanmar near its border with Thailand, an official said Friday, as some affected areas remained cut off. (AFP/Graphic)
I am very sorry and sad for all the victims, their families and friends.
Patients at Chiang Rai hospital are treated on the ground after they were evacuated from a hospital building following an earthquake in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Thursday, March 24, 2011. A powerful earthquake struck northeastern Myanmar on Thursday night, killing one woman and shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok. No tsunami was generated. (AP Photo) Nurses help pushing a patient's bed as they are evacuated from a hospital building following an earthquake at Chiang Rai hospital in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo)
Cairo's historic Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai mosques are engulfed with smoke from a nearby fire at a police station which was set ablaze during massive protests by Egyptians demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The United States said Friday that the political unrest in Egypt "is of deep concern. (AFP Marco Longari) CAIRO, Jan. 29, 2011 (Xinhua) — Demonstrators climb up to armed vehicles after clashes calmed down at Square Tahrir in Cairo, capital of Egypt, early on Jan. 29, 2011. Dozens of tanks entered the Square, while protestors welcomed the army and waved to the soldiers standing on tanks. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Smoke is seen above the city of Cairo after wide-spread protests early January 29, 2011. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused on Saturday to bow to demands that he resign after ordering troops and tanks into cities in an attempt to quell an explosion of street protests against his 30-year rule. REUTERS/Amr Dalsh A protester looks at a burnt Egyptian Army armoured vehicle in downtown Cairo January 28, 2011. (REUTERS Goran Tomasevic) An Egyptian Army armored personnel carrier is surrounded by anti-government protesters near Tahrir square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Egyptians gather around the burning headquarters of the ruling National Democratic party (NDP) in central Cairo. Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday addressed the nation for the first time since deadly protests erupted against his regime, vowing reform but showing no sign of relaxing his decades-old grip on power. (AFP Khaled Desouki) Egyptians demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, march in Cairo. US President Barack Obama on Friday called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to take concrete steps towards political reform, and to refrain from using violence against protesters. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)