(10 Dec 2007)
Samut Prakan, 29 November 2007
1. Trees submerged in water
2. Mid of water
3. Temple with grounds in front under water
4. Long shot of residential house surrounded by water
5. Side of a house built on stilts
6. Woman sitting outside home
7. Area where village once stood, trees remain, covered by water
Bangkok, 8 August 2007
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Smith Dharmasaroja, Chairman of Thai Committee of National Disaster Warning Administration:
"The combination of the sinking of the land and the rising of the sea, sea water, Thailand (meaning Bangkok) will be under water, sea water, permanently, in 15 to 20 years."
Bangkok, 30 November 2007
9. Close up of Dr. Thanawat Jarupongsakul, Unit for Disaster and Land Information Studies, Chulalongkorn University speaking
10. Pictures of erosion damage on computer screen, changes to chart
11. Mid of Thanawat working with computer
12. Close up of Thanawat's hand as he clicks mouse
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Thanawat Jarupongsakul, Unit for Disaster and Land Information Studies, Chulalongkorn University:
"If we do nothing to, not use any measures to protect our shoreline, I think the first-hand effect or maybe the first effect is maybe three million (m) people affected (will effect maybe 3 million (m) people). But another 20 million (m), they are (will be) affected by, what should I say, the results of this one."
Samut Prakan, 29 November 2007
14. Mid of water hitting sea wall
15. Wide of water hitting sea wall
16. Close-up of dam with temple in background
17. Water going over part of sea wall
Bangkok, 30 November 2007
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Thanawat Jarupongsakul, Unit for Disaster and Land Information Studies, Chulalongkorn University:
"So we are now already registered for the patent already. We have a patent for this kind of barrier. (Q: Is that something that Thailand will be able to sell on to other countries?) A: Yeah, we may be able to help another country, like Bangladesh, or Vietnam, or even Indonesia."
Samut Prakan, 29 November 2007
19. Temple surrounded by water
20. Still photo of water hitting temple windows
21. Wide of poster with photo of temple under water
22. Samorn Khaengsamutra, Lam Pha Village Headwoman showing photos
23. Photo of men putting up stilts in water
24. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Samorn Khaengsamutra, Lam Pha Village Headwoman:
"In the future, you have to make a sea wall and we should make it soon. They said that Bangkok city would be drowned in the next 6 years. Yes, it is true because we saw it, but most people don't know that. The right way to prevent this from happening is to make a sea wall, which will not have any effect on the environment and to grow a forest (or mangrove). Then we can survive."
25. Water covering part of the road towards Bangkok
Bangkok, 29 November 2007
26. Traffic moving through intersection
27. People walking past market stall on sidewalk
28. People in car park, pull out to sidewalk with campaign poster
Bangkok, 8 August 2007
29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Smith Dharmasaroja, Chairman of Thai Committee of National Disaster Warning Administration:
"I heard His Majesty said once that if we cannot protect Bangkok from flooding... this is our economy he said. Our economy is the heart of Thailand. If our heart is under water, you cannot do anything. Everything is stopped."
Samut Prakan, 29 November 2007
30. Temple surrounded by water, monk sitting in window
31. Tighter shot of monk in window, his face in the shade
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Jutting above the water line just ahead are remnants of a village that has already slipped beneath the sea.
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