Phantom51red Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Zeb said: Yep. I did the same on my phone app. 80db or over was a regular reading right through Tree Town / Buakhow area. Crazy stuff - how can that be 'enjoyed'. I just kept going. my app says over 80db is harmful noise, over 115 db Better leave now Some of us might be half deaf already 😅 its already to late to worry about what an app says 😂,,but yea if one wants to listen to 4 or 5 live bands at the same time amps cranked to maximum volume i guess that tree town is the place,reminded me of abbes bar in waking street ,if you didnt sit far enough back in the bar it was just a mish mash of music. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Phantom51red said: Some of us might be half deaf already 😅 its already to late to worry about what an app says 😂,,but yea if one wants to listen to 4 or 5 live bands at the same time amps cranked to maximum volume i guess that tree town is the place,reminded me of abbes bar in waking street ,if you didnt sit far enough back in the bar it was just a mish mash of music. The crazy thing is that if they all turned the volume down, each bar would hear more of it's own music. Go figure! 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 9 hours ago, forcebwithu said: The app uses the phone's microphone to sample the sound coming in and reports back the level in decibels, dB. I use Sound Meter. This looks useful (thanks), so I've installed it. However, being paranoid, I have denied it access to my microphone. I'll switch it on when I want to use the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 39 minutes ago, Bazle said: This looks useful (thanks), so I've installed it. However, being paranoid, I have denied it access to my microphone. I'll switch it on when I want to use the app. I would love to know what happens if you leave it off until you get to Tree Town..then switch it on. My point to @forcebwithu and @Nickrockwas that dBs is a measurement of the difference between two values. i.e your normal mic input compared to the mic input in Tree Town. dBm is an actual measurement of the sound level at that time. So theoretically if you disallow it access to you mic until you get to Tree Town then it should measure 0dBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Phantom51red said: Some of us might be half deaf already 😅 its already to late to worry about what an app says 😂,,but yea if one wants to listen to 4 or 5 live bands at the same time amps cranked to maximum volume i guess that tree town is the place,reminded me of abbes bar in waking street ,if you didnt sit far enough back in the bar it was just a mish mash of music. I'm half deaf anyway, way too much industrial noise back when who the hell wore earmuffs, like floating boiler safteys and hours hanging on to disc grinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 4 hours ago, boydeste said: The crazy thing is that if they all turned the volume down, each bar would hear more of it's own music. Go figure! Its a pity the band in triangle bar didnt turn their music down,,first time ive seen them tonight to be honest,few folk left before me after couple o songs,setlist was shit aswell,i stayed hoping they would get better,dont get me wrong the nice girl can sing and the guys can play guitar and bass,anyone who knows music and plays would realise the drummer is shit,f**k sake tappin the drums like pattin a rabbit,timing issues,harsh but true they should replace the drummer and older singer lady. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Phantom51red said: Its a pity the band in triangle bar didnt turn their music down,,first time ive seen them tonight to be honest,few folk left before me after couple o songs,setlist was shit aswell,i stayed hoping they would get better,dont get me wrong the nice girl can sing and the guys can play guitar and bass,anyone who knows music and plays would realise the drummer is shit,f**k sake tappin the drums like pattin a rabbit,timing issues,harsh but true they should replace the drummer and older singer lady. I used to enjoy a quiet afternoon drink there, until recently - band practice. Recently I intended going in but kept walking although there were a few customers there. When I wandered back passed after having a few coldies further up the Soi, the 'band' was still blasting away and not a single customer to be seen. It was, to use a technical term, "Fcuken Loud" confirmed by my phone app, not that I needed it to tell me. Had a nice chat with Dave from Canterbury Tales bookshop next door a few days before he moved to his new location (wish him well there) and he said the Soi had become far more noisy for him (the new location was also better overall for him. I don't go to Pattaya for blaring 'music' and am happy to avoid the bars that do it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, Zeb said: I used to enjoy a quiet afternoon drink there, until recently - band practice. Recently I intended going in but kept walking although there were a few customers there. When I wandered back passed after having a few coldies further up the Soi, the 'band' was still blasting away and not a single customer to be seen. It was, to use a technical term, "Fcuken Loud" confirmed by my phone app, not that I needed it to tell me. Had a nice chat with Dave from Canterbury Tales bookshop next door a few days before he moved to his new location (wish him well there) and he said the Soi had become far more noisy for him (the new location was also better overall for him. I don't go to Pattaya for blaring 'music' and am happy to avoid the bars that do it. Can only imagine,the loudness level didnt bother me to be honest,wasnt as bad as some bars,just they were not very good,boring set of songs,elevator music,pity as couple of nice service girls,but if the musics bad plenty other places to watch live music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 This afternoon was lovely , but raining again in Central Pattaya ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 It's been a wet afternoon in Pattaya with several thunderstorms moving through the area. I-Rovers cam has a live feed of the current flooding around Billabong. https://i-rovers.com/cam-sports-schedule/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 21 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: It's been a wet afternoon in Pattaya with several thunderstorms moving through the area. I-Rovers cam has a live feed of the current flooding around Billabong. https://i-rovers.com/cam-sports-schedule/ Still raining per the feed. The water looks about as deep as the depth of a motorcycle tyre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Is this rain just in the Pattaya area or is the whole of Thailand getting hammered this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 It is flooding here but only about a foot deep .....so far that is, as a new downpour has just started! I must be the only farang in Pattaya that is happy with the Government's flood prevention efforts...Somebody, somewhere has done something over the last month or so and the flood water flow has changed direction so that instead of diverging and my road becoming a distributary, there is now a confluence so all the water heads off together and becomes somebody else's problem (Selfish inconsiderate bastard that I am!) 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Second road looks flooded as well ... rain stopped for a little bit , now pissing down again ... 🛶 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, boydeste said: Is this rain just in the Pattaya area or is the whole of Thailand getting hammered this month. I was sent pictures/videos earlier in the week from Bangkok and Chiang Mai showing similar so it's pretty widespread. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy dee Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 10/4/2022 at 11:00 PM, Derek Dangleberries said: I would love to know what happens if you leave it off until you get to Tree Town..then switch it on. My point to @forcebwithu and @Nickrockwas that dBs is a measurement of the difference between two values. i.e your normal mic input compared to the mic input in Tree Town. dBm is an actual measurement of the sound level at that time. So theoretically if you disallow it access to you mic until you get to Tree Town then it should measure 0dBs. right but wrong as no sound is permanently constant, so there will be dips, so variants, so there will be a reading setting the app or any analytical sound reader is pretty simple, find an area of no sound ( hotel room with curtains closed as an example) calibrate to that, and assume it is as close to 0 as u will get 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Buakau soi Diana almost up to car headlights 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, tommy dee said: right but wrong as no sound is permanently constant, so there will be dips, so variants, so there will be a reading setting the app or any analytical sound reader is pretty simple, find an area of no sound ( hotel room with curtains closed as an example) calibrate to that, and assume it is as close to 0 as u will get That was my point. If they set the the sound reader reference level whilst at Tree Town then obviously it will be 0db and not whatever they were reading previously. I was trying to show in simple terms that they were reading the difference between two levels rather than an absolute level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Does Walking Street normally flood ? looking for option for tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Does Walking Street normally flood ? looking for option for tonight... It is probably your best option, it used to get well wet like most places but now they have done the work I have no idea. In the past I have been trapped in Secrets because soi 14 and 15 were well flooded, assumingly WS drains off via those. I don't ever remember soi Diamond flooding, so that may be an option with Windmill etc open. Edited October 9, 2022 by boydeste 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 16 hours ago, boydeste said: Is this rain just in the Pattaya area or is the whole of Thailand getting hammered this month. Its pretty much all over Thailand but some areas are not that badly affected, where i live we have some areas that are flooded and most are not. October has a habit of being a bad month for heavy rain full and consequent flooding due to the build up of water from previous months during the rainy season. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Bit of light rain at moment north of central,sky s not looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 In past years when we had normal rainy seasons I remember how wet Sept/Oct were, but come 1 Nov it was like a switch got thrown by the big guy in the sky and the rains all but ended. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasy spoon Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 as at 0915 today weve had 140.4 mm of rain this month [av 216 mm for oct] this year 1127 mm [av 1115mm] so we are over yearly average as per pattaya weather station 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 45 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: In past years when we had normal rainy seasons I remember how wet Sept/Oct were, but come 1 Nov it was like a switch got thrown by the big guy in the sky and the rains all but ended. Let's hope he still has his finger on the button !!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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