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I was living in Udon Thani in northeast Thailand in the year of the great Bangkok floods.which is well over a ten hour drive from Bangkok. We had heavy rains bu
by deerpig 9y ago
I was living in Udon Thani in northeast Thailand in the year of the great Bangkok floods.which is well over a ten hour drive from Bangkok. We had heavy rains but no real flooding. But when Bangkok was hit, a huge part of the supply chain for the whole country was trashed. The western style supermarkets were almost empty for months after the floods. It was impossible to buy basic things like instant noodles and disposable diapers for months. But fresh food, vegetables and meat were mostly from local sources so the wet markets where you traditionally shop every day for food were largely unaffected. It was the "modern" infrastructure which shown to be little more than a house of cards.
I would imagine that in so-called developed economies, there isn't anything except the "modern" supply chains. If a supply chain is using terms like "just-in-time" then there is no way of dealing with things when infrastructure goes down.
You guys are so screwed....
- dtech 9y agoIf the natural disaster had actually hit your area the local sources would have been destroyed and unavailable for months while the externally supplied sources would resume being supplied as soon as basic local infrastructure was repaired.
- jschwartzi 9y agoHere where I live there are both supermarkets with modern supply chains as well as roadside stands and small markets who buy local, so we're not particularly screwed by our Western society. About 30 miles from me is a valley that supplies tons of produce during the spring and summer. They don't grow tomatoes or peppers, but I can source all of my other ingredients locally. Winter would be troublesome but I've usually got enough dry goods to get by for a few weeks.
- wil421 9y agoExcept infrastructure goes down all the time in developed nations when disasters hit. The difference is our supply chains are up and running within days/weeks not months.
- mullen 9y ago> But when Bangkok was hit, a huge part of the supply chain for the whole country was trashed. The western style supermarkets were almost empty for months after the floods. It was impossible to buy basic things like instant noodles and disposable diapers for months. Don't even begin to compare Developed Western countries infrastructure and supply chains to anything in Thailand. To compare the two is laughable at best or shows your bias at worse.