Last night there was a rainstorm in Mae Sai that wreaked havoc over the site. It totally came out of nowhere and within seconds of the storm starting, the power went out, the dorms and radio studio started flooding and all of the equipment went up in sparks and got completely destroyed. This is also a pretty superstitious culture and everyone, even grownups, is afraid of ghosts. Some of the kids are convinced that the deaths of people they know were caused by ghosts and so this spooky, torrential rainstorm didn't do much to curb their fears. A lot of them were really upset. Here's some pictures of the destruction and the studio, which no longer has any equipment inside of it:






It's not even rain season! I dont' really understand how the dorms and studio flooded so easily. After all, this region does have a rain season, where it pours every day for about 3 months. It must have been pretty strong I guess, even for Thailand. Those poor kids. I feel bad enough that they didn't have dry mattresses to sleep on last night, but ultimately, I think it's worse that the radio studio got destroyed. For one hour of the day, the station is in English, but for all other hours of the day, different kids got to broadcast whatever they wanted. It really was a large source of entertainment for them and now it's gone.