   Letter 18 from Eric Arnow                               
Arnow Letter Index  Eric Arnow link page   Date: Mon, 15 Aug
2005 Subject: News headlines  Hi All:  I seem to be lucky so
far. I have been staying in Chiang Mai, in Northern Thailand.
It's the rainy season, and it has been raining alot. I plan to
start a new retreat in a couple of days, so I went for a brief
stay in Pai, where I have spent time before, and have a friend
with whom I am storing excess stuff.  I then came back to Chiang
Mai, and decided to go to the city of Phitsanoluk, an hour from
the meditation center I planned on go to. Explore a bit and head
to the Center on Wednesday.  Well, I see the news from the
English daily, Bangkok Post.  "Four Dead in Northern Floods--
Central Chiang Mai a chest-deep lake..........Night Bazaar and
Warorot market vendors raced higher ground but were unable to
beat the rapid surge of water. Water one meter (about a yard)
high." That's right where I usually stay.  "Mae Hong Son ( I
stayed at Wat Tam Wua near th