It was happening 18 times, Why are you so surprise if its happening again ? I am not, to tell you the true.
That's the way Thai people lives in the past 50-60 years or so.
As the surrounding neighbors, Do we like to see this kinda thing happen to Thailand ? Nahh, definitely not. if something really bad happening to Thailand. of course, its will affecting fellow South East Asian nations especially Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Burma.