The 'storm' was poor. We have a home on Samui and the in-laws were holed up and everybody battened down the hatches. By Thai standards it was big, but by everyone else's standards, it was nothing out of the ordinary!
Great write-up and Monkey beach is still on my 'to-do' list cos I love them although the wife hates them! There are many places to see and feed them around Thailand, my monkey place of choice is Songkhla. Loving the blog.
Always take care, be safe and be happy :-)