My town is about an hour and a half from Bangkok. I believe the state of emergency was for Bangkok only and it means there will probably be a curfew, the protests will be deemed illegal if they continue, and the military will step in to help run the show.

This is what I THINK is going on.

I think the govt. tried to shut down the internet here last night, (to avoid anyone spilling the plans for declaring a state of emergency this morning), and my pay tv service is down. It's all very reminiscent of the 2006 coup. I believe there was a newscast where the PM announced his plans for the state of emergency, but it was thai language and a thai tv station.

So anyways, because I don't really go to Bangkok or live in a tourist'y area, none of it really affects me, (or at least it isn't yet).