puukao Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 why complain? everyone knows there is pollution, but everyone still comes. not complain after you already know there is pollution? get some beers, girls, cigarettes, and 10,000 baht..... and remember why you came. soon people will complain because they everything isn't in English........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnybgood Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Naw mate you're not correct, many who have been in the same house in the same area for many years and can see and smell the escalation of pollution over the years. Almost all the houses in my country area used to have orange roof tiles, and like mine after a dozen years, they are now black. Fortunately, today we are now getting that northern wind which is both cooling and refreshing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Anyone deep in Naklua? Say around the fish market. Has it been smoggy there too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huayrat Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1000s of Half filled Buses in Pattaya is killing the city.. Pollution is bad.. 9 years ago the coaches where hundreds now it's Thousands.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utalkin2me Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Affect the air you breathe by believing it is pure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SheungWan Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 7:43 AM, johnnybgood said: My relocation reasons keep piling up year on year........... IMHO I doubt if these locals have the mindset to ever ever reduce this pollution. Funny I always thought I'd go home with some exotic decease... not a respiratory decease. Received this from my medical insurance company. Its odd. All the other reasons which others cite, I have happily brushed aside as minor irritations at worst, but this one might turn out to be a game changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 16 hours ago, johnnybgood said: Naw mate you're not correct, many who have been in the same house in the same area for many years and can see and smell the escalation of pollution over the years. Almost all the houses in my country area used to have orange roof tiles, and like mine after a dozen years, they are now black. Fortunately, today we are now getting that northern wind which is both cooling and refreshing I live in East Pattaya. All the roof tiles are still orange. My asthma (a lifelong condition) has not returned. I see no smog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 one needs to remember that not all pollution is visible - yes, it causes wonderful sunsets but it doesn't have to smell or even be visible in sunlight. Pattaya is surrounded by industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I would guess that the Eastern Economic Corridor developments over the next 10 years will add to the pollution volume and its deteriorating effects on the environment. Which could mean Pattaya will have few if any of the advantages of a seaside resort and all of the downsides of industrial activities. A new Chinese outpost? Remember Sihanoukville. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBird Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 why complain? everyone knows there is pollution, but everyone still comes. not complain after you already know there is pollution? get some beers, girls, cigarettes, and 10,000 baht..... and remember why you came. soon people will complain because they everything isn't in English........I don't drink or smoke.My gf would object to me getting girls.She also took my 10k.But she brought me food. So all is goodSent from my ASUS_Z017DB using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 As typical, the wind changed direction before I got my AQI meter. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-261.93,12.36,3000 And magically the smog disappeared, I guess they don't have diesel cars on the sea (nor half a million burning fields, which is not the official truth so must not be spoken of). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Don't just blame the buses.....Pattaya is surrounded by heavy industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Today the air pollution is very bad again. Can't see any of the Ilands from my balcony and can smell the pollution as soon as opening the balcony door. I'm curious to know, how many people here are wearing N95 masks every day or most days? If so, do you sometimes get some stupid smartass comments from uneducated Thai people (usually workers of some shop or motorcycle taxi) when you walk past like "this is not BKK" and they speak it in Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 N95 masks (genuine ones) obtainable in Pattaya ? A while ago it seems they were unavailable in Bangkok, Pattaya and many other cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I live on the Darkside. Just outside the city limits in Nongprue. It's a beautiful clear day here with no sign of smog. Sat outside and the only thing that I can smell are the fragrances from the flowers in my garden. Heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 39 minutes ago, Spidey said: I live on the Darkside. Just outside the city limits in Nongprue. It's a beautiful clear day here with no sign of smog. Sat outside and the only thing that I can smell are the fragrances from the flowers in my garden. Heaven. Do you live high up in the sky in a condo building? If not you don't see the smog. From street level everything always looks fine. When you are up high and can see all the smog and can't see the islands from Pattaya City centre then you know there's something not good about it. Then when you look at the air quality website it confirms it: http://aqicn.org/city/thailand/chonburi/general-education-office/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Just now, bbi1 said: Do you live high up in the sky in a condo building? If not you don't see the smog. From street level everything always looks fine. When you are up high and can see all the smog and can't see the islands from Pattaya City centre then you know there's something not good about it. Then when you look at the air quality website it confirms it: http://aqicn.org/city/thailand/chonburi/general-education-office/ I have suffered from asthma for most of my life. I'd know if the air quality was poor. never had to use my inhaler here. What you're probably seeing is heat haze from the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcopops Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 13 hours ago, Spidey said: I live on the Darkside. Just outside the city limits in Nongprue. It's a beautiful clear day here with no sign of smog. Sat outside and the only thing that I can smell are the fragrances from the flowers in my garden. Heaven. Pollution is not necessarily visible, however a glorious sunset is a sign of particles in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 How long did it take for delivery ?Can't recall exactly how long but not too long maybe a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Been having much better (lower) readings lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Change batteries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Better late than never, the AQI meter finally arrived, in darkside, middle of a moobaan with direct sea breeze coming in: Pardon the crappy photo, hard to take in sunshine. Looks like they turned off all the evil, evil diesels cars and all is good now. Until the next diesel car burning season in Cambodia starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Singer Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 2 hours ago, DrTuner said: Looks like they turned off all the evil, evil diesels cars and all is good now. Until the next diesel car burning season in Cambodia starts. Your device and johng's are using a different AQI scale to the one commonly used in English media. I guess it is the Chinese AQI scale. On the more commonly used scale, the "good" area goes up to 12mcg/m3 of PM2.5 and that's a 50 on that scale. Compare that to your readings. I would be happy to have your little detector, you just need to keep this in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 41 minutes ago, John Singer said: Your device and johng's are using a different AQI scale to the one commonly used in English media. I guess it is the Chinese AQI scale. On the more commonly used scale, the "good" area goes up to 12mcg/m3 of PM2.5 and that's a 50 on that scale. Compare that to your readings. I would be happy to have your little detector, you just need to keep this in mind. Seems to be the same as US system: https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi Anyway, seems to be getting worse as the sun goes down, usually the wind turn at 6pm and now it's: Might be one of those ignorance is bliss things. I also tried it inside where I run the AC and it was 20-ish in the morning. Worth noting the closest road with any traffic is about 200m from me and I'm at about 60m elevation from the sea level. Anybody got a reading down there at the heart of sin city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 My readings from deepest darkest Na-Jomtien this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 1 minute ago, johng said: My readings from deepest darkest Na-Jomtien this evening. Very close to mine. At least these things aren't showing random numbers then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamesgplayemail Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 hello, sorry, can you tell me what is the worst pm2.5 result that you got in your condo / house ? and then after starting the air purifier it went down ? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 118 this morning outside dragged it down to 2 inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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