Phrae PM2.5 Numbers 2020

[Yom 96]

Jan 15

 

aqicn.org                                                       airvisual.com

 

       

 

berkeleyearth.org

[Yom 96]

Jan 16

 

   

             

 

                                          

                

[4MyEgo 12,938]

Welcome to Thailand.

 

1) Turn on a good quality air purifier with HEPA filter

2) PM2.5 indoor detector/monitor will tell you when the air quality is bad

3) Seal up your doors and any cracks in walls

4) Keep doors/windows closed till safe enough to open, then breath deep

6) When out and about have your M3 N95 mask with you 

 

No other way around it solly to say, no can fix here in Thailand, everything "up to you"

Edited January 16 by 4MyEgo

[4MyEgo 12,938]

23 hours ago, Yom said:

berkeleyearth.org

FIRMS: You want to see why Thailand has a high PM2.5 reading, not just in Bangkok, but all over the country, then have a look at the red in the map, she's on fire as are most south east neighbouring countries.......zoom in and out till your heart's content

 

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#z:4;c:114.5,14.1;d:2020-01-15..2020-01-16;l:imagery,firms_noaa20-viirs,firms_viirs,firms_modis_a,firms_modis_t

Edited January 16 by 4MyEgo

[FlorC 128]

Yes it is bad in Phrae. I thought last year was the worst , but this cool season the airpolution started even sooner and even worse. Every year it gets worse. The number of days there was a crystal clear view to the little mountains can be counted on your vingers.
It used to be the nights were the worst with daytime numbers dropping , but now it is 24/7 !! 2019 was also very dry , with very late and little rain , I doubt 2020 wil be different.

They stopped showing the numbers for Song & Rong Kwang hospital on aqicn , I don't know why.
Luckily I finaly bought an air purifier , which makes it bareble inside . It's very sad because this is the season I can come out from under the aircon to do some walking to nearby villages or towns. Except for the begin december 2 week cool spell with acceptable PM2,5 numbers , no going out this year. I feel sorry for all the animals , pets who can't protect themselves with purifiers and N95 masks.

Culprits are the farmers and the forest fires. Phrae has no wind , except just before and during thunderstorms. I think Phrae also gets the brunt of Lampang's power station.

 

Sidenote : Anyone get virus alarms from AVAST when going to http://aqicn.org ?

 

And while on the topic of PHRAE , without going too much off topic : anyone know why the Phrae immigration thread got deleted ? (also on the Chiang Rai forum) :

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1126354-immigration-office-in-phrae/

 

[Yom 96]

@

4MyEgo

 

Good advice, very good points. - Thank you.

We use already 2 air purifiers and 2 different PM2.5 monitors.
New filters are on the way.

But I hate this ‘locked up’ feeling. This could take 5(?) months.
And working in the garden with a mask isn’t possible for me.
I think I can’t change this attitude.

You said:  ‘No other way around it solly to say.’
Another way might be moving to the sea or other less polluted areas,
Malaysia, Borneo/Kalimantan, Philippines?
Or back to Europe?

Really nice word: ‘no can fix here in Thailand’
Don’t know. Talking with friends back home I very often notice, there is
no or only little awareness concerning air pollution.
And here in Thailand it seems similar.
Talking about air pollution perhaps might help to fight this lack of information.

Here, there and everywhere.

[Yom 96]

@

4MyEgo

Thanks for the link. You're right, there are many fires in Cambodia. I'm sure they're

'influencing' Thailand. - But much worse will be the India or China smog.

Hope it takes a long time to arrive...

 

 

P.S.  If all this dirt came from Cambodia, why are there lower numbers

in CM, CR or in Bangkok?  Lampang and Phrae are ahead.

There are so many factors to consider.

Btw, have you ever been to Mae Moh?

Edited January 16 by Yom
Supplement

[4MyEgo 12,938]

1 hour ago, Yom said:

Good advice, very good points. - Thank you.

 Welcome.

 

1 hour ago, Yom said:

New filters are on the way.

Good.

 

1 hour ago, Yom said:

But I hate this ‘locked up’ feeling. This could take 5(?) months.
And working in the garden with a mask isn’t possible for me.
I think I can’t change this attitude.

I enjoy being inside out of the heat, very comfortable climate in here, nice big chair to sit in while on the laptop, chase to watch TV, outside is too hot, although rarely do I go out to hang around under the tree in the hammock, should od it more often though.

 

1 hour ago, Yom said:

You said:  ‘No other way around it solly to say.’
Another way might be moving to the sea or other less polluted areas,
Malaysia, Borneo/Kalimantan, Philippines?
Or back to Europe?

I would love to move near the sea, but built this big comfortable house 4 years ago, so enjoying it, the sea we visited 4 times last year, a week in Phuket, a week in Hua Hin, a week in Pattaya and a week in Sydney. If the smoke gets to bad, the options, plan B and C in that order would be to relocate to either Phuket or Krabi as they have the better air quality, although Phuket would be my first preference, then if they don't go to plan, then it's back to New South Wales, some coastal town where the bush fires just went through, by the time we get there everything would have rejuvenated and be pretty much the same post the fires. Having kids makes it all that little more difficult up rooting.

 

1 hour ago, Yom said:

Really nice word: ‘no can fix here in Thailand’
Don’t know. Talking with friends back home I very often notice, there is
no or only little awareness concerning air pollution.
And here in Thailand it seems similar.
Talking about air pollution perhaps might help to fight this lack of information.

 

Here, there and everywhere.

'no can fix here in Thailand' is because every year at the same time we hear the same broken record playing for a week and then nothing is achieved, I mean did you hear the one about "burn less incense" this is the type of people "up top" that you are dealing with, they honestly believe that Bangkok residents can reduce the PM2.5 by burning less incense.

 In Australia we are very aware about pollution, or smoking or BBQ-ing on balconies (banned) in strata title units, education, and enforcement are two key words, the later always wins, regardless of those that don't want to become educated, heavy fines or imprisonment is the only way to get things done, that is, if your serious, and Thai's are never serious, it's in their culture, from my opinion, "up to you", "take care" smile

 

 

 

[4MyEgo 12,938]

1 hour ago, Yom said:

Btw, have you ever been to Mae Moh?

No, but I have heard there is a big power plant there.

[Yom 96]

 

Jan 17

From   https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1143715-panel-to-propose-anti-pollution-measures/

  ‘Individuals will be asked to avoid driving their personal cars to work.’

 

Two answers:

 

 

PM2.5   -   Same same, but different.

In Bangkok worse, around Phrae a bit better. Phra/Lampang city bad.

    

 

 

 

Edited January 17 by Yom
Wrong screenshot

[Yom 96]

Indeed big.

Years ago I noticed a correlation with smog in Phrae and the Lampang area.
The air in Phrae very often deteriorated in the early evening, ‘when the darkness
fell over the land’.
The surrounding mountains and valleys seem quite natural, so where might
this pollution come from?

As the winds blew the dust from the Australian fires to Chile and Argentina,
no problem to blow the fumes from Mae Moh some hundred kilometers…

Maybe just nonsense?

[SoilSpoil 3,123]

17 minutes ago, Yom said:

Indeed big.

 

Years ago I noticed a correlation with smog in Phrae and the Lampang area.
The air in Phrae very often deteriorated in the early evening, ‘when the darkness
fell over the land’.
The surrounding mountains and valleys seem quite natural, so where might
this pollution come from?

 

As the winds blew the dust from the Australian fires to Chile and Argentina,
no problem to blow the fumes from Mae Moh some hundred kilometers…

 

Maybe just nonsense?

 

Phuket and Phang Nga are orange today, Ko Tao and Samui in the red zone or orange. Guess where this dirt is coming from? Cambodia is burning its sugarcane fields and southern Thailand gets the fall out. Smig can travel thousands of kilomters, especially over water.

[URMySunshine 1,771]

On 1/16/2020 at 11:09 AM, Yom said:

@

4MyEgo

 

Good advice, very good points. - Thank you.

 

We use already 2 air purifiers and 2 different PM2.5 monitors.
New filters are on the way.

 

But I hate this ‘locked up’ feeling. This could take 5(?) months.
And working in the garden with a mask isn’t possible for me.
I think I can’t change this attitude.

 

You said:  ‘No other way around it solly to say.’
Another way might be moving to the sea or other less polluted areas,
Malaysia, Borneo/Kalimantan, Philippines?
Or back to Europe?

 

Really nice word: ‘no can fix here in Thailand’
Don’t know. Talking with friends back home I very often notice, there is
no or only little awareness concerning air pollution.
And here in Thailand it seems similar.
Talking about air pollution perhaps might help to fight this lack of information.

 

Here, there and everywhere.

 

I wish moving to the sea was an option but all the sub forums are now having the same discussions. It's 157 in Jomtien today and the air has been terrible for days. I think record warmer weather has made for drier crops, more intense burning and so more smoke. I can't in all conscience recommend Thailand as a place to visit. And personally I can't wait to go home to Europe where the air is 'green' . At best this is surviving not living, particularLY for the older folk who are less fit and agile. This is what an inept military  government looks like. As useful as a chocolate teapot. 

[Yom 96]

Jan 18

 

Good slogan: ' At best this is surviving not living  '

Thanks, URMySunshine.

 

It seems to be bad everywhere, from India to China,

some places worse. For example Lampoon,

again more than 200 mcg/m^3, Mae Hong Son > 300.

Now, just routine:  Phrae 173.

 

And here the pictures of the day - airvisual.com:

[Yom 96]

Jan 19

Phrae Sunday 12:00   171

 

and a smoggy link: