snoop1130 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Haze eases in North, but not worries By THE NATION The average accumulation of airborne PM2.5 dust particles has dipped in the North in the last 24 hours, but it’s worse in some areas because of numerous forest fires. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa was in Chiang Mai on Friday (March 27) assessing the situation, just as the Pollution Control Department reported unsafe levels of PM2.5 pollution in 21 areas across the North. The range in the past day has been 42-209 micrograms per cubic metre of air. Ministry permanent secretary Chatuphon Burutphat held a video conference on Thursday with 17 officials in the region, noting fire hotspots in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao and Mae Hong Son. He dispatched his deputy, Pongboon Pongtong, to Chiang Mai to seek out ways to curb the pollution and to warn citizens that setting forest fires to clear brush was having a drastic impact. Chiang Mai University’s Smoke Haze Integrated Research Unit measured the PM2.5 level on Doi Suthep, the mountain overlooking the city, at 700mcg on Tuesday. The safe level recognised in Thailand is 50mcg. The World Health Organisation recommends 25mcg. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384943 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-03-27 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted March 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: and to warn citizens that setting forest fires to clear brush was having a drastic impact. a ) they wont understand that b) they wont care 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Forza2002 Posted March 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 27, 2020 Usual annual claptrap verbal diarrhea from the Govt. No action taken against offenders, they are just marking time until the rains come in May. Rinse, repeat.. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Joe Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Surely no matter what measurement are being used, the air quality in and around Chiang Mai ranges from vile to life-threatening. In Doi Saket it's felt (and smelt) for a few days as if everything local was on fire. I could have all the symptoms of Coronavirus but suffering from upper respiratory chest infections due to the pollution, make it virtually impossible to tell. Ya know, I get it. Take a look at the sky, it's vast! Then think about all the land beneath it...little wonder that the manpower available can't cope with the burning and it's seems that the Thai mentality is one of "nothing applies to me". It will be years before they sort this (pollution) out and that's of course if they really want to. This government seems to have neither the inclination, resources or cerebral wherewithal to get to grips with the problem and now they have Coronavirus and a worsening economic situation to deal with too! Seemingly the government works on a just-in-time basis, leaving themselves in a bind because of the lack of cogent, forward planning. This year is already a write-off and it's possible that in the short-term, things might get a lot worse before they get better... Regards. Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brommers Posted March 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 Oh yes it has eased from the 300's and is now ONLY 228 in Chiang Mai city. But we are still the most polluted city on the planet! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I woke up this morning and Chiang Mai in the air here is just terrible I can’t believe the government is doing absolutely nothing to help the poor people in Chiang Mai breeds good air TIT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 ok, its safe to return now....until next years burn and every other one after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said: I woke up this morning and Chiang Mai in the air here is just terrible I can’t believe the government is doing absolutely nothing to help the poor people in Chiang Mai breeds good air TIT Totally agree . I just look at the reading of PM 2.5 on my machine in the bedroom; if AQI is OK outside it reads about 4 to 6, today its 35. Cant see more than 800 metres from the haze. Chiang Mai Air Quality. 189 Unhealthy Updated on Saturday 6:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I really can not believe this, why is this so different? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Chiang Rai and the North. Pure poison. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forza2002 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Agreed, absolutely appalling this morning. I woke up this morning and the bedroom air purifier reading was at AQI 40 and 150 downstairs inside the house. Govt. needs to ban the sale of mushrooms to help alleviate this problem burning. Never happen of course, to many thick brown envelopes doing the rounds... Edited March 28, 2020 by Forza2002 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Well in the space of 3 hours it has gone up to the current 449, which is extremely hazardous. So absolutely no sign of easing and indeed it just gets worse day by day. As for dropping water onto fires the government must be using drones carrying eye droppers. But the Bangkok is the only place that to this so-called government and its predecessors. Bring on the revolution for Lanna independence I say 555. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 16 hours ago, TheFishman1 said: I woke up this morning and Chiang Mai in the air here is just terrible I can’t believe the government is doing absolutely nothing to help the poor people in Chiang Mai breeds good air TIT Prayuth is doing his bit : 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Fake news then? I guess the pm will spring in to action and resolve the problem with grass blowers and even more wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Crazy message from Dtac in phone... “Stay safe” ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jchfriis Posted March 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 I promised myself last year that I would not take one more burning season. So I'm out of here after 15 years. Leaving tomorrow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I live in the North. The virus lockdown seem to have kept some of the arsonists who routinely burn the forests in the Hot Season at home and out of the woods with their matches and accelerants. Any other worries I may have don't include worries about seasonal viruses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 23 hours ago, snoop1130 said: because of numerous forest fires. yeah thank goodness no one is burning anything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Tea Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Haze eases in North Who writes this cr@p? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odysseus123 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Yorkshire Tea said: Haze eases in North Who writes this cr@p? The Ministry of Truth of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said: The Ministry of Truth of course... fake news there is no ministry of truth.........off with yer head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Complete BS. Chiang Rai at 223 as I write, 63 in my condo with TWO air purifiers running. This is like reading Fox News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersonat Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 The lack of action in the past 10 years in working towards a solution to this problem is a total disgrace. The Powers-that-Be would appear to have no ideas about how to deal with (currently) the second biggest health-problem in the country. --- On this matter, the Local-, Provincial-, and National-Government give every indication that they are "in power", but *not* "in control". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaleySabai Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 "He dispatched his deputy, Pongboon Pongtong, to Chiang Mai to seek out ways to curb the pollution and to warn citizens that setting forest fires to clear brush was having a drastic impact." ......everyday is a new day for the Thai. The only thing that has been alleviating the haze has been late morning/mid-afternoon wind,by 8pm the smoke starts to roll back in. Burning is apparently "allowed" from 8pm to whatever time,on condition of letting the piles dry out before being torched.That's perhaps why the mornings have been so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 315 on the porch this morning....Yesterday was 285, day before was 350. Easing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Absolute complete. total, as much as you can get, to the nth degree,multiplied by a lot, incompetence on behalf of the powers that be. This govt and past govt's are allowing their citizens to endure slow painful deaths unnecessarily. They should be ashamed of themselves This situation is WAY more dangerous than Covid-19 and will contribute to many more deaths. Very reminiscent of Black lung (Pneumoconiosis) . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Chance Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Pollution is double bad with the virus, since it attack the lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 3/29/2020 at 6:17 PM, Thailand said: This situation is WAY more dangerous than Covid-19 and will contribute to many more deaths bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 3/28/2020 at 12:35 AM, Forza2002 said: Usual annual claptrap verbal diarrhea from the Govt. No action taken against offenders, they are just marking time until the rains come in May. Rinse, repeat.. The predicted response from the government has been going on for forty years to my knowledge, next we'll get a abridged version of former Prime Minister Yingluck's flood mitigation policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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