elgenon Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 1:34 AM, Guderian said: This morning I thought I was coming down with a cold or flu, or even the dreaded C19, I felt lousy, very tired with a sore throat and aching muscles. I had a kip at lunchtime and felt a bit better for the rest, so I went for a quiet stroll down Jomtien way. I only live about 1,500 metres from Pattaya Park but could see the tower was looking murky and hazy. I know what that means, poor air quality, and it was confirmed when I got to the beach; Bang Saray and the hills down there had disappeared into the murk. The AQI was close close on 140 when I checked, which is enough to make me feel aware of it. I'm finding as the years go by that I'm becoming more and more sensitive to the AQI, I've no idea why. This is the earliest I've seen the lousy air quality start in Pattaya, anyway, are we really in for 3 or more months of breathing this rubbish? So at least something hasn't changed! 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomtienisgood Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 5:20 PM, johng said: Yep as soon as the "cool" weather appears "everything" is burned maybe its tradition or they are trying to keep warm ???? or crops have been harvested and they burn the stubble when they could turn it back into the soil and save money on buying fertiliser next year and save everyone dying from respiratory problems !! yes, now, because nothing else left, they burned my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomtienisgood Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 22 hours ago, champers said: If it stays like this we will struggle to see the fireworks show next week. Horrible. No struggle, fireworks canceled. 5555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Moonlover said: And blaming the Chinese is stretching a bit as well! And it's not getting any better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yom Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 42 minutes ago, tomazbodner said: And it's not getting any better! https://www.ventusky.com/ prognosis for 16:00 *********** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood1 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Let's see we have this pollution looking stuff hanging in the air--but I smell no smoke or pollution yet it burns my eyes a bit.....Earlier this November the temperature felt cooler than it does now.....I am looking out my window now in Pattaya and seeing lightning flashes that light up the entire sky but I hear no thunder.... Nope......Nothing strange going on here...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 7:15 AM, webfact said: Nobody knew where the smaze had come from Honesty in the Thai media, whatever next, lol? After the rain last night I thought we'd be back in the green this morning, but nope, the AQI is well over 100. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Frankly the vast majority would just like to be in Pattaya in the first place to experience the air quality....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banana7 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Today Friday December 11, 2020. the air pollution is really bad, unhealthy. Most of it is originating in Bangkok. At 15:45 Air Visual is reporting 154 US AQI, and and it's confirmed at https://www.ventusky.com/phatthaya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 46 minutes ago, Banana7 said: Today Friday December 11, 2020. the air pollution is really bad, unhealthy. Most of it is originating in Bangkok. At 15:45 Air Visual is reporting 154 US AQI, and and it's confirmed at https://www.ventusky.com/phatthaya Yes yesterday it was already bad here in Pattaya and today it's worse, with a thick pollution fog on all the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yom Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 4 hours ago, kingofthemountain said: today it's worse Sorry, this is the forecast for Ban Bueng, Chon Buri Province, done by aqicn.org: We are not many - I don't have an answer *************************************************** 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 17 hours ago, kingofthemountain said: Yes yesterday it was already bad here in Pattaya and today it's worse, with a thick pollution fog on all the area Heck, and there was me thinking I could hardly see the Waterfront condo a click away because of the sea fog, surely the Thai authorities wouldn't have told us porkies about the air pollution, would they? :rolleyes: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood1 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 There is never a explanation where all this smaze comes from....It must come from those huge piles of sugarcane they burn on Walking Street every day.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Who cares. Many countries are Covid cesspools with lockdowns 1000's dieing everyday. Just be happy you can go outside at all.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findlay13 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 8:35 PM, PatOngo said: Maybe the govt will urge them not to burn off............................maybe not! ???? What again this year????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Polluted air and polluted ocean waters i doubt these high value and high quality tourists are going to embrace this Neo Style Pattaya. ???????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 I live outside of town a bit & there are a lot of small farms or houses with some crops & every single night except for when it rains heavy they have fires lite. They seem to wait until the sun has settled then off they go. The police do nothing, city hall do nothing. I know a teacher at the local Thai school & one of their neighbours is often burning even during the day, she told me they asked him to stop & reported him so he stopped for a while & then started back up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Banana7 Posted December 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) On 12/12/2020 at 2:50 PM, redwood1 said: There is never a explanation where all this smaze comes from....It must come from those huge piles of sugarcane they burn on Walking Street every day.... If you look at the ventusky.com map, for Pattaya, 80% is coming from Bangkok not sugar cane burning. Choose the air quality index. The air coming into Bangkok is in the 40-50 range, then as it rises and disperses from Bangkok 450-550 micro grams per cubic meter on December 13, 2020. There is massive plume of pollution that rises from Bangkok and blows away from it, depending on wind direction. Edited December 13, 2020 by Banana7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Pie 47 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Banana7 said: If you look at the ventusky.com map, for Pattaya, 80% is coming from Bangkok not sugar cane burning. Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said: Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live? Sugar Shack.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yom Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Facts, this Monday 9:00 - same scale **************** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said: Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live? Sugar daddy cane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guderian Posted December 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2020 It's much better this morning, maybe the heavy rain late yesterday afternoon helped, but it might also be that there's a bit more of a breeze and/or the direction has changed. Oddly enough, the other side of the Bight is suffering now, while Chonburi, Rayong and most of Bangkok are reasonably healthy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood1 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Boy the air quality is extra bad today.....I would say its much worse than the current reading.... https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 hours ago, redwood1 said: Boy the air quality is extra bad today.....I would say its much worse than the current reading.... https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25 yesterday was ok, but the previous days were horribles the air pollution is a really concern now a lot of the Thais don't seem to understand they are part of the problem they keep to burn almost everything around me on a daily basis (Mostly during saturday\sunday) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood1 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said: yesterday was ok, but the previous days were horribles the air pollution is a really concern now a lot of the Thais don't seem to understand they are part of the problem they keep to burn almost everything around me on a daily basis (Mostly during saturday\sunday) Look at the world map here... https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25 Its a monstrous band of pollution that goes from Africa to India to SE Asia to China....Though its not a solid band,its a band never the less .....I really do not think they do much burning in North Africa or Bangkok for that matter......Whatever is going on I dont think has much to do with burning.... Edited January 19, 2021 by redwood1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, redwood1 said: Look at the world map here... https://www.ventusky.com/?p=12.21;101.76;7&l=pm25 Its a monstrous band of pollution that goes from Africa to India to SE Asia to China....Though its not a solid band,its a band never the less .....I really do not think they do much burning in North Africa or Bangkok for that matter......Whatever is going on I dont think has much to do with burning.... omg it's monstruous !! Could it be a ''natural'' cause? I can't see any industrial, road traffic or crop burning pollution in the Sahara wich is one of the areas covered by this pollution cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomtienisgood Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 12/14/2020 at 1:04 AM, Meat Pie 47 said: Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live? Next to Bamboo Bar . Skvit Soi 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yom Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, kingofthemountain said: I can't see any industrial, road traffic or crop burning pollution in the Sahara I think in Africa it's sub saharan crop burning pollution etc. A different problem than in Thailand, situated between India and China. Please don't forget, it's winter and charcoal produces a lot of 'bad' air. Everywhere... https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/ last 24 hrs https://www.ventusky.com/ https://aqicn.org/here This seems to be a minor problem ... (same scale) **************************** Edited January 19, 2021 by Yom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 The AQI is bad and rising this morning, 170 an hour ago and over 180 now. Much higher and we'll be in the list of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world. Way to go Thailand - not! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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