sanemax Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 11 minutes ago, jollyhangmon said: Really? Watch the vid on http://www.chiangmaiexpatsclub.com/burning-season-chiang-mai-presentation/ then, as they're clearly talking (& showing) about March '16 ...?! I do not have a spare 30 minutes to watch the video . A lot of the smoke from 2016 wafted in from Myanmar . I did notice that the smoke last year wasnt as bad as previous years I even was travelling around the area and saw huge swathes of land that were not being burnt, when in previous years they would have been burnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyhangmon Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 42 minutes ago, sanemax said: I do not have a spare 30 minutes to watch the video . A lot of the smoke from 2016 wafted in from Myanmar . I did notice that the smoke last year wasnt as bad as previous years I even was travelling around the area and saw huge swathes of land that were not being burnt, when in previous years they would have been burnt Fine, was to be expected. However, you obviously traveled 'another' ChiangMai/ChiangRai-area than me at quite the same time as i've seen plenty of fires as well as grey skies ... Less smoke than previous years? Maybe, in places, hopefully so but by >there were hardly any fields getting burnt at all last year< you've surely got to be jesting ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Just now, jollyhangmon said: Fine, was to be expected. However, you obviously traveled 'another' ChiangMai/ChiangRai-area than me at quite the same time as i've seen plenty of fires as well as grey skies ... Less smoke than previous years? Maybe, in places, hopefully so but by >there were hardly any fields getting burnt at all last year< you've surely got to be jesting ... No, I went from CM to CR and then to Chaing kong and quite a few places inbetween and the fields that were usually scorched still had vegetation in them . The skys were indeed grey and they were a few fires, but nothing like previous years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunroaming Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Every year the WHO warn about the health risks of the burning in the area and raise Northern Thailand as an area of considerable concern. Every year the authorities say they are responding and every year nothing happens. Welcome to life in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 You can see here, where the beans are growing the rice straw has been burned and the ash ploughed in, at the back of the photo it's being used as mulch for a second crop, maybe tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotweiler Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 When I first saw this thread several last week, I thought it was an early April Fool's joke. Since the posty seems now to have been in earnest, I can only respond: he he he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'll try to be less amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijb Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 That's funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrylSky Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Indeed, burning has been illegal for some time now. Mai bpehn rai nakhrap. My neighbors continue to burn their crap to no avail - as well as villagers - despite previous complaints. It is utterly amazing how these people can continue to break the law, alienate good neighbors (me), refuse to compost, and have total disregard for their environment and the air they breathe. I really question why I still live here. The U.S., as we all know surely has it's <deleted>, but at least the smoke burning their crap doesn't drift into my house there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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