Chiang Mai named world’s most polluted city for two days running

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:13 am

All clear sky's here.
must be bad to beat out Beijing and Mexico city

THE SMOG enveloping the North has made it unsafe to go outdoors, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) said yesterday.

Air-quality readings by the PCD showed that the amount of PM2.5 – fine particulate matter of less than 2.5 micrometre in diameter – had soared above the official safe level of 50 micrograms (mcg) per cubic metre of air in all nine provinces in the North.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/ ... l/30365763

Bitte_Kein_Lexus · Post by **Bitte_Kein_Lexus** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:27 am

Is this still caused by that annual rice husk burning or whatever? I've never been there, but surprising that they'd still allow it when pollution in that country is already at such insane levels.

Paulo · Post by **Paulo** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:51 am

It's time to release the molasses spraying drones again!

j57 · Post by **j57** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:56 am

that is too bad...
I flew in and out of there in July 2017 and the air was clear... I took several thousand pics for 2 weeks all over and it was perfect...
it was very agrarian from above ...
if they have a yearly burn off...it could explain it..
not like they are burning tires...
or the dump in chinaville...

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:37 pm

j57 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:56 am that is too bad...
I flew in and out of there in July 2017 and the air was clear... I took several thousand pics for 2 weeks all over and it was perfect...
it was very agrarian from above ...
if they have a yearly burn off...it could explain it..
not like they are burning tires...
or the dump in chinaville...

July is in well past the burning off season of Feb-April
PLUS its the rainy season.

Thats like saying i was in Colorado in August and saw no snow LOL

oopsfermi · Post by **oopsfermi** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:57 pm

I've lived through one of these, some years ago. When it's bad it's really bad. Never experienced labored breathing before that.

The problem is that a lot of the burning takes place in Myanmar, and even the burning that does happen in Thailand is done by hill tribes who've historically never been too concerned with the dictates of Bangkok.

Not saying I would never consider going back to CM because it does have its virtues but it would only be with the expectation that I'd need to spend the month of March somewhere else. Which is a pretty big concession really.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:55 am

CHIANG MAI: Bangkok Airways has announced the suspension of its morning flights between Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son until at least Saturday (Mar 20) as haze continues to plague northern provinces.

The suspension was deemed necessary as both airports were shrouded by thick haze which reduced visibility to two kilometres.

The aircraft used to service the route, an ATR-72, requires a minimum visibility of 6km to be able to take off and land safely.

The airline said 10 morning flights have been cancelled over the past five days, and the suspensions will continue until tomorrow because of the poor visibility.

yong · Post by **yong** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 9:49 am

yong · Post by **yong** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:23 am

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:49 pm

Unhealthy Smoke Over Thailand
April 12, 2019

For more than a month, northern Thailand has been experiencing unhealthy, elevated levels of smoke and air pollution. The thick haze is a result of wildfires and prescribed burning by farmers clearing their land for the planting season. Meteorologists expect the unhealthy air quality to last into May.

This image shows smoke and haze blanketing portions of southeastern Asia on April 12, 2019, as observed by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite. At 9 a.m. local time on April 12, Thailand’s Pollution Control Department reported that nine provinces were experiencing “unhealthy” or “very unhealthy” air quality—notably around Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, which is surrounded by mountains that trap the pollution in the area.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Text by Kasha Patel.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/image ... twKySfh_fE

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