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22 hours ago, canopy said:
Another thing. It may not be intuitive, but unfortunately closing the windows and doors is not effective against the dangerous PM2.5 particles.
While I don't have an air purifier a hacky workaround is to pickup a roll of particulate filter material at the 3M shop in Chiang Mai and stick that in the apartment AC unit.
Certainly helps but would be nice to have a complete setup like many CM year rounders have in their homes.
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40 minutes ago, XLance said:What we had for the last few days is just fog (and a minor component of air pollution).
Interesting interpretation, do you work for the government by chance?
It's unlikely that AQI readings consistently above 150 for the last 24 hours are related to fog, which has not once in my lifetime given me a headache, scratchy throat, and itchy eyes.
More likely, it's that somewhere (nearby?) the forests are a raging inferno and we're reaping the "benefits".
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3rd straight winter in Chiang Mai and this December has been ridiculously bad. I don't recall a single day in February last year when the mountain vanished behind an impenetrable veil of smoke like today.
Obviously it can't be vehicle emissions; is there a fire map or other means to see where the smoke is coming from? Not that it will change anything, but at least to have an idea of what's happening and why.
Amazingly, very few people wear masks, Thai and foreigner included. Probably keep their windows wide open as well throughout the day and night.
Yesterday evening, biking to meet a friend in Chiang Mai, an old woman tended the fire outside her home, feeding it leaves, plastic, everything. I was astonished, why?? Just throw the trash in the myriad plastic trash cans nearby and NEVER burn anything in the city; it's utterly pointless.
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Chiang Mai Air Quality and Pollution
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Yeah, can barely make out the mountain, pretty horrendous for mid-January.
Imagine tourism is taking a massive hit this year in CM. Normally I'd stick around until March but am out of here February 1st instead -- shaping up to be a burning season for the ages...