Jonathan Fairfield Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Bigwigs gather and declare Mae Sot has the worst pollution in Thailand Disaster Mitigation officials, the military, medics and other authorities gathered in the border area of Mae Sot to declare that the area was the worst polluted place in Thailand. They came to the Mae Sot airport to witness one of the answers to the problem - shooting lots of water droplets up into the air to bring the dust crashing down to earth. Firemen were also on the scene to blast lots of water into the smoke and dust particles. Following this the army from Region 9 took everyone up for an exciting helicopter ride to see the extent of slash and burn farming. It was deemed a great success, said Sanook. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-02-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNPBC0 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 This is not a good new article. What kind of pollution? PM2.5? If so, where are the data to show that Mai Sot has the worst PM2.5 pollution in Thailand and how does it compare with other hot-spots eg Khon Kaen, Saraburi, and Lampang? By what objective measure was it deemed 'a great success'? Who is Sanook? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Mae Sots air pollution is deep red for almost 3 weeks now. This is unusual as Mae Sot is surrounded by pristine jungles left right and centre. Sugar cane fields clearing is the most likely culprit. This gotta stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 5 hours ago, SoilSpoil said: Mae Sots air pollution is deep red for almost 3 weeks now. This is unusual as Mae Sot is surrounded by pristine jungles left right and centre. Sugar cane fields clearing is the most likely culprit. This gotta stop. Pretty sure that it's the big neighbor to their left that is causing the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 All the inhabitants of Mae Sot should blow to the sky till the pollution leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted February 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2018 11 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: to declare that the area was the worst polluted place in Thailand. obviously a highly scientific conclusion; this visit was just a boondoggle 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwinchester Posted February 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2018 Must be the same guy selling the water canon and propellers to the govt......both are useless for the purpose. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Is it a "gathering of bigwigs"? We could perhaps choose another. Herd, flock, murder, troop. (for eg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, DoctorG said: Is it a "gathering of bigwigs"? We could perhaps choose another. Herd, flock, murder, troop. (for eg) I think it's called an 'envelope' of bigwigs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamecn Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 This was air pollution! Could they also identify the worst groundwater pollution places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 4 hours ago, canuckamuck said: Pretty sure that it's the big neighbor to their left that is causing the problem The fire maps clearly show tens of fires in Tak and Lampang. So Mae Sot is probably sandwiched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 15 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: lots of water droplets ... bring the dust crashing down to earth. A pity it doesn't bring down to earth all of the idiots charged with (ir)responsibility for health and environment. They might just come up with a half-intelligent answer to the problem - like enforcing a complete ban on slash and burn with swingeing penalties imposed for any and all breaches of the ban. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 4 hours ago, edwinchester said: Must be the same guy selling the water canon and propellers to the govt......both are useless for the purpose. The water cannon and the propellers? Or the salesman and the government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfmuc Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 19 hours ago, SoilSpoil said: Mae Sots air pollution is deep red for almost 3 weeks now. This is unusual as Mae Sot is surrounded by pristine jungles left right and centre. Sugar cane fields clearing is the most likely culprit. This gotta stop. Sugar cane fields clearing-burning. This gotta stop. There is an improvement today, 'only' 91 for PM2.5. Don't know, but may be the wind has changed? Any idea if there might be an influence through Mae Mo lignite mine and the power plant near Lampang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thailand need to stop burning their fields and garbish Stop use coll in factories And start use green energy But it is to hard for them so Thais will just keep doing what they want and kill their country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) I always feel pleased for these freeloading government bigwigs poncing around investigating anything they care to nominate. At the end of the day all it amounts to is an all-expenses-paid joyride in a helicopter followed by an all-you-can eat prawn buffet lunch attended by lovely ladies. And then later back home to the missus with a stolen bagfull of prawns to try to salvage matrimonial harmony. I know about these things. Edited February 22, 2018 by Cadbury 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 In a country where the sunshine hours must be near the top of any country in the world.....why the hell don't they get stuck in with solar energy solutions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 13 hours ago, DoctorG said: Is it a "gathering of bigwigs"? We could perhaps choose another. Herd, flock, murder, troop. (for eg) haha ''gaggle''... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peperobi Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I come just back from Pai, the situation is really very bad, but I suggest those peoples, have a look here in Ban Makluea, Nakhon Sawan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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