Woke up this morning and was alerted that today's air quality in Bangkok is over 150 on the US AQI. Time to stay indoors again or use a N95 mask when going outside.

Depends where you are.  In central Bangkok it's still "moderate" (95 US AQI) as it has been for weeks.

_{Thanks for the reminder.  Need to stock up on masks again...}

You can use Grab and other companies to have meals brought to your place.

 

By hey, this is the world's premier tourist destination...soak in all wonder that you can...????

Edited November 3, 20196 yr by Puchaiyank

Its OK, I spent a ton of money this week and have some traveling this month, so Ill just stay home and eat chipcrisps

Come to sunny north east Issan. Right now our nearest AQI monitoring station says we're in the green at 42.

 

Time for a nice country walk.

 

Have a nice day all.

30 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Depends where you are.  In central Bangkok it's still "moderate" (95 US AQI) as it has been for weeks.

Checked it again, yeah it seems to have gone down to 95 now. A few hours ago it was over 150.

5 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Come to sunny north east Issan. Right now our nearest AQI monitoring station says we're in the green at 42.

 

Time for a nice country walk.

 

Have a nice day all.

Wait, hold up, any good food in your area?

4 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Wait, hold up, any good food in your area?

 

Dogs remain quite popular I was told.

My meter is showing 2.5 readings ...

Indoors .... under 40

At my gate ...mid 40's

Except when pickup drives past...high 50's

 

I live in a village off Prachachuen Rd not far from its junction with ChaengWattana....

 

Have to assume that my meter is correct...it does go down to nearly 0 after a while when I used an air purifier in the bedroom

 

 

Edited November 3, 20196 yr by JAS21

27 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Wait, hold up, any good food in your area?

Oh we have plenty of that too. And most of it grows right around us.

 

But I don't know were you get the idea that they eat dogs though @Jip99. Maybe it's so in the Vietnamese communities as I believe they have a taste for canine dishes. But not in my neck of the woods.

 

Edited November 3, 20196 yr by Moonlover

3 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Oh we have plenty of that too. And most of it grows right around us.

Ddue I want it cooked!

6 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

9 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Oh we have plenty of that too. And most of it grows right around us.

 

6 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Ddue I want it cooked!

Wife is a very good cook. Stop trying to wind me up. It's a nice day and it ain't gonna work.

 

Have a good one yourself. ????

 

4 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

 

Wife is a very good cook. Stop trying to wind me up. It's a nice day and it ain't gonna work.

 

Have a good one yourself. ????

 

Im going to a hotel buffet for brunch then. Then maybe a manly pit stop.  Then go home to take a nap with a disgustingly swollen belly. Thailand sucks doesnt it?

22 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Oh we have plenty of that too. And most of it grows right around us.

 

But I don't know were you get the idea that they eat dogs though @Jip99. Maybe it's so in the Vietnamese communities as I believe they have a taste for canine dishes. But not in my neck of the woods.

 

 

Regrettably?, from early experiences of Pattaya bar/massage workers. Whenever Sakhon Nakhon was mentioned as a home town the subject of “kin ma” also cropped up.

 

I imagine it is probably more of a rural village thing and I know it happens in my own province of Buriram.

14 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

 

Regrettably?, from early experiences of Pattaya bar/massage workers. Whenever Sakhon Nakhon was mentioned as a home town the subject of “kin ma” also cropped up.

 

I imagine it is probably more of a rural village thing and I know it happens in my own province of Buriram.

Well, you've hit on the right area as there is quite a large Vietnamese presence in Sakon Nakhon province. The northern shore of Nong Han Lake is almost entirely Vietnamese. But I've never heard of 'kin ma' in my area to the east of Sakon Nakhon.

 

Must mention the lovely clear air here again before someone shouts 'off topic'. ????

 

6 hours ago, JAS21 said:

My meter is showing 2.5 readings ...

Indoors .... under 40

At my gate ...mid 40's

Except when pickup drives past...high 50's

 

I live in a village off Prachachuen Rd not far from its junction with ChaengWattana....

 

Have to assume that my meter is correct...it does go down to nearly 0 after a while when I used an air purifier in the bedroom

 

 

Even though I have very recently passed rather a lot of gas I now note that the 2.5 reading has dropped to 15 and it is showing AQI the same...

Ok...

Personally, I use the NBTI (nose blow tissue index) to figure local pollution levels. Has been rather brown of late.

Do air cons filter out the pollution? Is the air quality much better indoors? Why, if not due to the air cons?

Are you trying to tell us something we don’t know. Add up all the vehicles. Look at the smoke coming out the back of many vehicles. I would never live there.

On 11/3/2019 at 9:18 AM, Moonlover said:

But I don't know were you get the idea that they eat dogs though @Jip99. Maybe it's so in the Vietnamese communities as I believe they have a taste for canine dishes. But not in my neck of the woods.

 

Last year or so the government culled many soidogs who were rabies infested.

Next day some locals had dug them up and ate them on the bbq....

 

It was written here on the forum...

 

 

9 minutes ago, Thian said:

Last year or so the government culled many soidogs who were rabies infested.

Next day some locals had dug them up and ate them on the bbq....

 

It was written here on the forum...

 

 

Hearsay on both counts. Especially when it's written 'here on the forum'.

55 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Hearsay on both counts. Especially when it's written 'here on the forum'.

Alright, so you don't believe the news on this forum? Then what are you doing here mate? Get tired of guys like you.

 

 

1 hour ago, Thian said:

Alright, so you don't believe the news on this forum? Then what are you doing here mate? Get tired of guys like you.

 

 

OK fair cop. I hadn't seen or heard of that article. But you did say it was 'written here', not that it was a news article.

 

Was is notable is that there is a sizable Vietnamese community in that area as we were discussing earlier. They are, of course 'naturalized Thai citizens now, so they would qualify as 'Thai youths'.

 

The Vietnamese are well known for being dog eaters.

 

Sorry for doubting you.

Edited November 4, 20196 yr by Moonlover

Getting back to BKK air quality... this is raining on my parade. Cancelled a vacay because still having breathing issues after spending Jan 2019 in BKK. Image of sucking on my Asahi through one of those <deleted> masks...

BKK air is very bad again today......????

1 hour ago, Youlike said:

BKK air is very bad again today......????

Yep, about 150 on the US AQI scale today. Thai people don't seem concerned though the past few days or ever since many months ago when the news were talking about it. Only the usual few wearing surgical masks which do nothing. Thai people don't care anymore or the news haven't been covering the pollution levels these days?

Edited November 5, 20196 yr by bbi1

4 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

Yep, about 150 on the US AQI scale today. Thai people don't seem concerned though the past few days or ever since many months ago when the news were talking about it. Only the usual few wearing surgical masks which do nothing. Thai people don't care anymore or the news haven't been covering the pollution levels these days?

Unfortunately there is not much we can do about it.  Try getting a 4 year old to always wear his mask!  I would move if I could, but my job is here.  At least it's not as bad as Delhi, yet.

Just now, brewsterbudgen said:

Unfortunately there is not much we can do about it.  Try getting a 4 year old to always wear his mask!  I would move if I could, but my job is here.  At least it's not as bad as Delhi, yet.

I've seen very young Thai kids wear masks with their parents (even though they were the useless surgical masks). Teach them young and you should succeed.