Chiang Mai Air Quality and Pollution

[Yom]

Hang Dong at 5 PM again in the ThaiTopTen.

But the whole north is poisened.

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[Ventenio]

studies show humans are very, very bad at figuring out long-term risks.   Because we aren't sick now, we won't think about dying 20-years early or having health problems in 5-years for the next 20-years..... we are just not that smart.   

[Yom]

54 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

we are just not that smart. 

I'm afraid you're so right, Mr Ventenio. - Here some

advice from  https://www.iqair.com/thailand/chiang-mai

and their friendly recommendations:

 

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[Yom]

Feb 18,  2021   -   numbers 8:00

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[canthai55]

21 hours ago, Ventenio said:

studies show humans are very, very bad at figuring out long-term risks.

Or - people who live their lives could care less what will happen to me in 20 years.

It has been my experience that 99% of things people worry about never happen.

Get lung cancer ? - you may get hit by a bus !

The ongoing Covid garbage proves this

[BritManToo]

7 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Or - people who live their lives could care less what will happen to me in 20 years.

It has been my experience that 99% of things people worry about never happen.

You're absolutely right, I don't really care about what happens to me next week.

I just hope it's quick, rather than lingering.

 

Air quality hasn't been too bad this year, still breathable at the moment.

last year it was awful from the end of December to April.

 

Edited February 18, 2021 by BritManToo

[Yom]

24 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I don't really care about what happens to me next week.

OK. You don't care. It's your choice.

But there are other (innocent, unknowing, stupid, poor, ...) people, the young and the old,

living 4 to 6 months each year in this unhealthy air.

Not only some years, but usually their whole life...

 

Nothing is done about it in SE-Asia, Myanmar(?), Bangladesh, India, Pakistan.

Only China seems to improve. Really. - And not only today.

The Wind Blew It Away.

 

http://berkeleyearth.org/air-pollution-overview/

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[canthai55]

You and many other posters bombard this - and other - forums with this AQI stuff

May I ask - what are you doing to change it ?

If nothing, then you are guilty of spreading fear to those same innocent, unknowing, stupid and poor people you quote above

How long do you want to live ? MIL died last summer - 86 years old.

Spent her whole life in Doi Saket area

Oh - a one-off ...

I can think of another off

PS - no use trying to hide behind the long hair, face mask and cowboy hat

We know it's you Greta 555

 

Edited February 18, 2021 by canthai55

[Yom]

1 hour ago, canthai55 said:

May I ask - what are you doing to change it ?

 

Hi canthai, thanks for this question.

It is my private environment, I'm trying to change as a (friendly) model.

And there is for example thaivisa-com, who has some members who aren't afraid

but thankful to get timely information about the air pollution.

And  - may be - one day  there will be more awareness and activity to this

in the Thai population too.

Thai people are not so stupid...

 

1 hour ago, canthai55 said:

You and many other posters bombard this - and other - forums with this AQI stuff

Quite easy, don't click on ' this AQI stuff'.

 

1 hour ago, canthai55 said:

We know it's you Greta 555

Would be great for our region to have such support.

Rihanna and Beyonce and Greta555 warmly welcomed.

At least from Yom?

 

I don't think this must go on and on and ...

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[Scott]

Please stay on topic and keep it civil.  

 

[Yom]

Feb 19,  2021   -   12:00

Good read  https://www.iqair.com/thailand/chiang-mai  

According to the data shown on the IQAir website

taken from official PM2.5 readings, the quality of the air

in Chiang Mai seems to be getting worse instead of better...

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[canthai55]

16 hours ago, Yom said:

Greta555                            

Not Greta555 - Greta Ha Ha Ha

Five in the Thai language is pronounced Ha - so ... 555 means Ha Ha Ha

Denotes a joke

[Yom]

Feb 20,  2021   -   numbers 17:00  

This is not smoke from Greta555, it's the

particulate matter table, the Top Ten of

Thailand. - ChiangMai people should be glad.

Please, don't mention Mae Moh near Lampang. 

It's only a coincidence.-You want to know more about

Mae Moh?  It's a lignite fired power plant, and I think,

they're not cleaning their filters since 20something.

(same with Mae Sot/Tak)

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[Yom]

One question: From where does all this particulate matter stem from?

I like to suspect India, China, Bangladesh, then slash and burn, the Thai farmers,

the power plants Mae Moh and Mae Sot, the gas and diesel exhausts, the abrasion

of the brake and clutch linings, - oh, the fires in Cambodia and in Laos and the aircrafts, too.

All, everthing is bad. Stop.

I'm sure I forgot something.

 

What about this virgin state of Myanmar?

One reading thanks to the US Embassy Rangoon, Yangon, ရန်ကုန် or what?

Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia,^[4] 

and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact.  Thanks, Wiki!

And only one measuring point?  -  OK.

https://aqicn.org/city/maynmar/rangoon/us-embassy/

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[canthai55]

206 - Pfffttt

Here is a 430 ...

91% Of the world’s population live in places where air quality exceeds WHO guideline limits.

https://www.iqair.com/us/world-air-quality

So give CNX a break - not even close to the many bad spots on the globe.

Wonder is they have a RussianVisa.com or an IndianVisa.com ?

[vivid]

Looks like it is really starting for thailand.......spikes into the 400s and 500s in some areas

 

 

 

 

http://www.weather.gov.sg/warning-haze-information/

Edited February 23, 2021 by vivid

[don43451]

On 11/12/2019 at 9:20 PM, villagefarang said:

One of my greatest worries, is living too long.

That's my worry also.  The way I have it figured, I will have to work until noon on the day I die to make ends meet.

[canopy]

On 2/23/2021 at 9:14 AM, don43451 said:

That's my worry also.  The way I have it figured, I will have to work until noon on the day I die to make ends meet.

Pollution takes away the good years of your life grinding you down earlier and you die earlier, not lops off a few bad years  at the end. What you contemplate on the day you die might be why you let people steal those precious good years from you and you did nothing.

 

[canthai55]

91% of the world lives where the air is below WHO guidlines.

Where should all those people ?

 

[Yom]

14 hours ago, canopy said:

why you let people steal those precious good years from you and you did nothing.

 Well said. And so simple.

 

 

[songhklasid]

So, which is the worst month or period in cnx for smoke , I’m thinking February , might make that the time to head south , explore the beaches & islands .

cheers songhklasid .

[Yom]

58 minutes ago, songhklasid said:

worst month or period in cnx for smoke

 

You might be wrong. This was 2020.

 

1 hour ago, songhklasid said:

beaches & islands

Good idea? - Good idea.

    

Enjoy yourself.

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[Fromas]

 

Round and round we go, back to where we were.

 

 

[onebir]

2 hours ago, Fromas said:

 

Round and round we go, back to where we were.

Round and round the burning bush...

[Yom]

May be, tomorrow will be better...

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[canthai55]

Keep on Floggin' that Dead Horse ...

[Tarteso]

21 minutes ago, Yom said:

 

May be, tomorrow will be better...

 

Better hell ????

Edited March 3, 2021 by Tarteso

[RamenRaven]

Compared to many other Asian cities, not that bad. Chiang Mai AQI is usually in the 150-200 range during the burning season. It's 200-250 when it gets really bad.

 

Try Delhi and Ulaanbataar, where hazardous AQI levels are extremely common, often 300-500+ for days on end.

[RamenRaven]

Just don a N95 mask, turn on air purifiers, and do what you can to isolate yourself from the dusty air for 2 months.

 

Enjoying life as always!

[JimmyJ]

2 hours ago, RamenRaven said:

Compared to many other Asian cities, not that bad. 

So what?

 

Safe level of PM 2.5 is 0.

Edited March 5, 2021 by JimmyJ