Pattaya: Mayor advises tourists to wear masks as haze hits resort

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Pattaya:  Mayor advises tourists to wear masks as haze hits resort

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Pattaya's mayor has mobilized his teams in the city as haze rivalling that being experienced in Bangkok has hit the Thai seaside resort.

 

Pictures on the 77kaoded site showed low visibility as the hazardous 50 microgram 2.5 PM level was exceeded. 

 

They said the problems in Pattaya were particularly bad in the mornings and evenings. But at least the sea breezes helped a little. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem ordered all his officials to be on full alert. 

 

He advised that anyone going out whether residents or tourists should wear masks for protection from the harmful particles in the air. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded said the haze problem was being experienced in many places including Bangkok, Sri Racha and Pattaya.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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[khwaibah]

Being sold on Soi 6.....????

 

[RichardColeman]

 

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem ordered all his officials to be on full alert. 

and do what exactly ? 

[tomazbodner]

Must be fun swimming in the rooftop pool with a respirator on...

[Cake Monster]

All the Holiday snaps should look really good.

Tanned bodies, and a face like a monkey 

[Leaver]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

 

 

and do what exactly ? 

Well, keep an eye out for the fire, of course.  ????

[Benmart]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

 

 

and do what exactly ? 

Alert to the fact they are being lead by inefficiency and incompetence.

[Redline]

Great for tourism 

 

[tifino]

popping a Mask on Walking Street 

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

They said the problems in Pattaya were particularly bad in the mornings and evenings. But at least the sea breezes helped a little.

Just blow it somewhere else.... not a solution just a slight reprieve.

[4MyEgo]

The more the media talks about this, the more hope something will be done by those at the top, meaning those brown envelopes might have to stop....lol, albeit the top brass will be blaming neighboring countries, although they have banged that one to death.

 

On a more serious note, my wife told me today that the school was making an announcement today and they were talking about PM2.5 telling kids to stay away from smoke, especially when it is in the air everywhere.

 

 

Edited January 21, 2020 by 4MyEgo

[GeorgeCross]

if i'm honest some of the locals could do with a mask on all year round 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 21, 2020 by GeorgeCross

[JustAnotherHun]

I watch this every morning since end of last week. Living right on the beach I even cannot see Kho Larn.

Today I urged my son to wear a mask at school but I'm afraid his friends will laugh at him.

[tifino]

30 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said:

I watch this every morning since end of last week. Living right on the beach I even cannot see Kho Larn.

Today I urged my son to wear a mask at school but I'm afraid his friends will laugh at him.

harder for them to laugh, once they've been put on a ventilator

[Golden Triangle]

Nice of the mayor to catch up, it's been like this for frigging weeks, levels in excess of 155 AQI, they will do as they always do, Sweet Fanny Adams.

[impulse]

3 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

if i'm honest some of the locals could do with a mask on all year round 

 

And a lot of the tourists are double baggers.

 

[Sydebolle]

Well, good news for the Tourism Authority of Thailand then. 

Visit Pattaya where you can experience nature with your family in real smog. 

Pathetic bull"*çt; stop the sugar cane field burning - problem solved. It means that the harvesting circles will be a little longer in the interest of people and animals 

 

[Tropposurfer]

21 hours ago, khwaibah said:

Being sold on Soi 6.....????

 

Can’t be an Englishman the teeth are in way too good a condition lol ???? 

[jacko45k]

47 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

Can’t be an Englishman the teeth are in way too good a condition lol ???? 

Looks like the average Australian to me.

[Leaver]

1 hour ago, Tropposurfer said:

Can’t be an Englishman the teeth are in way too good a condition lol ???? 

I thought it was Mick Jagger.  He's English, isn't he?  ????

[JustAnotherHun]

If the Chinese don't kill us with their stinking tourbuses they bring in the virus. Happy chinese new year.

[KenKadz]

So what is the Source, burning sugar cane or vehicle emissions?

[Leaver]

7 hours ago, KenKadz said:

So what is the Source, burning sugar cane or vehicle emissions?

The Australian bush fires.  ????

[metempsychotic]

Pats just keeps getting better.

[mok199]

No mention of any measure Pattaya is taking to help us breath better ,like replacing old worn out tour buses with newer models and limiting their use in city centers ,or RETIREING old diesel bhat buses , mini tour vans and pick up trucks, to the scrap yard...

[overherebc]

On 1/22/2020 at 9:33 AM, jacko45k said:

Looks like the average Australian to me.

Wait till you see the men!!!!

Edited January 24, 2020 by overherebc