3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

There's actually a town in the north called Hot.

In Chiang Mai province on road 108

 

 

 

9 hours ago, Nong Khai Man said:

Yeah, Same Same up in Nong Khai......It's been Great Up till now !!

Yep, last two days really changed, back to perspiring again! ???? 

19 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Hot, maybe but very polluted surely.
We no longer see the sky in my province, Sakon Nakhon;
everything is white and the whole village is coughing so much pollution is enormous.

Maybe is time you should have your vision checked because others who live in your region see the blue sky.????

20 hours ago, webfact said:

How do the weather boffins know this?

 

It is because the wind has changed direction.

Pure genius!

NSW, Sydney is not cold either, they just announced 9 new cases of the virus, be interesting to see experts claim no new cases on this land because of the weather 

Seemed to me Bangkok had only one relatively "cool" spell in Dec.-Jan, that came around mid-Dec. I had a plan to go to Italy in April to avoid the heat, but god knows how that all will turn out.

On 3/2/2020 at 10:42 AM, Assurancetourix said:

Hot, maybe but very polluted surely.
We no longer see the sky in my province, Sakon Nakhon;
everything is white and the whole village is coughing so much pollution is enormous.

 

There is a very simple solution to this problem. If the authorities were interested in solutions. The burning has to stop. There are alternatives, to this 19th century technique of burning after the sugar cane harvest. Either the government starts to encourage farmers to switch to more environmentally friendly crops, or they start to penalize farmers for burning. This heinous burning, is leading to a tremendous degree of environmental degradation, and alot of lung disease. So here is what I propose-

 

1. Fine the farmers 5,000 baht for a first offense, and give them a stern warning, that burning is now prohibited, and the second fine will be very harsh.

2. For a second offense, fine the farmer 100,000 baht, and warn them that if the burning continues, their land will be confiscated.

3. On the 3rd offense, confiscate their land. Period. No questions. No legal proceeding or appeals on the part of the farmers. Allow others to come in and purchase the land at a fair price, with the caveat that sugar is prohibited as a crop to be grown on that land. 

 

The news would travel faster than the toxic smoke, and farmers would change their ways overnight, and move into the 21st century. 

 

Then they can move on to tackle the sale of diesel vehicles, and the government's enthusiastic support of such. It is inane in this day and age. Most nations are moving away from diesel for good reasons. When they are not well maintained, they foul the air, with large, nasty particles. And who properly maintains their vehicle here? 

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There is a very simple solution to this problem.

You dream there, buddy;
the police will never set foot in the countryside or they will have to go there in numbers;
when a peasant sets fire to his sugar cane, he is not alone;
the discussion is likely to fester and end with an ax

11 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There is a very simple solution to this problem. If the authorities were interested in solutions. The burning has to stop. There are alternatives, to this 19th century technique of burning after the sugar cane harvest. Either the government starts to encourage farmers to switch to more environmentally friendly crops, or they start to penalize farmers for burning. This heinous burning, is leading to a tremendous degree of environmental degradation, and alot of lung disease. So here is what I propose-

If only it were that simple, the "authorities" have been paying people to switch crops to sugar cane, their friends built more mills to extract ethanol from the cane so it can be used for fuel (environmentally friendly )

Burning cane is a problem anywhere it is grown, sure they knew this when it was decided to give out bonuses to grow, endemic corruption.............................