Doi Suthep disappears in haze pollution

By THE NATION

 

 

There was nowhere to breathe in Chiang Mai province on Friday morning (March 13), with the level of PM2.5 dust in the air reaching a lung-scraping 519 micrograms per cubic metre.

 

The safe limit in Thailand is 50mcg, which is already twice the level observed by the World Health Organisation.

 

Friday’s record high came at 10.30am on the province’s Air Quality Health Index. 

 

Most of the province was painted purple or red on the index, indicating the “highest” and “high” levels of risk to health. 

 

The haze obliterated views of Doi Suthep, the sacred mountain overlooking the capital. 

 

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite satellite system spotted 683 fire hotspots across the province during the morning, mainly in forested areas.

 

The AirVisual digital application ready the morning pollution level in Chiang Mai at 291mcg, good enough to maintain its ranking as the world’s most gagged city.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384017

 

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8 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The safe limit in Thailand is 50mcg

They need to stop propagating information that there is a safe limit .. The only safe limit is zero particulate pollution ..

 

10 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The haze obliterated views of Doi Suthep, the sacred mountain overlooking the capital. 

The only thing missing now from the spectre on the horizon is choking smoke pollution .. Are they not happy with just disease , drought and plague induced financial meltdown .. 

Congratulations, that must ensure that Chiang Mai retains the worst air in the world mantle for at least a few more weeks as it can only get worse with 2 months or more before the rains come.

 

Can't see how any virus can live in these conditions, worth the TAT promoting that perhaps?

today.

The air unfit to breathe there will be heaps with respiratory illness, and that's before the Conovirus fully hits in. I don't fancy their chances in the north.

'Chiang Mai, the Rose of the North'... who made that one up? Someone with a very dark cynical sense of humour!!

Haven't seen it since January.

It’s getting scary to live here TIT

The air has been bad the last few days in San Kamphaeng...

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

There was nowhere to breathe in Chiang Mai province on Friday morning (March 13), with the level of PM2.5 dust in the air reaching a lung-scraping 519 micrograms per cubic metre.

This is very dirty and harms the health of the people more than any virus in the world, Mr. Anutin!
It is totally Thai!

13 hours ago, Thailand said:

Congratulations, that must ensure that Chiang Mai retains the worst air in the world mantle for at least a few more weeks as it can only get worse with 2 months or more before the rains come.

 

Can't see how any virus can live in these conditions, worth the TAT promoting that perhaps?

Sponsored by the Governor of CM who bleats he has no power to change things.

19 minutes ago, 30la said:

It is totally Thai!

It looks a regional issue to me.

21 minutes ago, 30la said:

This is very dirty and harms the health of the people more than any virus in the world, Mr. Anutin!
It is totally Thai!

It's only totally Thai if you don't believe the Nasa Firemaps, if you don't believe in wind currents and your agenda is to bash anything Thai.

 

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#z:3;c:116.6,10.5;d:2020-03-13..2020-03-14

 

https://www.windy.com/?18.791,98.978,5

 

 

7 minutes ago, saengd said:

It's only totally Thai if you don't believe the Nasa Firemaps, if you don't believe in wind currents and your agenda is to bash anything Thai.

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#z:3;c:116.6,10.5;d:2020-03-13..2020-03-14

https://www.windy.com/?18.791,98.978,5

Well how about this; Thailand's military commanders show some leadership and stop the slash and burn activity.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

There was nowhere to breathe in Chiang Mai province on Friday morning (March 13), with the level of PM2.5 dust in the air reaching a lung-scraping 519 micrograms per cubic metre.

Should try the governors office... he seems to be above the haze!!!

35 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

Well how about this; Thailand's military commanders show some leadership and stop the slash and burn activity.

Yes I agree, but that still doesn't make the problem exclusively Thai.

14 minutes ago, saengd said:

Yes I agree, but that still doesn't make the problem exclusively Thai.

The Thais should have the means to lead the way in solving the problem, instead it is a polluted sludge of inaction.

Blaming it on the "lesser developed" neighbours is shameful.

11 minutes ago, cmsally said:

The Thais should have the means to lead the way in solving the problem, instead it is a polluted sludge of inaction.

Blaming it on the "lesser developed" neighbours is shameful.

Yes they should lead the way and yes it would be shameful but the article in the OP doesn't do that. 

 

You will remember ten years ago in discussions on this subject that the concept of blown in pollution from neighboring countries was something that almost nobody accepted. Now that it is understood and accepted its more likely that a holistic solution to the problem will be developed. Personally I can imagine a scenario where Thailand throws lots of resource and money at solving the problem locally, only for the pollution to persist because of blown in pollution. That would result in one huge step backwards which is why I think a wider approach must be adopted, anything else risks being just tickling around the edges.

And soon will DISAPPEAR its citizens and tourists from the city.

I think TAT should organize a marathon there to combat the tarnished image!

Not only Doi Suthep-Chiang Mai but almost the entire northern region is in a thick haze.  In Chiang Rai, Mae Sai is blanketed by smoke from burning fields set alight by the local farmers and hill tribes in the surrounding mountains. Last year the PM wasted taxpayers money by visiting Chiang Mai purportedly to address the burning issue. Did anything good come out of it?

Nothing will happen on a regional basis  because it is not whole countries enveloped in smog.  Bangkok/S Thailand/large parts of Laos including Vientiane/S Myanmar are all largely unaffected. So they don't give a ------ what happens to large parts of their countries which are traditionally agricultural and poorer. This is why a regional solution relying on national governments will not work.

These monopolistic governments (as well as the Chinese govt) couldn't care a less if these areas become the trash dumps of Asia.

3 hours ago, saengd said:

Yes they should lead the way and yes it would be shameful but the article in the OP doesn't do that. 

 

You will remember ten years ago in discussions on this subject that the concept of blown in pollution from neighboring countries was something that almost nobody accepted. Now that it is understood and accepted its more likely that a holistic solution to the problem will be developed. Personally I can imagine a scenario where Thailand throws lots of resource and money at solving the problem locally, only for the pollution to persist because of blown in pollution. That would result in one huge step backwards which is why I think a wider approach must be adopted, anything else risks being just tickling around the edges.

 

So let's all be Thai and blame everyone else and do nothing.

 

Fail.

2 minutes ago, DLock said:

 

So let's all be Thai and blame everyone else and do nothing.

 

Fail.

Which part of, "Yes, they should lead the way" did you not understand!

2 minutes ago, saengd said:

Which part of, "Yes, they should lead the way" did you not understand!

 

The bit where Thais say "Yes, they should lead the way"...and do absolutely nothing.

 

That bit.

8 minutes ago, DLock said:

 

The bit where Thais say "Yes, they should lead the way"...and do absolutely nothing.

 

That bit.

That's fine, as long as we're clear that's what you think the Thais are doing rather than what I am advocating.