1 hour ago, Celsius said:

 

New York 35

17th April What is the air quality in NYC this week?

Poor
The air has reached a high level of pollution and is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

1 hour ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Come to Australia. AQI is 4. 

Was in Oz and NZ for more than five months. I felt like born-again after a long time in Bangkok. 

9 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

17th April What is the air quality in NYC this week?

Poor
The air has reached a high level of pollution and is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Considering this, most people in Thailand's N and NE should be suffocated by now... ????

1 hour ago, Bazerino said:

I'm in krabi, I don't have any windows & its fine here too........

Well, that seems to be a lie

 

https://www.iqair.com/th/thailand/krabi

 

Here ya go, it's gone up because the wife's baking.

 

17 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Considering this, most people in Thailand's N and NE should be suffocated by now... ????

Nowt anyone can do and I've been to hospital for nebulizer twice in 1 month this year, never had to do that before. 

Just now, nigelforbes said:

Here ya go, it's gone up because the wife's baking.

 

When my wife starts cooking it hits 150-300 lol.

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Still better than farangland

Reading Berkshire...17.

 

London...18.

2 hours ago, xylophone said:

Mmmm, that is terrible and a bit of a worry for me because my Thai daughter and ex-GF are attending a traditional Thai funeral in Bang Rakam today.

Ah yes, the sweet smell of crematorium smoke in the morning.

I lived only a few blocks from a Wat in Chaam and always wonders where the smoke came from.

That is until I went to a funeral there for a neighbor. It was kind of a shock to realize I'd been huffing dead bodies for a year. 

????????

21 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Here ya go, it's gone up because the wife's baking.

 

have you ever tried moving the purifier round the house\condo to see if it applies everywhere or just where it sits?

11 minutes ago, Scott Tracy said:

Reading Berkshire...17.

 

London...18.

even with poor air it's better to live in Thailand than farangland

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

have you ever tried moving the purifier round the house\condo to see if it applies everywhere or just where it sits?

We operate two units that more than cover the entire house, both readings are very similar. We also run the air con on dehumidify mode and use filtrette on the air intake, that helps a lot when things get bad outside. We're seriously considering an IQAir machine this year, after the current season passes. At 49K it's expensive but it can't be beaten for the air quality output and the build quality also.

2 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

We operate two units that more than cover the entire house, both readings are very similar. We also run the air con on dehumidify mode and use filtrette on the air intake, that helps a lot when things get bad outside. We're seriously considering an IQAir machine this year, after the current season passes. At 49K it's expensive but it can't be beaten for the air quality output and the build quality also.

The point is those units only show you the reading where the unit is

2 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

Actually I didn't plan it in advance. There is no reason for us to go as we have a very comfortable life here especially with my wife's job that she will never get in her new country.

 

I just think health is more important than money. But that's just me.

 

Anyway, why don't you give the reading from your neck of the woods?

hope it goes well for you.

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

The point is those units only show you the reading where the unit is

Well yes, of course, but all units operate on the same principle that if sized correctly, they will change all the air in the room, once every 15 minutes, that's why we have two machines. So unless you have a particularly leaky house or you leave windows and doors open during poor outside conditions, the readings throughout the house will typically be the same, as long as you've done the sizings correctly. The one in our living room is currently showing 16, the one in the bedroom 17, the two machines together cover 160% of the air capacity of the house.

Let's all get a grip and relax.  Phuket's governor says the bad air is perfectly natural and safe to breathe and he urges everyone to go out, enjoy it, and breathe deep.  Ahhh.

You could move to Phuket, Its official - The Governor there says the fog and smog are normal natural phenomena

5 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

You could move to Phuket, Its official - The Governor there says the fog and smog are normal natural phenomena

Not to mention swimming with turds and jelly fish. ????

5 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

Actually I didn't plan it in advance. There is no reason for us to go as we have a very comfortable life here especially with my wife's job that she will never get in her new country.

 

I just think health is more important than money. But that's just me.

 

Anyway, why don't you give the reading from your neck of the woods?

my neck of the woods today is 181, a considerable improvement on the past 3 weeks which have in the high 200' to mid 300's.

11 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

my neck of the woods today is 181, a considerable improvement on the past 3 weeks which have in the high 200' to mid 300's.

 

Can only be Chiang Mai

5 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Sawankhalok Sukhothai AQI. 65.

April 17 5:30 p.m. -- Sukhothai AQI 159.

3 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Considering this, most people in Thailand's N and NE should be suffocated by now... ????

This is the AQ in Sakon Nakhon just now and actually this is what I regard somewhat high for this area. So no we are not suffocating up here in the NE at all.

 

Reported "flame" post removed.

 

Keep it civil please.

No problem in our area 27.2*µg/m³ Songkhla 

1 hour ago, LarryLEB said:

April 17 5:30 p.m. -- Sukhothai AQI 159.

Some 40 kilos away go figure. 

6 hours ago, blackcab said:

Moved to the Air Pollution forum.

 

There is a subforum about pollution in Thailand?

 

Nuff said, really.

 

 

Just now, Celsius said:

 

There is a subforum about pollution in Thailand?

 

Nuff said, really.

 

 

Adios, amigo, it might be a bit warmer when you move to Blighty.....

OP, we are doing the sam after 15 years living here.  

 

The pollution this year was so bad in CM.  

 

But we are going to live in farangland half the year and Thailand the other half.  Plan to do this a few years before we make the final decision of where to settle permanently.  

 

 

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

This is the AQ in Sakon Nakhon just now and actually this is what I regard somewhat high for this area. So no we are not suffocating up here in the NE at all.

 

Okay, then. Enjoy your clean air.

7 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Sawankhalok Sukhothai AQI. 65.

Good or bad?