And it is only Dec. 1.  I know this topic has been beaten to death but nothing happens.. Tourists have to be ignorant of this polluted air to come here at all.  Between the changes in the tax situation and the never ending air pollution that seems to get worse each year, I am fed up.

Has nothing to do with the burning and it is currently only 50-60 average, which is almost the same anywhere in Thailand.

19 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Has nothing to do with the burning and it is currently only 50-60 average, which is almost the same anywhere in Thailand.

Last night is was 114 at Meechok Plaza.  And 100 at 7 am this morning.

If you get a little outside the city you'll see everyone burning leaves, fields and everything else. It's a clown shown with authorities, no one cares. The government just banned lanterns over Loi Krathong this year, punishable by large fines and jail time yet I saw about 1000 of them flying over my house last week. Clown show. What else can be said?

12 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Has nothing to do with the burning

Get out of the city and look at what people are doing. Burning everywhere. Even get up on a hill and look into the outer regions of the city. Notice all the smoke billowing up from various locations? it adds up eventually.

The air quality levels in the CM region aren't so bad right now... just at the lower end of the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups range" colored orange (100+ AQI) ...but were a lot worse and in the red / unhealthy range (150+ AQI) last night and earlier today.

 

 

 

https://aqicn.org/station/thailand-chiang-mai-อาคารกิจกรรมนักศึกษา-อมช.-มช.-ต.สุเทพ-อ.เมือง-จ.เชียงใหม่/#/z/13

 

Just wait till the seasonal burning gets going in full swing....

 

 

 

56 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

And it is only Dec. 1.  I know this topic has been beaten to death but nothing happens.. Tourists have to be ignorant of this polluted air to come here at all.  Between the changes in the tax situation and the never ending air pollution that seems to get worse each year, I am fed up.

Yet more scaremongering!

 

47 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Has nothing to do with the burning and it is currently only 50-60 average, which is almost the same anywhere in Thailand.

Could see smoke rising  from 3 locations in Nam Phrae this morning, not bad for the 1st December

18 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Could see smoke rising  from 3 locations in Nam Phrae this morning, not bad for the 1st December

Probably the pot smokers have their daily fix!

1 hour ago, scottiejohn said:

Probably the pot smokers have their daily fix!

More likely people burning anything and everything that is probably slowly killing more people than any virus ever did.

CM trying hard to bring a swift end to high season, just as tourism was putting some money in people's pockets. Peak CM/Thailand if you ask me. 

3 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Clown show. What else can be said?

 

Always has been and always will be.

15 hours ago, koolkarl said:

And it is only Dec. 1.  I know this topic has been beaten to death but nothing happens.. Tourists have to be ignorant of this polluted air to come here at all.  Between the changes in the tax situation and the never ending air pollution that seems to get worse each year, I am fed up.

Well, yesterday morning 123 pm.

Around our house burning rice fields.

If this is going to continue we will fly out very early this season. 😳

“The same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?”       “The same procedure as every year, James.”

 

It's bad everywhere.  Just of the negatives about living in Thailand.  Like traffic accidents, it's not to going to improve any time soon.

Hmm......wife and I were planning a trip up to CM/CR around mid-December.  What's it like around Chiang Rai?  Just as bad?

16 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Yet more scaremongering!

 

Better than stupidmongering

7 minutes ago, HauptmannUK said:

Hmm......wife and I were planning a trip up to CM/CR around mid-December.  What's it like around Chiang Rai?  Just as bad?

 

highly likely to be worse than it is now...

 

 

There is a specific forum that discusses the Air Quality etc of Chiang Mai and other areas of Thailand, its a sub-forum of the Green Forum, "Pollution in Thailand"

 

https://aseannow.com/forum/424-air-pollution-in-thailand/

 

 

It was 134 in Pattaya 3 days ago 

19 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Yet more scaremongering!

 

Last year was like Armageddon ffs 

19 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Probably the pot smokers have their daily fix!

So you enjoy alcohol I  see 

Invite Greta there. 

33 minutes ago, Antiparovian said:

Invite Greta there. 

No thanks!

It would just mean more hot air and verbal pollution from a spoiled brat!