Good morning, Chiang Mai !

[Tarteso]

Blah Blah blah

 

[daveAustin]

If these DH politicians up there were serious they would ban the smoking tuk-tuks and sawngthaews. Sad to see those horrible F things still polluting the place. 

[Thailand]

A good take on the whole situation from the perspective of AI.

[Tropicalevo]

17 minutes ago, Thailand said:

A good take on the whole situation from the perspective of AI.

Doesn't artificial mean 'not real'?

[Tarteso]

Easy step to help;

Embassy websites should advise against traveling to Thailand during smog season.

[Celsius]

[nikmar]

43 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

 

.....smells like inaction!!

[scorecard]

8 minutes ago, nikmar said:

 

 

.....smells like inaction!!

      ....smells like corruption!

[Thailand]

3 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Doesn't artificial mean 'not real'?

But it appears to certainly have more intelligence than the PTB!

[VocalNeal]

Where I live the sun is shining and I can still see the palm trees. 🤔

[Tarteso]

14 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Where I live the sun is shining and I can still see the palm trees. 🤔

This is what I do every year during these months, travel to the Eastern coast with family, rent a Bungalow for 3 months until the arsonists calm down.

[VocalNeal]

12 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

This is what I do every year during these months, travel to the Eastern coast with family, rent a Bungalow for 3 months until the arsonists calm down.

 

Fair enough, but I'm up North not fixated on air quality. 

[Derek B]

On 1/15/2024 at 9:25 AM, Celsius said:

.......smells like ignorance.

[MrJ2U]

On 1/15/2024 at 9:19 AM, Tarteso said:

Easy step to help;

Embassy websites should advise against traveling to Thailand during smog season.

It isn't just a Thailand problem.

 

It's all of South East Asia and beyond.  It's particularly bad in Chiang Mai because of its geography. 

[tandor]

19 hours ago, Derek B said:

.......smells like ignorance.

.....smells like defiance

[scorecard]

27 minutes ago, tandor said:

.....smells like defiance

....smells like corruption

[VocalNeal]

An anthem for those who live in Chiang Mai🤔

 

 

[john donson]

sharing the cancer with the nation...what about no subsidies for farmers that burn?

[cardinalblue]

Let them burn but charge them 2,000B a rai…behavior will change if one has an effective implementation vs the threat of a 2,000B fine for burning in general…it is not specific not enforced no consequences and no system in place 

 

the fine system currently is a joke and the farmers/burners know it is totally ineffective thus no deterrent 

Edited January 17 by cardinalblue

[arithai12]

On 1/15/2024 at 9:19 AM, Tarteso said:

Easy step to help;

Embassy websites should advise against traveling to Thailand during smog season.

All of Thailand? Yourself, you say you move to the eastern part, is it so bad also there? About your "easy step", in many cases, they should also warn their citizens not to live in their home countries as well, since PM2.5 values are often over the safe limit there too. Most foreign visitors are from Malaysia and China and Russia, not shining examples of clean air. Specifically in CM, we get also lots of Koreans and Singaporeans, again not exactly green.

 

But to start with, I don't quite understand the OP. The air in CM has been reasonably clean so far, certainly better than Bangkok, and the gov't actions that OP seems to mock are in preparation for the burning season in general, yet to come.

[still kicking]

You got it all wrong it is called " Good Morning Vietnam".

[mania]

Yes it started much earlier this year even much further north

[Tarteso]

7 hours ago, still kicking said:

You got it all wrong it is called " Good Morning Vietnam".

There is another one; And not resolved yet after 50 years..

It is estimated that some 800 thousand tons of bombs and mines are still buried after the war conflicts in Vietnam. 

Edited January 18 by Tarteso

[Tarteso]

11 hours ago, arithai12 said:

the gov't actions that OP seems to mock are in preparation for the burning season in general, yet to come.

Right 👍

[TheAppletons]

[Tarteso]

And the Good Morning today goes to … BKK.

 

[amexpat]

On 1/18/2024 at 11:01 AM, Tarteso said:

There is another one; And not resolved yet after 50 years..

It is estimated that some 800 thousand tons of bombs and mines are still buried after the war conflicts in Vietnam. 

Who estimates 800 thousand tons of bombs and mines?

[Tarteso]

5 hours ago, amexpat said:

Who estimates 800 thousand tons of bombs and mines?

Hard to read and even to understand ;

 

https://eml.berkeley.edu/~groland/pubs/vietnam-bombs_19oct05.pdf
 

https://vietnamembassy-usa.org/relations/us-veterans-help-land-mine-removal-vietnam#:~:text=During the war%2C U.S. forces,remain buried in the countryside.

Edited January 21 by Tarteso

[Chris Daley]

I live near a lot of huge factories.  Turn off the aircon in the morning and the front of it is black with soot.  Go to work and the smell is like rotten eggs.  And there is a huge condo that I can't even see sometimes. 

 

It's all the will of God.  Sometimes I just poor chemicals down the sewer to help God a bit.

[1FinickyOne]

20 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

I live near a lot of huge factories.  Turn off the aircon in the morning and the front of it is black with soot.  Go to work and the smell is like rotten eggs.  And there is a huge condo that I can't even see sometimes. 

 

It's all the will of God.  Sometimes I just poor chemicals down the sewer to help God a bit.

Were you forced to live there - - or your choice?