Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

[gotlost]

It is only November 7 and there is a very noticeable smoke screen hanging over the Chiang Mai area form Mai Rim out o Doi Saket down to

San Pa Tong. Looks as if this may be a long and bad season.

[CMX]

I have no base of reference except for last year. However, two nights ago the burning smell was powerful just S. of Maejo, and I was surprised to experience the burning odor before February. Visibilities poor, certainly, for a few days now.

Personally, I think that farmers who do this (here in Thailand) should be lined up against a wall by the army or federal police and shod.

Then paid not to burn with free use of tractor in order to plow under the combustibles.

[CobraSnakeNecktie]

it's pretty normal to see a week or so of crap air around the change of seasons. Usually it's a bit earlier. Everything seems late this year. In the past and according to PCD data the short bad air periods tended to be in late sept and oct.

I think its just air stagnation as the seasons change.

I am just hoping the hot season starts late also so we are not short changed with a abbreviated cool and dry period.

[Thailand]

They started burning end of November last year through December.

Getting in extra rice harvests now the price is high?

I simply use my pool filter test and smell to detect the ash but none as yet.If I can smell it usually means the filter is going to go from gray to black!

[lingnoi1977]

Wifey says they are burning to keep warm, not necessarily burning vegetation. I have noticed quite a few spot fires in San Khampaeng/Mae On areas the last week or so.

[jaideeguy]

I noticed same and really hope that it is not a sign that we will have an extreme 'smokey season'.

It can't be from burning rice fields, as most riceis still young and maybe a month away from hharvest.

[cloudhopper]

I noticed same and really hope that it is not a sign that we will have an extreme 'smokey season'.

It can't be from burning rice fields, as most riceis still young and maybe a month away from hharvest.

They have harvested some however and most of the burning I see flying around does appear to be agricultural.

The extreme smoke won't come until they set the forest on fire come Feb.

[hml367]

There's also a volcano erupting in Indonesia?

MSPain