Guest Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It took an while, but at the moment Phuket air quality is Good 16. It's nice to see the blue sky once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlog Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It took an while, but at the moment Phuket air quality is Good 16. It's nice to see the blue sky once in a while. Great day with perfect weather here on Phuket. Singapore has 258 today. What a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 It was a beautiful evening to let my dog run on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 The haze is growing worse by the hour now as objects start disappearing from view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 We have either monsun rains or this bloody haze. Anybody using face masks yet? Sent from my i-mobile IQ II using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaiJung Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 We have been using face masks on the worst days. Last night was horrible and it didn't help that the locals seemed to be burning trash like crazy. Today is even worse. I can smell it inside my apartment now and like steelepulse says, it seems to be getting worse by the hr. Can forget about going for a run today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badrabbit Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Never seen it this bad, can not see big Buddha in fact the whole Soi is very hazy, what's causing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trd Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 The air quality index was a low 34 at noon. That cannot possibly be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trd Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Ah it was just updated to 56 at 1300 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaiJung Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Here in Kata it seems much worse than 56. It is worse than a couple weeks ago when it was in the 120's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trd Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Here in Kata it seems much worse than 56. It is worse than a couple weeks ago when it was in the 120's. yes I agree. The wind map shows it coming straight from Indonesia. Do you know this site. It's quite good. https://www.windyty.com/?clouds,8.211,100.151,6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 It's REALLY bad right now in Rawai! And getting worse! It smells like burning plastic, but it's not. All the locals are complaining about how bad it is. Indonesia sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertcoins Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Here in Kata it seems much worse than 56. It is worse than a couple weeks ago when it was in the 120's. yes I agree. The wind map shows it coming straight from Indonesia. Do you know this site. It's quite good.https://www.windyty.com/?clouds,8.211,100.151,6 If you go here you can see the wind direction and the fire locations: http://fires.globalforestwatch.org/#v=map&x=119&y=1.9&l=5&lyrs=Active_Fires%3AWind_Direction&b=Dark%20Gray%20Canvas&dirty=true Here is a clip on what is causing it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Phuket town at the moment Sent from my i-mobile IQ II using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomthai Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Never ever seen it this bad in eleven years of living here. And, I agree it's been getting worse hour by hour. Edited October 5, 2015 by Pomthai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomthai Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Here os a good interactive map. Use scroll wheel to zoom and click and drag to rotate map. http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/chem/surface/level/overlay=cosc/orthographic=-265.93,5.61,671 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansgruber Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Buy masks people. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Pharmacies are running out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I started to use a mask today. basic one, 20 Thai Baht for four pieces. I have seen some better ones at the pharmacies Sent from my i-mobile IQ II using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I started to use a mask today. basic one, 20 Thai Baht for four pieces. I have seen some better ones at the pharmacies Sent from my i-mobile IQ II using Tapatalk I was out and about all today in my open top car and to be honest I found no discomfort in breathing. Yes, to be sure there was a bad sort of plastic burning smell in the air, but I found no need to wear any sort of mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpolar Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I started to use a mask today. basic one, 20 Thai Baht for four pieces. I have seen some better ones at the pharmacies Sent from my i-mobile IQ II using Tapatalk I was out and about all today in my open top car and to be honest I found no discomfort in breathing. Yes, to be sure there was a bad sort of plastic burning smell in the air, but I found no need to wear any sort of mask. You're probably in decent shape. Someone who can't run 30secs(most people) without being out of breath will be struggling right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlog Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Good car wash weather today, no sun not hot. Cleaned 2 cars by myself today. Felt nothing about the haze only a bit smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 At least my eyes feel dusty while riding a scooter. I can smell the smoke constantly even while I'm in home. Therefore it might be a good idea to protect oneself when riding in phuket traffic Sent from my i-mobile IQ II using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistachios Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Buy masks people. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Pharmacies are running out. I'm not sure a pharmacy paper mask protects in any way against the very thin particles contained in the haze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansgruber Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Buy masks people. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Pharmacies are running out. I'm not sure a pharmacy paper mask protects in any way against the very thin particles contained in the haze. Who said anything about paper masks? Please think before assuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistachios Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Buy masks people. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Pharmacies are running out. I'm not sure a pharmacy paper mask protects in any way against the very thin particles contained in the haze. Who said anything about paper masks?Please think before assuming. But you didn't say anything either about any specialised mask against thin particles like this one. As it is actually quite hard to find a mask like that in Phuket, it was safe to assume you were misleading other forumers to buy the masks usually sold in pharmacies, such as this or that which are almost useless against the haze. If I was wrong and you did find a proper mask, you could have made a little more effort in your post instead of trying to be witty at the first occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlog Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Today it's really worse. The haze also reached now the northern rubberlands. Sure no car wash day. Cough cough.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badrabbit Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 No haze here in Prachup Khiri Khan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Clog Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 This is insane! Myself and my Hong Kong expat buddies are evacuating back to Hong Kong this week to escape the pollution.... which is the reason we came to Phuket in the first place! Insanity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badrabbit Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) This is insane! Myself and my Hong Kong expat buddies are evacuating back to Hong Kong this week to escape the pollution.... which is the reason we came to Phuket in the first place! Insanity! So you are going back to a place you escaped from because the place you are in now is same same, now thats insane lol Edited October 7, 2015 by Badrabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBlue72 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Looks like mike have a bit of clearing late Thursday or early Fri http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=310 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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