Cold spell blankets the North

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Cold spell blankets the North

 

 

CHIANG MAI: -- As rainy season in Thailand’s northern region is going to be driven away  in a couple of days by cold weather, several mountain top national parks today reported dropping temperatures, indicating the cold front has now arrived.

 

Park officials at Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai reported the temperature on the hill at 6 degrees Celsius this morning.

 

They said it was the fifth consecutive day that the temperature on the hill falling to a single digits.

 

This indicates that winter is now coming to the northern region, Doi Inthanon park chief Pornthep Charoensuepsakul said.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cold-spell-blankets-the-north/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-10-25

[Chicog]

Soon be time for charities to start dishing out free blankets to the poor.

To replace the ones that they get every year and sell every spring.

[Dap]

59 minutes ago, Chicog said:

Soon be time for charities to start dishing out free blankets to the poor.

To replace the ones that they get every year and sell every spring.

Actually, the greatest amount of recipients are quite poor and after a year of use the blankets are fairly ragged. Nice to see the relevant authorities distributing new blankets each year as they are really a necessity and the folks who get them are very grateful. 

[arithai12]

30 minutes ago, Dap said:

Actually, the greatest amount of recipients are quite poor and after a year of use the blankets are fairly ragged. Nice to see the relevant authorities distributing new blankets each year as they are really a necessity and the folks who get them are very grateful. 

If you say so it must be true, however the period of use here is 2 months at the most if they live say at 1,200m like the village at the Doi Inthanon Park HQ, and frankly I see them going around in slippers when I use shoes.

As for blanket duration, while in Europe I used to have the same one for ten years or longer. But maybe that's because I used it only to sleep.

[wwest5829]

7 hours ago, Chicog said:

Soon be time for charities to start dishing out free blankets to the poor.

To replace the ones that they get every year and sell every spring.

 

 

Yea, damn those poor trying to eat.....

[balo]

Great news, I want to relocate to a mountain . 

 

[Johpa]

Many of us have been predicting that winter is coming.

[Dap]

17 hours ago, arithai12 said:

If you say so it must be true, however the period of use here is 2 months at the most if they live say at 1,200m like the village at the Doi Inthanon Park HQ, and frankly I see them going around in slippers when I use shoes.

As for blanket duration, while in Europe I used to have the same one for ten years or longer. But maybe that's because I used it only to sleep.

The period of use is often until it falls apart. Used for a softer bed when warmer and often used for shade from the sun during the hot seasons. These are blankets/bed spreads that are inexpensively made and wear rather quickly as a rule and they do generally see an inordinate amount of daily use beyond the cold weather. 

[Chicog]

Just give them money. If they want to buy blankets they can.

Maybe it will stop them selling them for food.