Its awful. My family and friends are suffering from respiratory problems, itchy eyes, dizziness and generally irritible. I woke up this morning with a sore throat. Its the smog. My daughter asked if we have a gas leak. Thats how it smells. It looks like fog. Thick fog. Apparently some planes couldn’t land yesterday due to the weather.
Chiang Mai air quality reached a critical level over the past week. The level of dust particles smaller than 10 microns was as high as 273 microgrammes per cubic metre on Monday, the highest reading since the haze began early this month.
Outdoor activities are prohibited. Pregnant women, the elderly and children were advised to wear face masks to protect against the hazadous haze.
The increasing dust level is a result of widespread bush fires in the northern provinces and in Burma, as well as slash-and-burn farming practice among local villagers. Chiang Mai is the hardest hit, thanks to its mountainous terrain that trapped the haze within its deep valleys. More here Bangkok Post
Maybe we should get out of here.. .
Smog, smog smog
Mar 13th, 2007 by Lillian
yes u should… go somewhere the air is cleaner…
i hope everything will return to normal soon… otherwise i think there’ll be a big problem soon. take care lilian…
cough cough…! I know exactly what you mean. Never seen it this bad in 4 years. Hurry up the rains please. Scary eh?
Can’t believe it, I live in Bangkok and someone else, somewhere else has worse air! Sorry for being smug about your smog! Take care up there!
Ok ok Max… unbelieveable but true.. BKK has better air than Chiang Mai. Who would have thought… cough cough, tears tears….maybe we should go to BKK for the GOOD AIR hahaha