Bangkok Residents Told to Stay Inside as Pollution Reaches Dangerous Levels

[PeteC]

No wind in the east either, but it rained a bit from 0500 to 0700 which helped clear the air. A few more blips on radar out in the Gulf so if lucky perhaps one or two will hit Bangkok later on.

[caller]

Is Hua Hin's air quality measured and published?

Good question and I don't know. But certainly the west of the town has been affected by a haze that is best seen when higher up. Driving west from town along the 112 at sunset exposes it as well, as the sun's brightness is negated by the haze.

[Big Boy]

I cut and pasted limbu's question into Google, and the results indicate it is.

[caller]

I cut and pasted limbu's question into Google, and the results indicate it is.

Not great then!

https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/fo ... nd_1153269

Maybe a new thread needed for Hua Hin?

[Nereus]

City deploys water-spraying drones to reduce smog

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... educe-smog
The Bangkok governor on Thursday launched a fleet of large drones to spray water into the air in an attempt to reduce the smog that is blanketing the capital region.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) borrowed the drones from an agriculture club. They would be flown for dust reduction spraying over six areas of Bangkok, Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang said.

It is the first time drones have been employed in this manner in Bangkok.
The drones were from Nakhon Ratchasima and Chaiyaphum provinces. The club had 50 drones, the governor said.

Five drones were used for dust reduction at Lan Khon Muang, in front of City Hall, on Thursday. The number would be increased and the operation widened, he said .

Each drone could carry 5-10 litres of water and could be flown over a two-square-kilometre area for 15-20 minutes on one charge.

Water trucks were also involved in the operation, spraying water up into the air. BMA staff then cleaned the road surface and public areas.

"Drones will spray only clean water into the air, with the Bangkok Fire and Rescue department supervising the operation,’’ the governor said.

The BMA had earlier planned to use water mixed with molasses, to collect more dust from the air. However, the drones club had cautioned that the mixture was used for agricultural purposes. If sprayed over Bangkok, coagulated black particles would fall to the ground and on people and vehicles.

Pol Gen Aswin said the drones would be flown from six places - Lan Khon Muang, Wat Phra Srimahathat, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak Park, Lumpini Park and Rama IX Bridge. They would operate for 90 minutes to 2 hours a day in each location.

City Clerk Silpasuai Raweesaengsoon had instructed cleaning and environmental offices to spray water and clean trees in all Bangkok public parks to reduce dust coatings on leaves and branches. To date, trees at 20 parks had been washed, the governor said.

The city administration had also asked the 1st Army Region to assist with water trucks and water-spraying equipment.
The city governor has been authorised to spearhead a campaign to reduce the levels of unhealthy fine dust particles that have shrouded greater Bangkok.

The air in the capital and adjoining provinces has been polluted by accumulating, hazardous fine particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres, or PM2.5, for many weeks.

The smog has forced the closure all 437 schools run by the BMA until next week. The Education Ministry also ordered the closure of public and private schools in Bangkok and surrounding provinces on Thursday and Friday this week.

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[handdrummer]

I like the water and molasses idea. Wait a minute and I'll make some pancakes.

[Nereus]

I am not going to copy this article into here, but despite not being able to stomach this writer, she does make a lot of sense:
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Haze saga shows flaws in approach

https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opi ... n-approach

[Big Boy]

My granddaughter's university closed yesterday, but rather than let students return to the safety of their own homes, they have been told to shut themselves in their rooms. They will reconsider letting them home today.

[PeteC]

That one I don't understand at all. If you're university age you come and go as you please. What don't they try to control in this place?!

[Big Boy]

Not at her University. The good news is that they've let them home now.

[Lost]

The Daily Mail is reporting this now. I wonder if the government will try and shut them down...

... oh, that's right - they blocked it already. A preemptive strike!

Bangkok citizens cough up BLOOD as city is blanketed in thick smog - as vets report cases of PETS being brought in with pollution sickness


WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

Pollution in Bangkok has got so bad residents are coughing and sneezing blood

Toxic smog made up of dangerous PM2.5 particles lodged in lungs of residents

Even pets are being taken to vets suffering from the effects of pollution sickness

Bangkok has been hit by a thick smog so bad that residents have been coughing and sneezing up blood. The city's pollution problem has got to such a state that even pets are suffering from illnesses caused by the smog.

A thick cloud of toxic smog made up of dangerous PM2.5 particles has become lodged in people's lungs and blanketed the Thai capital for the last fortnight. Experts have warned that the long term cost of the pollution caused by vehicles, construction projects, burning crops and street food BBQs could run into tens of millions of dollars. But as pictures posted on social media by citizens show, residents and animals have already been badly affected - sneezing and coughing blood into their face masks.

Full story and nasty pictures...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -sick.html

[hhinner]

^^ Not blocked!

[Nereus]

There is very little surface wind to shift it. This morning it was the worst that I have seen it. A bit of wind during the day moved some of it, and as it is mainly an east / north east wind, what does get move drift towards Hua Hin. Since then the wind has dropped off again and it is back to what it was this morning.

Upper winds are showing a good strength, but the crap does not get up there! There could also be some temerature inversion, but it has not been mentioned by the Met. Dept.

[Big Boy]

So, is it all sorted? My granddaughter who was eventually let home yesterday for for what they called a 'Lung Break' has been told to report for class Monday. Apparently, whatever measures they took yesterday has cleared the problem.

Maybe they're only suffering from sea mist now - at least that's what Hua Hin residents have been told we have here

[PeteC]

This could turn into a big contributing factor to the problem come the new work week. It depends upon the winds. The white area on the map is the district where the fire is.
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