forcebwithu Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 While the Khao Chaphlu fire is making the air pollution worse, it does make for a spectacular view at night. Mountain blaze nears residential area, threatens Khao Yai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Looks more like a volcanic eruption. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 Air Quality (as measured by visibility) has been improved in the last few days but to perhaps quote old school reports, there is room for further improvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 Heavy rain this morning. Sun starts to emerge in the afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Sanctuary of Truth taken from Naklua Beach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Thought the air looked thick on this morning's bike ride. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Woke up to another unhealthy day in Pattaya. Don't remember it being this bad before well into April. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) The air pollution is very bad today.....One of the worst days I have seen for a long time......I have a perfect view of the mess from my condo... Edited April 21, 2023 by fforest 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 39 minutes ago, fforest said: The air pollution is very bad today.....One of the worst days I have seen for a long time......I have a perfect view of the mess from my condo... Yep, a bad day today. We should extend Songkran to wash the dirt out of the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 47 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: We should extend Songkran to wash the dirt out of the air. Hahahaha I was going to say much the same this morning but got wrapped up in jobs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 6 hours ago, fforest said: The air pollution is very bad today.....One of the worst days I have seen for a long time......I have a perfect view of the mess from my condo... Tommy is covering it here: 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) Pollution is still bad today .....The pollution looks like a London fog hanging around Pattaya... I have seen it worse but this is tops for over a year I would guess.. Edited April 22, 2023 by fforest 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Well guys it's time to change the air filter today......This was last changed 9 months ago......My air cleaner runs 24/7...... The last picture shows the Pre Carbon filter.....It helps a lot to keep some of the dirt off the HEPA filter........ 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 That reminded me to check mine. Looking pretty dirty after only 3 months of use, running about 8 hours/day. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 41 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: That reminded me to check mine. Looking pretty dirty after only 3 months of use, running about 8 hours/day. I tried one light wash on the HEPA filter a few months ago and I can't say it helped all that much..... I wash the outside screen and the carbon filter pretty often too...... So I am now thinking between 7-9 months would be about right to change the filter for top performance...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 2 hours ago, fforest said: I tried one light wash on the HEPA filter a few months ago and I can't say it helped all that much..... I wash the outside screen and the carbon filter pretty often too...... So I am now thinking between 7-9 months would be about right to change the filter for top performance...... I don't think it's recommended to get the HEPA filter wet. What I've tried is to vacuum the filter, but the dust particles are so small they're embedded in the filter and the vacuum does little to clean the filter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 3:54 AM, fforest said: Pollution is still bad today .....The pollution looks like a London fog hanging around Pattaya... I have seen it worse but this is tops for over a year I would guess.. We rarely see fogs in London anymore. Although pollution still exists for a number of reasons. Since 1956 when the government passed legislation controlling air quality - the amount of soot, sulfur dioxide and other toxic nastiness has been greatly reduced. So we no longer get the atmospheric 'Pea Soupers' so beloved of Hollywood films set in London So I don't think that is a good comparison at all and a rather inaccurate description. We have greatly reduced the use of coal to heat our homes and stoke commercial production. Crop burning in South East Asian countries is the main cause of air pollution I agree with Bazle, that unless government, including Thailand, address this problem, then the air pollution will get worse. IMO the answer is to address the cause rather than just to address the effect. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 Not my photograph, but taken today. As far as visibility, which is one indicator of air quality, it does not look bad. What do members who are there on the ground think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, john luke said: As far as visibility, which is one indicator of air quality, it does not look bad. What do members who are there on the ground think? Thanks for the prompt! I forgot to mention it after my trip to UK! On my way to Suvarnabhumi it really brought home to me how bad and how widespread the pollution was here. Just looking out the taxi window, the distant hills and countryside was just a blur of hazy,dirty air. It took a couple of days of walking around the hills breathing in fresh country air to fully clear my lungs so that I could breath deeply. On the way back everything seemed to be clearer on my journey back from the airport and it certainly doesn't seem as bad as it was nowadays. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 3 hours ago, john luke said: Not my photograph, but taken today. As far as visibility, which is one indicator of air quality, it does not look bad. What do members who are there on the ground think? If you're looking to avoid the air pollution then this is the time of year to visit. Months to avoid are December to late March and sometimes into April 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 On 7/11/2023 at 9:42 PM, forcebwithu said: If you're looking to avoid the air pollution then this is the time of year to visit. Months to avoid are December to late March and sometimes into April Sadly, this year it has started early - namely, today! I understand that the prevailing winds have been from the north for the past couple of days, and that is why we are having the pollution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 14 minutes ago, Bazle said: Sadly, this year it has started early - namely, today! I understand that the prevailing winds have been from the north for the past couple of days, and that is why we are having the pollution. Face it.... The place is a toxic, stench filled wasteland. That's the reason cnuts like us love it so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 It's getting to be that time of the year again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) It's gone from bad to much worse. Cut my bike ride short as I didn't want to be breathing in all the gunk in the air. Edited October 20, 2023 by forcebwithu 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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