Is the haze coming back ???

[skyleon]

Originally Posted by aczeta

The haze is something I do not miss

Long term exposure to haze will lead to further health complications later down the road. It is worse than have to tahan the 2nd hand smoke.

[Craz78]

Originally Posted by skyleon

Long term exposure to haze will lead to further health complications later down the road. It is worse than have to tahan the 2nd hand smoke.

U sound so knowledgable man... So do u want to explain the difference between pm 2.5, haze chemical compounds and such to uneducated brothers here?
A lot of bro do not see the news and r ignorant of such facts, u know?

[skyleon]

Indonesia in haze warning as fires flare

Posted 19 Aug 2016 21:41

JAKARTA: Indonesia warned Friday (Aug 19) that haze from forest fires was floating over a key waterway towards its neighbours, and that the number of blazes was rising.

The fires and resulting smog are an annual dry season problem in the archipelago, when blazes are started illegally to quickly and cheaply clear land, typically to make way for palm oil and pulpwood plantations.

But last year's haze outbreak was among the worst in memory, shrouding Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Thailand in acrid smoke. The crisis forced school closures and caused thousands to fall sick across the region.

While this year's fires have yet to reach the levels of 2015, the number has been rising in recent weeks as Indonesia heads towards its peak dry season in September.

Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho warned that smoke had Thursday started floating across the Malacca Strait, which runs between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

"Smoke from forest and land fires in Riau (province) has started to enter the Malacca Strait," he tweeted.

"Let's prevent and put out the fires."


continue reading here : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...g/3058118.html

[skyleon]

Haze returns to Malaysia despite Indonesia's swift action to combat forest fires

Published Aug 19, 2016, 10:24 am SGT


TAIPING (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia is seeing a return of the haze despite Indonesia's swift action to combat forest fires.

Some cities in the country have recorded moderate API (air pollutant index) readings in the past week. When asked about it, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the haze season was back.

Wan Junaidi said it had been happening for a week due to the forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia.

But he said things had changed as the Indonesian authorities were taking swift action to combat forest fires but the effects of it were still being felt in the country.

"It hasn't reached critical stage but I will write a letter to Indonesia Forestry and Environment minister (Dr Siti Nurbaya Bakar) to tell her that the haze is coming here," he said.

"We don't want to pick a fight but we just want to notify them that the haze is back," he told reporters after launching the National Ecosystem Mangrove Conservation Day at the Larut-Matang Mangrove Swamp here.


continue reading here : http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-...t-forest-fires

[DiorAddict]

Originally Posted by skyleon

Indonesia in haze warning as fires flare

Posted 19 Aug 2016 21:41

JAKARTA: Indonesia warned Friday (Aug 19) that haze from forest fires was floating over a key waterway towards its neighbours, and that the number of blazes was rising.

The fires and resulting smog are an annual dry season problem in the archipelago, when blazes are started illegally to quickly and cheaply clear land, typically to make way for palm oil and pulpwood plantations.

But last year's haze outbreak was among the worst in memory, shrouding Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Thailand in acrid smoke. The crisis forced school closures and caused thousands to fall sick across the region.

While this year's fires have yet to reach the levels of 2015, the number has been rising in recent weeks as Indonesia heads towards its peak dry season in September.

Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho warned that smoke had Thursday started floating across the Malacca Strait, which runs between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

"Smoke from forest and land fires in Riau (province) has started to enter the Malacca Strait," he tweeted.

"Let's prevent and put out the fires."


continue reading here : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...g/3058118.html

Waw so nice now they warn us in advance .

[skyleon]

Hazy skies and burning smell across Singapore; 24-hour PSI reaches moderate level

Published 49 min ago

Nurulnadiah Md Noh

SINGAPORE - The haze appears to be back in Singapore, as netizens posted on social media photos of the hazy Singapore skyline and commented on the burning smell across the island on Friday (Aug 26).

As at 10am, the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) was 51 - 62, reaching the moderate level, according to the National Environmental Agency's (NEA) website.

The three-hour PSI - an indicative reading not tied to a health advisory - was 111.

The 24-hour PSI started to rise since 3am.

The 1-hour PM2.5 reading hit 150 in western Singapore at 10am, followed by 102 in the north. The reading is the lowest in the eastern part of the island at 33.


continue reading here : http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...moderate-level


Here we go again . Time to start using the N95 masks and air purifyers .

[ROCKERS]

haze season is back !!!!

[silverug]

Originally Posted by ROCKERS

haze season is back !!!!

Now we also have 3 seasons

rainy
Dry
Hazy

It's lesson not learnt !!

[skyleon]

[skyleon]

[Snapchat]

1 hr PSI now 181 at western area.

[skyleon]

[sanuuk]

Confirmed back liao! So hazy this morning!

[Slowpump]

It definitely is back! So here is a pantun for the Indonesians:

It's the time of year again when we alway check our eyes
Why so blurry and nose also itchy...sigh
Fuck you Indonesia, you are kana sai
Your minister say
Haze is just few days
Makes us whizzy dizzy
So we say fuck you indonesia, don't be bitchy


Hahhaha good riddance!

[OrangeLantern]

Originally Posted by DiorAddict

Waw so nice now they warn us in advance .

Haha that's the best they can do