2007-03-14 02:28:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
no patong is in the south, the smoke and smog is in the north about 1000 km apart.
2007-03-14 12:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smoke haze is in North Thailand, around the Chiang Mai area. Bangkok and Phuket are not affected.
2007-03-14 10:26:11 · answer #2 · answered by BangkokBob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As indicated by other posters, the smoke haze is in the northern region of Chiangmai. Bangkok and Patong Beach in Phuket are not affected.
In Chiangmai, seems bad enough to envelop the city in haze and having people needing to put on face mask to counter the smog.
2007-03-15 11:04:51 · answer #3 · answered by peanutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chiang Rai is the area that is affected! - the northern most province. Pathong and Bangkok are not affected at all.
In Chiang Rai they have a 'burning season' where they burn weeds and excess wood....etc... It is a form of cleansing.
I do not recall if it is burning season now but they also practice this when it is not burning season.
When I was living there, there were a few small brush fires reported. It is no surprise that there was this disaster, since Thais can be very negligent sometimes with the environment and consideration for people's safety.
2007-03-15 21:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by Enlightenme! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It affects only Chiengmai, Chiengrai and Mae Hong Sohn. Government is woking to solve the problem, expect to get better next week.. rain expected on mar 16-18
No impact to other parts of the country.
2007-03-14 11:17:12 · answer #5 · answered by tooon68 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly effecting Chiang Mai which is about 1500 km away.
2007-03-16 04:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋