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is haze season back again?
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is haze season back again?
Since yesterday I could definitely smell that familiar burned smell in the air in the east: Changi, Bedok area. yesterday NEAs map still looked normal, now for east 24h PSI si upto 52 Moderate level.
Still all the maps look like there's no fires in Indonesia, but only in Cambodia-Myanmar region. Can the smell come from that far with right winds and no rain for a few days?
Still all the maps look like there's no fires in Indonesia, but only in Cambodia-Myanmar region. Can the smell come from that far with right winds and no rain for a few days?
Re: is haze season back again?
I smelled burnt smell yesterday afternoon, was very unsure what it was..Until now that you mention about haze. But the skies looks quite clear.
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Re: is haze season back again?
Doubt its haze… perhaps a barbecue? Hahaha, frankly I quite like the “burned” smell, but not the haze that comes with it.ProvenPracticalFlexible wrote: ↑Wed, 12 Jan 2022 9:38 amSince yesterday I could definitely smell that familiar burned smell in the air in the east: Changi, Bedok area. yesterday NEAs map still looked normal, now for east 24h PSI si upto 52 Moderate level.
Still all the maps look like there's no fires in Indonesia, but only in Cambodia-Myanmar region. Can the smell come from that far with right winds and no rain for a few days?
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Re: is haze season back again?
NEA claim no haze in news . I feel due to Malaysia side.
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Re: is haze season back again?
It could be Malaysia because there is still plenty of corruption in the country, as government officials look the other way. However, as a rule, Malaysia does a better job of plowing and burying old growth forests and old palm oil plantations than does Indonesia, where rampant corruption permits slash and burn to take out huge swatches of old forests, as well as old plantations.
You won't go wrong betting on Indonesia as the source of the smoke.
You won't go wrong betting on Indonesia as the source of the smoke.
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Re: is haze season back again?
It would appear that it could be haze/smoke from fires in the Riau Province of Sumatra.
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?i ... 8b7418b653
Open link then click map viewer on right side of page. Once it opens zoom into the area and the individual hotspots will be shown. They could be wild fires or signs of thermal activity of one sort or another.
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?i ... 8b7418b653
Open link then click map viewer on right side of page. Once it opens zoom into the area and the individual hotspots will be shown. They could be wild fires or signs of thermal activity of one sort or another.
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Re: is haze season back again?
I don't think there is any haze like before.
Recently been very windy and cool, lovely weather
Recently been very windy and cool, lovely weather

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Re: is haze season back again?
I haven't noticed it at all. Just decided to see what was actually out there. Isn't much. Not like 3 or 4 years ago.
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Re: is haze season back again?
Oh yes, few years ago was so bad even visibility was a problem!
I remember my family nearly wanna buy tickets to get out of the country for a month or two.
I remember my family nearly wanna buy tickets to get out of the country for a month or two.
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Re: is haze season back again?
I see, wouldn’t be surprised by Indonesia in the slightest.Myasis Dragon wrote: ↑Sat, 15 Jan 2022 3:14 amIt could be Malaysia because there is still plenty of corruption in the country, as government officials look the other way. However, as a rule, Malaysia does a better job of plowing and burying old growth forests and old palm oil plantations than does Indonesia, where rampant corruption permits slash and burn to take out huge swatches of old forests, as well as old plantations.
You won't go wrong betting on Indonesia as the source of the smoke.
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Re: is haze season back again?
Do they ever stop burning? Seems like every time there is a haze issue they are the culprits. So inconsiderate both to their neighbors and to the environment.sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:37 pmIt would appear that it could be haze/smoke from fires in the Riau Province of Sumatra.
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?i ... 8b7418b653
Open link then click map viewer on right side of page. Once it opens zoom into the area and the individual hotspots will be shown. They could be wild fires or signs of thermal activity of one sort or another.
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Re: is haze season back again?
Indonesia's environmental record is absolutely atrocious. Vast swatches of virgin old rain forest are cut and burned every year, to plant... guess what... oil palms.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Sun, 16 Jan 2022 11:03 pmDo they ever stop burning? Seems like every time there is a haze issue they are the culprits. So inconsiderate both to their neighbors and to the environment.sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:37 pmIt would appear that it could be haze/smoke from fires in the Riau Province of Sumatra.
https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?i ... 8b7418b653
Open link then click map viewer on right side of page. Once it opens zoom into the area and the individual hotspots will be shown. They could be wild fires or signs of thermal activity of one sort or another.
Oil palms will grow for about 20 to 25 years before becoming non-productive. The soil under oil palms is depleted of nutrients, so the thing to do is cut and bury the old trees so that they decompose to replenish the soil.
But Indonesian oil palm growers don't want the time or expense of recycling plantations. Instead, they (illegally) burn the forests to grow more palms. It takes rampant corruption for this practice to continue. The situation is so bad that many animals native to the rain forests are in danger of extinction due to habitat loss, particularly orangutans.
I will not purchase anything with palm oil in it. Peddled as "green" by the palm oil growers, palm oil plantations are anything but green. Take a trip into northern Malaysia and see how they are trying to deal with elephants and many other forms of wildlife that have been displaced by unfettered palm oil growth.
At least Malaysia, beset with its own top to bottom corruption problems, is trying to do something about the burning and habitat loss. Not so the Indonesians where corruption ensures that environments will be destroyed, from oil palms, to destroying the landscape for sand used to build Singapore's buildings.
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