Haze Alert

Posted in Daily Observations, Mother Earth |

Things are not looking all that clear eversince this morning, though at the time of this post, none of the local dailies has yet to report anything on the “annual haze celebration”…

Those mask-sellers are going to make some big bucks again…

To keep yourself updated on the quality of air you are breathing in right now, watch this space.

Cleveland.com on the haze alert…

Haze from forest fires in Sumatra drifted into Malaysia and Thailand in an annual rite of pollution caused by illegal burning. The fires are typically started by slash-and-burn farmers clearing forests for fields or logging companies clearing land to get at timber.

Indonesia’s Riau province has the majority of the fires and the worst pollution, with air travel suspended in the capital city of Pekanbaru and thousands of people forced to wear masks to breathe. The haze spread to Port Klang, Penang and Perak in Malaysia and to southern Thailand.

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