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Originally Posted by RandyRandy
Air quality can be bad. When I got here in February, there was a terrible "haze" for about three weeks. The Malaysians like to blame neighboring Indonesia's manufacturing for the smog, others say it comes from the burning of palm trees on the plantations in Malaysia. It went away for seven months, now it's back again. I don't know what causes it exactly, but it makes the humidity even denser. That, and everyone here smokes - no laws against it.
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That time of year much of SE Asia gets a haze, some worse than others, and it's due to farmers burning their fields to clear them out. It's a huge problem. There are
fire maps you can watch when this happens, all of SE Asia is lit up, it's incredible. NOT the time to be in the area. It gets REALLY bad in some areas. There are a few different maps, but the link is one of them to watch when burning season comes.
One thing that is funny, every country blames the other for the haze, but everyone is equally as guilty. Many will burn at night so police don't see the smoke.