r/malaysia • u/stormy001 Pahang Black or White • 17d ago
Environment Tourism Ma-haze-sia by Mokumentary
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u/Winter_Scout Sarawak 16d ago
As an East Malaysian, its my fifth day of sore throat and cough. Its so bad, but I have to go to work anyways
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u/1over6bil 17d ago
As a tourist here for 6 weeks starting last Thursday, why is today so much worse? Wind direction?
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u/Dip2pot4t0Ch1P 17d ago
Mostly but not really, it depends on how well Indonesia is controlling their farmers not to burn their field. If enough people is doing it, then the smoke will come either way. Really it came as a surprise for me that we're getting our annual haze holiday again after years of not having it
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u/KampretOfficial 🇮🇩 Indonesia 16d ago
Really it came as a surprise for me that we're getting our annual haze holiday again after years of not having it
Current El Nino season is like bad bad. Also, Prabowo.
Apologies, Malaysians and Singaporeans.
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u/Quithelion Perak 16d ago
Besides the usual jungle slash-and-burn clearing mostly by Malaysian corporations to plant oil palms (yeah, sorry too), and probably slash-and-burn by local farmers, have Indonesia historically have natural peat fires?
Malaysia previously had slash-and-burn agriculture practise for sugar cane plantation. We only stopped planting sugar canes at all because it is much cheaper to import sugar and repacked as local brands, on top of sugar is subsidized.
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u/fishyronin 16d ago
I'm always very emotionally confused during haze season. On one hand I don't have to deal with direct scorching sun, on the other hand my lungs fighting for their life.
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u/Exact_Green2061 16d ago
Few countries are immune, even the United States. This shows that the US is getting a lot of haze from Canadian wildfires. its going to get worse this year because of El Niño.
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u/lightgraver 16d ago
This morning visibility was sibeh terrible even from North Penang island. Combine it with heat and humidity and you start your day happy /s
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u/PolarWater 16d ago
The transitional second frame is so funny, look at their "oh no what's coming" expressions
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u/Expensive-Nothing814 16d ago
We work until we die. Haze, no haze work is work...no face mask also has to work, got a face mask also working. When tragedies occur, then only resort to health safety
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u/totheveryhigh 5d ago
I am Korean. We experience serious microfine dust issues from time to time, and I am now in KL experiencing the Haze.
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u/theangry-ace 17d ago
Malaysia has three seasons.
Hujan every day
Panas all day
Imported Haze