Like everyone else on social media, let's talk about the haze that has blanketed Singapore recently; creating a romantic ambience that could have bloody improved the birth rate in Singapore!
Except that no one could possibly miss the unpleasant acridness that lingers in the air.
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It is an annual occurrence and despite efforts by our government (and the Malaysian government) to persuade Indonesia to do something about the rampant illegal burning to clear farmland and forests, the haze continues to visit us with the situation being awfully bad this year.
Over the span of three hours, the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) rose from merely eighty (moderate range) to a hundred seventy, placing the whole of Singapore smacked in the unhealthy zone.
Just when i thought things would improve in the evening, the scene overlooking Lower Seletar reservoir said otherwise. The average PSI was in fact lower at 144 but from what i understand, Northern Singapore has perpetually topped the PSI chart across regions.
At 9pm today, the pollutant level reached its highest point ever at 290 since PSI was computed and recorded back in the 1990s; effectively placing Singapore only ten points shy of reaching the hazardous level!
Weirdly, it didn't appear that bad outside my apartment.
It makes me wonder how accurate the readings are.
=_=
On a side note, although Singapore is said to be the most unhappy country in the whole world, fellow Singapore residents have been trying their best to make humour out of this haze problem.
[Latest Update of PSI]
10pm, 19 June 2013
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Officially 321!
Welcome to the Hazardous Level!