Hazardous Haze PSI > 450

This has got to be the worse ever haze situation in Singapore with the one-hour PM2.5 levels reading spiking at 471! It is reported that the Indonesian forest fires are also spreading to new areas and unlikely to be put out until next year in 2016. :O :O :O  

Hazardous Haze PSI > 300

The haze is back with a vengeance. :(
The PSI readings were hovering around the mid 100s (Unhealthy range) during the day on 24 September 2015. However, from 5pm onwards, it took a turn for the worse and the PSI readings hit 200 and above (Very Unhealthy range). The PSI readings steadily increased and crossed over to above 300 (Hazardous range) by 7pm. 
During the 9pm news, MOE announced that all primary and secondary schools will be closed on Friday 25 September 2015, including MOE kindergartens and special education schools. It is expected that the PSI readings for 25 September is likely to be in the Very Unhealthy range with the possibility of crossing into the Hazardous range. 
My girls are really happy until they realised that there is going to be e-learning in place of going to school. Lol. Sorry, girls. No free "holiday". 
I salute all the teachers who have been calling up students and parents to inform them of the school closure on 25 September in case they missed the news on the media and social media. 
I also salute all the teachers who still have to go to school to supervise the students who would be going to school if their parents cannot find alternative care arrangements. 
To everyone I know, please take great care! 

A Newer High/ Low

Just when I thought the PSI value has peaked and couldn't climb any higher, it DID! At 12pm today, it reached a record high of 401. This is by the far the highest PSI value in Singapore's history since haze started appearing annually. :( :(

A New High

Or low, depending on how you look at it. The PSI value was 371 at 1pm today which indicated that the air was "hazardous"! For the entire day - eyes are puffy and smarting, throat is itchy and painful, nose is itchy and blocked. Also temporarily "lost" the sense of smell, can smell nothing except an acrid burning smell. Sigh.

PSI 321!

I can hardly believe my eyes when I saw the Pollutant Standards Index reading. It was 321 at 10pm!! When the PSI value is in the range of above 300, the air becomes "hazardous". The PSI value of 321 at 10pm, 19 June 2013 is now officially the worst reading in Singapore's history. The previous worst reading was 226, in 1997. No wonder my nose-throat problem acted up as I was working with my girls on our Taipei 2013 trip travel journal/ scrapbook. 
The haze is definitely a health hazard to old folks and children, people with respiratory and heart issues, as well as expecting mothers. When will this ever end? Every year, we face the same problem. It is not new. Our neighbour doesn't seem very neighbourly as the same haze problem occurs every year. Sigh.