The country's skies are finally clear of the haze or
smaze (combination of smoke and haze) that drifted from Indonesia's massive forest fires, the weather bureau said.
In an advisory issued by the presidential palace, the palace said it is taking steps to counter the effects of haze or "
smaze."
In Cebu, however, Cebuanos were greeted with a clear blue sky yesterday that the haze, which the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) prefer to call a
smaze - a combination of smoke and haze - has subsided from the alarming level recorded last Saturday.
Stand somewhere between a fan palm and a concrete pylon, and L.A.'s intense, reflective glare fills your brain with
smaze. Everyone does look beautiful.
Inside the hostel, beside a pathogenic-looking couch and in front of a huge pair of barred, painted-shut French doors that led to a veranda, was a woman sitting behind a low desk of the same species as the one outside, though this one had not had its paint, a cheerless
smaze gray, bullied off by the clime.
I congratulated myself as I wound down into the thickening
smaze, it isn't grass they're talking about; it's greed.
The weather bureau is optimistic that the
smaze (the combination of smoke and haze) affecting the Visayas and Mindanao should start to clear soon, as the prevailing wind is no longer blowing smoke from Indonesia's raging forest fires toward the Philippines.
CEBU CITY -- The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 has said dust particles in Cebu's air has gone beyond safe limits as "
smaze," a combination of smoke and haze, continues to hover over the central Philippine province.
Now I get it, I congratulated myself as I wound down into the thickening
smaze, it isn't grass they're talking about; it's greed.
Smaze has indirectly caused the rescheduling of the arraignment of Jaime Napoles, husband of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles on charges of tax evasion.
CEBU CITY - Cebu's sky is being blanketed by a suspected
smaze, a mixture of smoke and haze, from Indonesia, prompting the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 to urge Cebuanos to wear a good fit protective mask to avoid respiratory exposure to contaminants.
THE STATE weather bureau on Monday said the
smaze (combination of smoke and haze) shrouding the Visayas and Mindanao should abate soon because the winds from the forest fires in Indonesia had shifted direction.