Holy smoke!

The past couple of days have been smokey here in Singapore.  Smokey to the point where there is quite limited visibility.  It also makes the air feel very heavy and smell horrible.  I can't imagine how awful it must be for those people who have asthma or some other respiratory issue.

The smoke is blowing in from fires that are burning in Indonesia.  They may be forest fires caused by natural causes but from what the locals say they are do to land clearing for farming.  Either way I feel bad for the critters that are being displaced or worse, killed.

Here's a link to a news story that has some pictures so you can see how bad it really is:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1088052/1/.html