BANGKOK, May 14 — Three-fourths of the Thai capital’s residents responding to a poll said that the ongoing searing hot weather this summer season has affected their emotion, according to results released by a NIDA Poll.
The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) conducted an opinion survey on the people’s feelings related to the scorching hot weather, polling 400 respondents living in the Thai capital, from May 1-11.
The poll indicated that 73 per cent of poll respondents said that the sweltering hot weather has affected their emotions.
In addition, almost 45 per cent of Bangkok residents believed that the sultry weather could easily trigger brawls or quarrels, reasoning that it could make people lose control of themselves, as they are easily agitated with accumulated stress.
Bathing, swimming and applying cooling powder were the most popular methods for people to cool themselves, followed by wandering around in air-conditioned shopping malls, drinking lots of water and having some ice-cold refreshments.
