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Last night 1/2 of our electricity went out at 7:00 p.m. and did not go back on until 7:30 a.m. today. We have two lines into the house so we get these odd power failures. Sometimes it's one line, sometimes the other.

The vog is terrible. It's affecting the birds and animals who are shrieking, barking, and meowing according to their kind. My mouth tastes of sulfur and acid. My head aches. The rubber duckies are unaffected. So you don't have to envy me my life in paradise today.

More: This link has some "before and after" pictures from Ocean View Estates. They have been very hard hit. If the SO 2 concentrations we're getting now don't even register on the satellite monitor, I can't imagine how bad it must be down there today. In fact, for the last several days I've looked at this map, they have been in the red.

It's 10:30 and the trades are up. They have blown most of the vog away from us, but it is lingering to the south.

Update: Yikes! Now we're in the red. I try to talk about the situation with people, but everyone's in denial.

Comments

[Brandon]

It was really hazy when I went out to get the paper. I hope you feel better. This website has some info on vog.

http://www.konaweb.com/vog/index.shtml

[Brandon]

Now we're in the red. I try to talk about the situation with people, but everyone's in denial.

Who's in the red?

[Hattie]

Oh, it's the SO 2 content of the air from three miles up as measured from a satellite. Look here;http://gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/OMI/OMISO2/hawaii.html