May 6, 2008

• The Vog

  "The Vog" is not the sequel to the horror movies "The Mist," or "The Fog," but it's a real-life phenomenon that's occuring here in Hawaii.  Here's an explanation from Yahoo News:

  "...in March, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas...crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog. People are wheezing, and schoolchildren are being kept indoors during recess...Sulfur dioxide, a pollutant that is also generated by burning coal and oil, can lead to asthma and other respiratory illnesses and aggravate lung and heart disease. When combined with dust and sunlight, it makes vog. Mixed with atmospheric moisture, it produces acid rain...The wind has blown vog to Oahu, some 200 miles to the north, bathing Honolulu in a light haze. (The vog is no threat to the U.S. mainland, some 2,500 miles away.)"

  I've been slightly affected too because my eyes are itchy and my nose runs.  Folks on the mainland will probably never experience this, but maybe you better shut your windows tonight, just in case, because you never know when the monsters will come creeping up to your room in........THE VOG.....muhahahahaha.

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