04-29-2010, 09:43 AM
Personally I don't know how anyone could live in Kau or Kona with how it has been the past couple years. I had some friends staying in Kona 2 years ago after Halema'uma'u started up and they didn't see the sun in a week. They loved it in the past, but this killed it for them and they've gone to Maui instead. I only spend a few nights a year on the Kona side, but clear days have been the exception, and the clearest days aren't how they were before 08. I don't know how it couldn't affect prices. Hilo and Puna have been much less dramatically impacted by the vog so I don't see that recent activity would be having much effect on prices.