09-03-2008, 07:45 AM
Hmm, I really don't think the cloud cover was "vent belch" related. Weather happens.
It was drizzling in Hilo, Keaau, and on the verge of raining at Na'alehu, and it didn't seem voggy. I always cough and get a headache from the sulfur. (I did feel yucky at the park.) When I got up Sunday morning and saw the rain in Hilo, I immediately thought of the folks who were planning on a day at the beach park. Typical, sunny all week and raining on the holiday.
The sky was nice and clear coming up the Punalu'u side of the mountain towards the vent, and at the park. (Clear with puffy clouds, not gray). Like I said, we left Volcano House maybe 30 minutes before the incident.
There was this drunk guy at the bar who appears to have taken up roost there in order to decipher Pele's message in the plume. [:0]
It was drizzling in Hilo, Keaau, and on the verge of raining at Na'alehu, and it didn't seem voggy. I always cough and get a headache from the sulfur. (I did feel yucky at the park.) When I got up Sunday morning and saw the rain in Hilo, I immediately thought of the folks who were planning on a day at the beach park. Typical, sunny all week and raining on the holiday.
The sky was nice and clear coming up the Punalu'u side of the mountain towards the vent, and at the park. (Clear with puffy clouds, not gray). Like I said, we left Volcano House maybe 30 minutes before the incident.
There was this drunk guy at the bar who appears to have taken up roost there in order to decipher Pele's message in the plume. [:0]