09-27-2008, 06:49 AM
Hawi, Kapa'au, and Hamakua will almost never have vog.
I spend a lot of time in Hawi, and the vog tends to head north towards Maui. Upolu Point is the dividing line, and Hawi is just past that, and might get a touch during the worst kona winds. I have actually never seen it wrap around Upolu and get to Kapa'au, but if it ever does it's much much rarer than vog anywhere else.
Waimea and Waikoloa do get vog because sometimes the winds push vog through the Saddle. I used to live in Waikoloa Village and left because between the dust and the vog and the winds, my lungs were trashed. BUT it was better than Kona.
Whatever is left in the vog by the time it gets to Kona, it often makes me cough.
I have a friend who lives in HOVE and works in Honaunau, and says home is no big deal but work is terrible. But HOVE is large and probably has microclimates.
I live north of Hilo seven miles and even when I see it flow into Hilo from my house, it usually doesn't get up to me. There were maybe 2-3 days this year that it did, when Puna and Hilo districts were blanketed.
I too feel bad for the people of Ka'u, especially Pahala.
I spend a lot of time in Hawi, and the vog tends to head north towards Maui. Upolu Point is the dividing line, and Hawi is just past that, and might get a touch during the worst kona winds. I have actually never seen it wrap around Upolu and get to Kapa'au, but if it ever does it's much much rarer than vog anywhere else.
Waimea and Waikoloa do get vog because sometimes the winds push vog through the Saddle. I used to live in Waikoloa Village and left because between the dust and the vog and the winds, my lungs were trashed. BUT it was better than Kona.
Whatever is left in the vog by the time it gets to Kona, it often makes me cough.
I have a friend who lives in HOVE and works in Honaunau, and says home is no big deal but work is terrible. But HOVE is large and probably has microclimates.
I live north of Hilo seven miles and even when I see it flow into Hilo from my house, it usually doesn't get up to me. There were maybe 2-3 days this year that it did, when Puna and Hilo districts were blanketed.
I too feel bad for the people of Ka'u, especially Pahala.