10-17-2008, 08:40 AM
Is it the flu or vog? I didn't realize the vog got bad in HPP in winter. We moved here in February and didn't notice much but then that was before Halema`uma`u got so active - or maybe not. Anyway, I looked at http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2008/08_08_14.html and found this:
"During trade wind disruptions, which occur as much as 50 percent of the time during winter months, air quality in windward Hawai`i deteriorates."
So maybe the constantly watering eyes and overall feeling of malice that started about 2 weeks ago isn't the flu but is the vog? I just started noticing I feel much better in the afternoon after the sun comes out...which would also be when the trades are blowing a bit. Today's it's still and overcast and I feel awful. Hmmm
Seems wherever you live though, there's something...my good friend in Oregon has to close her windows in spring and fall to keep out neighbors' fireplace smoke, my good friend in Texas has to deal with tornado threats and huddle in the closet with her pets...the entire West Coast is in the window period for a level 9 earthquake, smog where I grew up...I wonder though if the air quality in HPP is better closer to the ocean...
Edit: Shekepal, I didn't catch your post...just in too much of a hurry today. Or course it's the vog then for me, not the flu. Thank you for reporting on all that. You mentioned the north end of the island. I just met a gal from Waimea who moved here because the vog in North Kohala triggered asthma. Maybe way up in Hawi it wouldn't be as bad, but I've read in official reports it does travel up Kona to North Kohala :-(
Cindy
"During trade wind disruptions, which occur as much as 50 percent of the time during winter months, air quality in windward Hawai`i deteriorates."
So maybe the constantly watering eyes and overall feeling of malice that started about 2 weeks ago isn't the flu but is the vog? I just started noticing I feel much better in the afternoon after the sun comes out...which would also be when the trades are blowing a bit. Today's it's still and overcast and I feel awful. Hmmm
Seems wherever you live though, there's something...my good friend in Oregon has to close her windows in spring and fall to keep out neighbors' fireplace smoke, my good friend in Texas has to deal with tornado threats and huddle in the closet with her pets...the entire West Coast is in the window period for a level 9 earthquake, smog where I grew up...I wonder though if the air quality in HPP is better closer to the ocean...
Edit: Shekepal, I didn't catch your post...just in too much of a hurry today. Or course it's the vog then for me, not the flu. Thank you for reporting on all that. You mentioned the north end of the island. I just met a gal from Waimea who moved here because the vog in North Kohala triggered asthma. Maybe way up in Hawi it wouldn't be as bad, but I've read in official reports it does travel up Kona to North Kohala :-(
Cindy
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