I spoke with someone who just returned from the big island %26amp; said they saw sun for one day due to all the ash/';vog'; from the volcano eruption. Anyone know if Ka%26#39;anapali/Lahaina is affected? We%26#39;re going tomorrow. Thanks!
Is volcano ash a problem for Maui?Ash is too heavy to travel this far but VOG does if the wind is right
Is volcano ash a problem for Maui?We were in the islands for 2 weeks in April and the VOG was noticeable on a few days but not too bad. The trade winds should be in full force now blowing the VOG away from the other islands.
We had some problems on the 23 and the 24th when my wife and I were in Hana. You could see it in the air.
VOG will come %26amp; go depending on the wind direction but for Maui, the ASH is too heavy and falls to the ground before it gets here. Sometimes there is a cane burn on the same day as VOG hits and the cane ash is mistaken for Volcanic ash.
I think it is the sulfur dioxide that people are sensitive to. It may be a problem if the trades die down but otherwise, no problemo.
good grief, how could someone remain that uninformed of what was going on while they were visiting? The ash is only very close to its source, blowing as far as Pahala, much less to Kona, and to think of it going to Maui ... as scubatimm said, NO.
The sun being invisible, yes, that part is real, but vog is not ash.
You should go to the NPS site for VNP and do some reading about vog, all the info is there for you. (sorry, I don%26#39;t have it bookmarked, but any search will turn it up).
Also put ';vog'; in the search bar for the Maui forum or for Island of Hawaii forum and check out some existing topics.
I%26#39;m dumb, I meat that in Hana we saw and had problems with vog, not ash.
Aloha KamaainaK,
Please be patient with us Californians who don%26#39;t know ash in Hawaii doesn%26#39;t travel far from its point of origin. We in CA who live quite far from the fires, including the recent one in Altadena, are washing ash off of our cars 100 miles from the site of the fire. We haven%26#39;t had to deal with SO2 emissions from volcanoes, at least not yet:-)
indeed, I don%26#39;t expect anyone in SoCal to know. What I was exclaiming about is that someone who comes here, and stays here in the middle of a situation where we%26#39;re having evacuation advisories, would not become informed on what is going on.
But hey, perhaps this person dealt with people here who can%26#39;t tell vog from ash.
Ash has only become an issue here with the new vent that opened up last month at the summit crater, Halema%26#39;uma%26#39;u. It%26#39;s emitting a plume of gas with varying amounts of ash.
This webpage contains the daily reports.
http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/kilaueastatus.php
There were a few days of highest activity when cars in Pahala had a small coating of ash, but ash is heavy and falls out of the air quickly. Kailua-Kona is a hundred miles or more away from the volcano. Not sure how far Maui is, but I%26#39;m guessing at least 200 miles.
Vog on the other hand is mostly water vapor carrying the volcanic gaseaous emissions and being like smog it can travel on the wind a long way.
KamaainaK,
Mahalo for the info. Keep us posted on how things are going. Hope you and your family are safe and don%26#39;t have to evacuate. Take care!
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