Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano is emitting five times the lava and 25 times the sulfur dioxide gas as before a 1.5-mile-long fissure opened on the mountain over the weekend.
Although the lava, which is sometimes shooting as high as 245 feet, currently poses no threat to humans on Hawaii's Big Island, the sulfur dioxide gas could become a problem, reports CNN affiliate KHON in Honolulu.
Sulfur dioxide and sulfate aerosols that Kilauea is emitting at increased levels are two key ingredients in vog: a volcanic fog that can cause "headaches, breathing difficulties, increased susceptibility to respiratory ailments, watery eyes, and sore throat," according to the governor's office.
KHON reports that the state's current northeast tradewind pattern is keeping the irritating gas from populated areas, but any change in the tradewinds, especially if they diminish or shift to a more southerly pattern, could bring vog's harmful effects into play.
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The earth just passed gas
It's really mauiwowee......................weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I recently vacationed on the Big Island with a friend. The vog was bad enough that after only 12 hours on the island, she was hospitalized. She has COPD and we couldn't have come to a worse location to vacation! The island is beautiful, but dangerous!
The lava should be able to incinerate almost anything. Sounds like a good way to empty out trash dumps that won't biodegrade.
the truth is cnn is out to just make cash. They dont care if you get the correct news or not, therefore when a big organization says dont report this or cover up that and hands them a big fat check that promises salary increase for all the employees..well ya... youtube.com/watch?v=Zy5b03Fcb0
Wow! Everybody's a critic nowadays!
Any Hawaiians or volcanologists here know typically how long these events last?
Volcanos is becoming more common 7.2 earth quacks is being pushed off like little trimmers to all you dumm as5 people out there that makes the earth slow down tilt seed up that's the easiest way I can say it these little things to us are bigggg 5hit to our earth
yall really need to get a life.
What does your comment have to do with vog?
Perhaps it was removed because it was *completely* irrelevant to this story about dangerous volcanic emissions; as is your followup post asking about the first.