Vog Conditions On Big Island: One Mans Take

by Kimo

The Big Island - especially the Kona side - has definitely gotten worse and worse since the initial eruption in February of 1982 - as so far as the poisonous VOG goes!

No matter how you residents try to gloss this harmful issue over with your rhetoric biased by the fact that you live there and really cannot afford to leave...the plain facts are that you will certainly get long term negative health benefits!

Quite candidly, those that don't leave there and come back and see how really bad it is, you are living a lie! This is poison that you and your children are breathing in every day, and the real consequences of this will show up in a few years when you are older.

When I was back in February, I couldn't believe the terrible condition that the vog was having on the Kona side of the Big Island...we couldn't see 2-3 miles out to sea and the breathing was noticeably affected by the inhaling of poisonous gas from Kilaeua.

No wonder that Kailua-Kona has morphed into a ghetto - its pathetic how things have changed on Alii Drive, Kuakini Avenua, Mamalahoa Highway, etc., in Kona. I wouldn't want to guess how many doctor's visits have gone by the wayside and counted as wasted dollars - with no real relief in sight because of this ongoing (27 years)health hazard.

Those that still have a half a brain should think about moving out before its too late!