On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:59:46 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> How strange it is to see what seemed to be unchangeable, change. The
> skies over Hawaii don't seem to be as clear and blue as when I was a kid
> because of the eruption of the Kilauea volcano - an eruption has has
> lasted over 30 years. We've learned to live with the hazy skies and the
> vog in the air that, on some days, will resemble the mainland's smog.
> I've wondered about the effect on health breathing the vog has but
> that's one study that nobody seems to want to do.

Everything sparkles here the day after a heavy rain if there's no
overcast and a slight breeze that originates over the ocean. That
onshore breeze keeps our air clean, but the East Bay & Valley hate us
because they get our smog.

Sadly, it seems like the skys aren't clear and blue anywhere anymore.
I go places where I expect to see clear skys and they are not. China
pretends it's going green, but it's belching out coal smoke like
crazy. We have all the coal states doing practically the same thing
(with better scrubbers) and wild fires everywhere in the summertime.
We were at some beautiful vista up North a couple of years ago... I
forget exactly where - Idaho, South Dakota and there was a haze in the
air. We had multi-state brush fires in the West that probably caused
it. but the ranger said past air quality tests said the haze they get
can be pollution from as far away as Los Angeles. I believe it,
because haze from the brush fires in Washington made it all the way
down to Arizona that year.

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