Citations:
1987 John Edward Young Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass.) (Jan. 9) “Peering into Kilauea’s caldron” p. B4: Clouds of acrid volcanic smoke begin to mix with Hilo’s humid fog. It’s a mixture referred to as “vog” around these parts. 1988 Charles Petit San Francisco Chronicle (Jan. 13) “Hawaiians Determined To Save Bit Of Paradise” p. 1/Z1: With the exception of places on the Big Island where “vog,” or volcanic smog, occasionally smarts the eyes, air pollution is almost nonexistent, thanks to trade winds and thousands of miles of surrounding ocean. 2005 Corvallis, Ore. ScienceDaily (Mar. 16) “Long-spewing Hawaiian Volcano May Be Health Risk”: The island of Hawaii does have a monitoring system and a Vog index, the researchers point out, but it is measured only along the Kona Coast, not in Kau. This “volcano-smog” index—Vog is a locally coined term—also is based on aerosol visibility, not SO2.