Updated at 7:17 p.m., Friday, November 9, 2007
Tradewinds sweep away Big Island vog
Associated Press
HILO — Tradewinds across the Big Island have swept away the vog that has been plaguing Mountain View Elementary School.Some students were kept inside their classrooms during recess earlier in the week because of high levels of sulfur dioxide emitting from Kilauea Volcano.
Residents of Mountain View and other areas north of the constantly erupting volcano have been complaining about the volcanic fumes that have been settling in the little community.
Some residents say unusual winds have made it the worst vog, short for "volcanic fog," they've had in years.
Vice Principal Ken Watanabe says kindergarteners and second-graders at the school were kept indoors earlier in the week because the vog got so bad you could taste it in the air.
