Aloha from the volcano island

My brother in New York saw some stuff on the news about vol­canic activ­ity here and was con­cerned about our well-being. I just sent him this report.

It’s been over two weeks since there have been any vol­cano activ­ity updates on the news­pa­per web­site link here. Instead they have a big arti­cle about a vol­cano in the Philip­pines. Yes­ter­day I was dri­ving home from the beach and it was a pretty clear day so I had a good view of the active area of the vol­cano. I pulled off at a good view­ing spot. There seemed to be much more of a plume of fumes and stuff spew­ing into the sky form­ing a cloud over that area. There also seems to be more vog (SO2 gas) lately.

They don’t tell us much here. It’s mostly of inter­est to the tourists and vol­ca­nol­o­gists. It’s just a daily fact of life we live with and don’t think much about. Sure, there are risks, but there are risks of so many dif­fer­ent things every­where all the time. Don’t worry. Be happy. Life is good. Enjoy it while you can. Aloha.


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