Montserrat eruption

I dunno. I was working outside all day yesterday with a view to STTand the haze that built up in the afternoon was significant. I turned to my co-worker and said I wonder if Montserrat erupted. It was pretty hazey today, too.

For Sure K,

It came like a storm and hazed the sky. I thought dust but that comes kinda casual, this hit during the afternoon. Ash.

we got a lot of dust because the outside furniture is covered. and i have itchy eyes. sure sign something in the air.

can't imagine what it must be doing to our lungs.

can't imagine what it must be doing to our lungs.

My asthma is acting up and it hasn't done that in YEARS. Oh well, good thing I always keep my inhaler prescription filled, "just in case"!

know what you mean. i wake up in middle of night coughing. suppose it can cause something like black lung???

Last summer I began using an inhaler for the first time, because of the Saharan dust, and now the ash is annoying me. 🙁

People in Hawaii call it "Vog" and I have adopted the term for us, since it's such a fact of life for us here.

According to the USGS and the MVO, on a normal day the volcano puts out between 150 and 700 tons of sulfur dioxide EACH DAY. When the wind is the least bit south, we get a dose of that.

As for the health considerations, you might check into Hawaii and Montserrat to see if they have chronic problems. I think it stinks more than it's dangerous.

was out surfing west STX this am and the wind were coming from the south...I literally saw the plume of ash heading our way again.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=SJUAFDSJU&version=0

"Highest concentrations moving across area today" (Saturday)

I've had a headache for 3 days.