How's the Vog in your area?

[OnMyWay]

The Vog has been very bad here, starting 2 days ago.  On Windy.com, they have a SO2 (Sulfur Dioxide) layer.

[Old55]

Thick forest fire smoke here. Burning eyes stuffy nose and a little chest congestion. Thankfully no sulfur dioxide like you all.

[Mike J]

10 hours ago, OnMyWay said:

The Vog has been very bad here, starting 2 days ago.  On Windy.com, they have a SO2 (Sulfur Dioxide) layer.

For the benefit of others, like myself, who were not familiar with the term "vog".

Vog is a form of air pollution that results when sulfur dioxide and other gases and particles emitted by an erupting volcano react with oxygen and moisture in the presence of sunlight. The word is a contraction of the words "volcanic" and "smog". 

 

 

[Snowy79]

Fingers crossed I've had nothing but great fresh air on Boracay. Perks of zero volcanoes near by or factories.

[graham59]

I'm looking out at a beautiful sunny day with clear air and blue skies. No doubt this will change as soon as I decide to go outside and do something useful. 

[Freebie]

Having lived in Beijing previously for 5 years , this minor VOG  haze thats currently around is small fry.

Used to regularly look at the US Embassy pollution index ( on the basis that the figures provided by chinese govt were way below the actual PM 2.5 scores... and sometimes , the figures went as high as 950 ... the WHO deemed anything over 750 to be deadly.....!

And the advice given by the chinese govt to deal with such massive pollution " stah home and drink tea ".

[GeoffH]

6 hours ago, Freebie said:

sometimes , the figures went as high as 950 ... the WHO deemed anything over 750 to be deadly.....!

 

Yes, that wouldn't be nice on a regular basis.  During the bad bushfires in Australia (Victoria and New South Wales) the area where I lived was subject for weeks to between 500 and 1500 (depending upon the wind direction), it was... horrible.  I was lucky enough to have a large packet of left over particulate masks from when I was working because those sold out in no time at all.  Some towns closer to the fires were over 2000, I can't even imagine what it was like trying to breathe in that.

Edited August 16, 2021 by GeoffH

[Guest]

No vog in Davao. Quite lovely outside and the rambutan and durian will soon be dropping. Some lucky person could buy our house and have some drop right in their yard (broadly hinting).