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by Sharon
(Athens, GA)

I'm contemplating a move to Kona. In my effort to thoroughly research the area I came across a lot of information about the Vog. Since I do have asthma, I'm just wondering how bad it is. How do people with asthma deal with it? I know it depends on the trade winds but is the Vog bad most of the time (say 20 out of 30 days?)or only occasionally? It would be a crucial factor in my decision. Thanks for any help you can give.

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Feb 14, 2008

Elevation
by: Sharon H

Sharon M. Thank you so much! I had a feeling that elevation would play a roll. The house I'm looking at is at 1000 ft above sea level. So that would be great. It may be six months before I can make the move. That's if things go as planned. You mentioned something else that puzzled me (I've seen it in all the RE photo's too). That most people leave their windows and doors open. I'm astounded. YOu wouldn't do that here in Ga. The mosquito's and fly's would infiltrate the entire house. Do they not have any air-borne 'critters' down there? I remember sand flea's from St. Croix but I don't remember about mosquito's.

Feb 14, 2008

Asthma in Kona
by: Sharon M

I lived in Kona for 23 years with Asthma. I found that the elevation you live at makes a huge difference. Since residence live in mostly open air homes and don't live in air conditioning, other than at work, you live in the elements. My experience was that during the first 11 years when I lived at elevations between sea level and the 500 foot above sea level I had severe asthma attacks and a frequent visitor to the emergency hospital. (Kona Hospitals Emergency Room staff is great.) When I moved up to the 1,700ish foot level, where I lived for 6 years, I hardly ever had anything close to a sever asthma attack. Yes, I still had some time where the enhailer was required, but my visits to the emergency room completely stopped. I moved down to the 650 elevation where I lived for another 6 years and still had no severe asthma problems and no trips to the emergency room. It seems to me that the lower elevations, where the vog sits is where I had difficulty.

There is a break line somewhere between 500 and 650 feet above sea level where the air is either moving more or just cleaner. The higher the elevation you live, the cooler the temperatures. Living at 1,700 feet got cold at night from October thru April. I have friends that lived at 3,000 feet and I had a sweats and socks I always took with me when I went to visit even during the day. It may have been in the mid 80's at sea level but up there is was low 70's during the heat of the day.

And yes, since the mid 80's there has been vog more than no vog. July, August and September is usually denser than the rest of the year. I hope that this is helpful. The quality of life in Kona is wonderful, vog or no vog if you can afford the cost of living.

Feb 11, 2008

I've moved your post the forum
by: Joe

Aloha Sharon,

I've moved your post to the forum because a lot more folks browse it then the members page and you're more likely to get an answer there than here.

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