Every family in the State of Hawaii should have one member of it research the nature and effects of sulfur dioxide and toxic metals. People among themselves should stop calling these things vog. We should call these plumes of poison “Aeroperil,” or by some other name which will defy attempts to minimize the danger.Our health and our lives are threatened. Because sulfur dioxide is a gas, and because it also contains metallic particles, only a cumbersome gas mask would provide full protection. HEPA masks will only provide protection against particulate matter.

Throughout Maui, the “mine canaries” have fallen ill. The fact that the sensitive among us have already been adversely affected should not be ignored.

Although there is no safety or security in life, an educated, united and prepared community is to be preferred to one content with illusions.

Regarding the State as a whole, a court someday may find it criminally negligent for not, at the very least, warning tourists about the conditions on the Big Island.

– Raphael O’Suna, Haiku