The air on Guam is generally some of the cleanest in the world -- thanks to the trade winds. But right now we have a cloud of smog hanging over the island. The Guam Office of Civil Defense has issued an advisory attributing the haze to dust from the Gobi Desert in China.
However, on Saipan, 150 miles north of us in the CNMI, they canceled school today because of haze there. And they're saying that it's coming from the volcano on Anatahan, which has been puffing a bit recently.Anathan is about 200 miles north of Guam and the volcano there suddenly appeared in May of 2003.
IOW, whether the haze is from China or Anathan it's looking a lot like LA in the 1970's.
The above comments are from my friend Brad's blog. He also said that one of the parents of one of our students is a meteorologist and she confirmed it is from the volcano. However the article in the Guam Pacific Daily News does not agree. Whatever the reason there is a haze over Guam for the last 2 days and could be for about another 2 days potentially unless the trade winds pick up. It is causing all kinds of respiratory problems. I for one was having problems before the haze and now am feeling pretty poorly with a sore throat and painful sinuses. :oP
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