Loading ...The masks are 3M nose/mouth ‘half face’ masks with replaceable filters. The filters are 3M #6003 for acid fumes, made for Sulfur Dioxide. Some people opt for eye protection also with a full-face mask. Or you could use regular goggles, sealed up.
Closed up the house last night and ran the air conditioner overnight. We had 0.8 inches of rain overnight, but with SE winds now the VOG is drifting over us heavily this morning. Looking across the road, the air is blue smoke, so I’m sheltering in place inside the house this morning. I can taste the vog as a bitter acid in my throat. The summit crater belched out another big ash plume early this morning up to 30,000 ft. So in addition to the SO2 vog, we could have light ashfall in the area.
I can’t wait until the NE tradewinds return to blow this crap south offshore. Now being downwind of the eruptive area, I hear the artillery cannon shots from the vents a lot louder this morning.