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emergencies, Reverse 911 and cell phones may not reach some homes; some homes do not have <br />phones; and another issue cell phone may not have coverage in some parts of the community. <br /> <br />Newton Inouye – get Ron Ebert’s number and someone will get back to him. <br /> <br />Lani Petrie of Kapapala Ranch -The ranch has 300 miles of fences to maintain and vog corrodes the <br />metal fencing, even the metal from the trucks and trailers. And there is the liability of operating the <br />vehicles, you don’t know if the brakes will hold. Ka’u can’t live the way before the vog, even the non- <br />native plants have a hard time. How long do the fences last? About 2 years depending on the wind <br />patterns. You need to have the resources to leave or live with it. <br /> <br />Jessie Marques – Are there any bidders for the gm? How many? Are they pro actively pursuing the gym? <br />Or are they like the governor not interested on the impact on human beings? The Department of Health <br />is politically not correct in the vog would not impact tourists. <br />There are studies being done on the vog. Can the information be given out to the community to the <br />public? What can these studies do so we can do our job? She would like to see the legislature have an <br />initiative to get air filters for people’s homes. <br /> <br />Mike Pearson – Are there any other people monitoring the SO levels in addition to the ? Department of <br />2 <br />Health? Discussion Volcano School has two monitors. USGS/Kalapapala Ranch has nine monitors. Could <br />there be mapping of hazards? There needs to be community based participation to learn how to take <br />carre of ourselves. <br /> <br />Julia Neal – Is it possible if mapping vog as a health risk would there be a tax credit for people to get <br />equipment. For people with asthma or all homes in the area. <br /> <br />Marlene Hapai There was an acid rain study of Halemaumau back in the 1980s and it is 30 years later <br />and acid rain is still around. There are studies being done, studies and the events should looked at to see <br />if there is a correlation. Or events and admissions to the Ka’u emergency room is there a correlation. <br /> <br />Robert Herkes - People do not know how to treat their water tanks. The tank water should be ph <br />tested. Patricia Macomber should get her information out to the public on water catchment. <br /> <br />Gerald Kosaki from Fire summarized of events on the vog, back in 2007, there was a volcanic event with <br />rd <br />SO and vog, which occurred during a drill with the 93 WMD CST and turned into an actual incident. <br />2 <br />rd <br />The 93 stayed in Hilo for three to four months to monitor the SO. Over a two month period, a protocol <br />2 <br />was developed with Area RAE monitors monitoring the spikes of the vog levels. The Area RAE was not <br />built to run 24/7 and one by one they have gone down. It costs to fix RAEs, about $1,300 to replace or <br />repair. Fire has eight RAEs down and no money to replace them. <br /> <br />Discussion: Are there studies on vog and cardiac? Unless they have resources to move resident must <br />adjust their lives. Need to know permissible limits, and what are the protective measures, What are the <br />long term effects, which have not been identified to date. Can mapping be done? You know the source, <br />you know the weather and speed of the wind, Can you show where the vog will go? <br /> <br />Ben Fuata – 1. We need to standardize air quality monitoring to what the Department of Health will <br />accept. Is there a standard of permit able limits that effect humans? Develop acceptable calibration <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />