Recreational Fires Must Be Eliminated
WELCOME TO HELL ON EARTH
The air is smoky from burning wood in North St. Paul, MN, all the time. It is a nightmare. What used to be a nice place to live has become a living hell.
Fresh air is very rare around here. If you are considering moving to North St. Paul or buying a home here, I strongly recommend that you do not do it no matter how good of a price you get. The only way you will be happy in this town is if you love breathing smoky air almost every day.
The air was smoky 25 out of 31 evenings in July 2009. We had 37 hours of continuous wood smoke in the air Aug. 29th - 31st. There was wood smoke in the air 19 consecutive evenings from Aug. 21st to Sept. 8th. It rained heavily on Aug. 20th, providing the only relief we got from wood smoke for almost three weeks.
Is this a good way to live? No. It is a horrible way to live. Take it from someone who knows. Breathing smoky, polluted air every day is misery.
Every day in this city several people are having recreational fires. Every evening the air is filled with the stench of burning wood. I am one person sick and tired of breathing smoky air every day. Is it too much to ask to be able to breathe fresh air in your own home?
Who is responsible for this wood smoke nightmare? The four city council members are responsible. Council members Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Terry Furlong, and Dave Zick support wood smoke. They don't care if you have a child with asthma. They don't care if you have to live like a shut-in because the air is so polluted. They don't care if your sinuses burn because the wood smoke is so heavy.
Our four Council members have defended the rights of a small percentage of households to burn wood daily over the rights of all the rest of us to breathe.
You have no right to breathe under Walczak, Bruton, Furlong, and Zick. Burners have the right to burn wood 49 hours a week recreationally. The rest of us have no rights at all.
If you are considering purchasing real estate in the city of North Saint Paul, Minnesota (55109), factor this blog carefully into your decision. Buying a home in this city means that your kids will breathe smoky air while playing in the yard almost every day. Your baby will breathe smoky air in her crib should you leave the windows open around your house. If you leave your windows open you will wake up in the middle of the night choking on smoky air.
Perhaps worst of all, your utility rates will be high because you will have to run the air conditioner instead of leaving the windows open on a cool summer evening. You have no other choice because almost every night the air is too smoky to breathe in this city. Consider this blog your warning.
North St. Paul, Minnesota, is a wonderful community other than the wood smoke. If we could restore fresh air like we used to enjoy, life would be happy again.
Tell others about this blog!
The air is smoky from burning wood in North St. Paul, MN, all the time. It is a nightmare. What used to be a nice place to live has become a living hell.
Fresh air is very rare around here. If you are considering moving to North St. Paul or buying a home here, I strongly recommend that you do not do it no matter how good of a price you get. The only way you will be happy in this town is if you love breathing smoky air almost every day.
The air was smoky 25 out of 31 evenings in July 2009. We had 37 hours of continuous wood smoke in the air Aug. 29th - 31st. There was wood smoke in the air 19 consecutive evenings from Aug. 21st to Sept. 8th. It rained heavily on Aug. 20th, providing the only relief we got from wood smoke for almost three weeks.
Is this a good way to live? No. It is a horrible way to live. Take it from someone who knows. Breathing smoky, polluted air every day is misery.
Every day in this city several people are having recreational fires. Every evening the air is filled with the stench of burning wood. I am one person sick and tired of breathing smoky air every day. Is it too much to ask to be able to breathe fresh air in your own home?
Who is responsible for this wood smoke nightmare? The four city council members are responsible. Council members Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Terry Furlong, and Dave Zick support wood smoke. They don't care if you have a child with asthma. They don't care if you have to live like a shut-in because the air is so polluted. They don't care if your sinuses burn because the wood smoke is so heavy.
Our four Council members have defended the rights of a small percentage of households to burn wood daily over the rights of all the rest of us to breathe.
You have no right to breathe under Walczak, Bruton, Furlong, and Zick. Burners have the right to burn wood 49 hours a week recreationally. The rest of us have no rights at all.
If you are considering purchasing real estate in the city of North Saint Paul, Minnesota (55109), factor this blog carefully into your decision. Buying a home in this city means that your kids will breathe smoky air while playing in the yard almost every day. Your baby will breathe smoky air in her crib should you leave the windows open around your house. If you leave your windows open you will wake up in the middle of the night choking on smoky air.
Perhaps worst of all, your utility rates will be high because you will have to run the air conditioner instead of leaving the windows open on a cool summer evening. You have no other choice because almost every night the air is too smoky to breathe in this city. Consider this blog your warning.
North St. Paul, Minnesota, is a wonderful community other than the wood smoke. If we could restore fresh air like we used to enjoy, life would be happy again.
Tell others about this blog!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Thursday 01/07/2010 Air Pollution
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. Windy, cold, 10 degrees. We got a few inches of snow today.
Wednesday 01/06/2010 Air Pollution
7:30 AM: Faint to light wood smoke. -2 degrees.
5:20 PM: No detectable wood smoke. The air is not fresh. It isn't smoky. 13 degrees.
8:45 PM: No wood smoke. 14 degrees.
10:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
11:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
5:20 PM: No detectable wood smoke. The air is not fresh. It isn't smoky. 13 degrees.
8:45 PM: No wood smoke. 14 degrees.
10:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
11:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Tuesday 01/05/2010 Air Pollution
4:10 PM: Light wood smoke. It is smokiest just outside the back door, less smoky elsewhere in front of the house and in the driveway. 8 degrees, sunny.
6:30 PM: Faint wood smoke and vehicle exhaust or some other type of pollution.
8:15 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. 4 degrees.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It's very smoky outside. Last check of the evening.
6:30 PM: Faint wood smoke and vehicle exhaust or some other type of pollution.
8:15 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. 4 degrees.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It's very smoky outside. Last check of the evening.
Monday 01/04/2010 Air Pollution
7:30 AM: Light wood smoke. -9 degrees.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. 6 degrees.
7:45 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. 2 degrees. Last check of the evening.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. 6 degrees.
7:45 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. 2 degrees. Last check of the evening.
Sunday 01/03/2010 Air Pollution
12:55 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke.
6:40 AM: Very faint trace of wood smoke lingers in the air. -11 degrees.
1:00 PM: No wood smoke.
3:00 PM: No wood smoke.
5:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is really smoky outside. 6 degrees.
7:20 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. 3 degrees. Last check of the evening.
6:40 AM: Very faint trace of wood smoke lingers in the air. -11 degrees.
1:00 PM: No wood smoke.
3:00 PM: No wood smoke.
5:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is really smoky outside. 6 degrees.
7:20 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. 3 degrees. Last check of the evening.
Saturday 01/02/2010 Air Pollution
7:30 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. -14 degrees. We are in a deep freeze. It is warmer inside the freezer than it is outside.
1:00 PM: No wood smoke. -6 degrees.
8:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke. -6 degrees. This was the last check of the evening. It was smokier after midnight.
1:00 PM: No wood smoke. -6 degrees.
8:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke. -6 degrees. This was the last check of the evening. It was smokier after midnight.
Friday 01/01/2010 Air Pollution
The new year has arrived. And with it wood smoke.
4:45 PM: No wood smoke. 6 degrees. There was no wood smoke all day long.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. -6 degrees.
4:45 PM: No wood smoke. 6 degrees. There was no wood smoke all day long.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. -6 degrees.
Thursday 12/31/2009 Air Pollution
5:30 AM: No wood smoke.
8:30 AM: No wood smoke. 8 degrees measured at North High School.
7:00 PM: Light wood smoke. 9 degrees. This was the last check of the evening.
8:30 AM: No wood smoke. 8 degrees measured at North High School.
7:00 PM: Light wood smoke. 9 degrees. This was the last check of the evening.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Visitors from all over the world
The number of visitors to this blog increased substantially this month. This North St. Paul wood smoke pollution blog has had visitors from more states than I care to count. I am pleased that people from all over the country are reading about the terrible air pollution in North St. Paul, Minnesota, and how our city council members are responsible for it.
I am most impressed by the number of international visitors. I've had readers from:
Wood smoke is expected in the winter. But the air pollution problem in North St. Paul is so bad that wood smoke is far heavier in the summer than it is in the winter. When you should be free to open your windows or sit outside in the spring, summer, and fall, you cannot because the air is too smoky to breathe. But come winter when it gets cold, there is far less wood smoke than during the warm months.
Shame on you city council members for torturing us with polluted air. We deserve better. People all over the planet are reading about you. You should be ashamed.
I am most impressed by the number of international visitors. I've had readers from:
- Saudi Arabia
- Lithuania
- Pakistan
- Canada
- Sweden
- Japan
- Tunisia
- Germany
- Australia
- Spain
- Brunei
- Serbia
- Netherlands
- Mexico
- Ukraine
- France
- Belgium
- Kazakhstan
- India
- Malaysia
- Russian Federation
- Egypt
- Switzerland
- Indonesia
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
- Israel
- Norway
Wood smoke is expected in the winter. But the air pollution problem in North St. Paul is so bad that wood smoke is far heavier in the summer than it is in the winter. When you should be free to open your windows or sit outside in the spring, summer, and fall, you cannot because the air is too smoky to breathe. But come winter when it gets cold, there is far less wood smoke than during the warm months.
Shame on you city council members for torturing us with polluted air. We deserve better. People all over the planet are reading about you. You should be ashamed.
Wednesday 12/30/2009 Air Pollution
4:00 AM: A faint wood smoke is in the air.
7:15 AM: Faint wood smoke continues. 14 degrees.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. 21 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:15 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke is in the air. It is not much, but you can smell it. Last check of the evening.
7:15 AM: Faint wood smoke continues. 14 degrees.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. 21 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:15 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke is in the air. It is not much, but you can smell it. Last check of the evening.
Tuesday 12/29/2009 Air Pollution
1:30 AM: No wood smoke. Fresh air.
4:40 PM: No wood smoke. 15 degrees.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air reeks of stinky burning wood. Whatever type of wood is burning is producing an awful smelling smoke. It turns your stomach. The odor of the wood smoke is the same as last night and Saturday the 26th. It is probably the same household using a fireplace and they cannot be too far away.
The air was faintly smoky at 4 AM the next morning.
4:40 PM: No wood smoke. 15 degrees.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air reeks of stinky burning wood. Whatever type of wood is burning is producing an awful smelling smoke. It turns your stomach. The odor of the wood smoke is the same as last night and Saturday the 26th. It is probably the same household using a fireplace and they cannot be too far away.
The air was faintly smoky at 4 AM the next morning.
Monday 12/28/2009 Air Pollution
1:45 PM: Enjoying the day at home. There was no wood smoke all morning up through this time. 20 degrees.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. 19 degrees.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky. You do not want to breathe the air in North St. Paul right now. All you can smell is really stinky wood smoke. 13 degrees. This was the last check of the evening until 1:30 AM when the air was fresh.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. 19 degrees.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky. You do not want to breathe the air in North St. Paul right now. All you can smell is really stinky wood smoke. 13 degrees. This was the last check of the evening until 1:30 AM when the air was fresh.
Sunday 12/27/2009 Air Pollution
12:45 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. The air outside reeks!
9:20 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. I neglected to check the air quality all evening until this time. There was no wood smoke during the daytime hours. 25 degrees.
Midnight: No wood smoke at this time. The air is fresh!
9:20 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. I neglected to check the air quality all evening until this time. There was no wood smoke during the daytime hours. 25 degrees.
Midnight: No wood smoke at this time. The air is fresh!
Saturday 12/26/2009 Air Pollution
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. 19 degrees.
9:15 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky with stinky wood smoke. 18 degrees.
Moderate wood smoke continued until after midnight.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. 19 degrees.
9:15 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky with stinky wood smoke. 18 degrees.
Moderate wood smoke continued until after midnight.
Friday 12/25/2009 Air Pollution
Christmas.
3:40 PM: Faint wood smoke. 36 degrees. The snow is melting.
10:45 PM: No wood smoke. There was no wood smoke from about 6 PM to this time. Last check of the evening.
3:40 PM: Faint wood smoke. 36 degrees. The snow is melting.
10:45 PM: No wood smoke. There was no wood smoke from about 6 PM to this time. Last check of the evening.
Thursday 12/24/2009 Air Pollution
1:00 AM: Very faint wood smoke is in the air.
There was no wood smoke at 7 AM throughout the daytime hours.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. 30 degrees.
7:00 PM: Very faint smoke in the air.
8:45 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:25 PM: Faint wood smoke.
11:45 PM: Light wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
There was no wood smoke at 7 AM throughout the daytime hours.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. 30 degrees.
7:00 PM: Very faint smoke in the air.
8:45 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:25 PM: Faint wood smoke.
11:45 PM: Light wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Wednesday 12/23/2009 Air Pollution
4:45 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. Starting to snow. Windy, 28 degrees.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke. There was very faint wood smoke in the air at 1 AM.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke. There was very faint wood smoke in the air at 1 AM.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday 12/22/2009 Air Pollution
5:30 PM: Very faint trace of some type of smoke in the air. I cannot say with certainty it is wood smoke. But it is either wood smoke or vehicle exhaust. The air in North St. Paul is not fresh.
6:45 PM: No real smokiness in the air. The air is mostly fresh. 26 degrees.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke yet.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:15 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
6:45 PM: No real smokiness in the air. The air is mostly fresh. 26 degrees.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke yet.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:15 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Monday 12/21/2009 Air Pollution
4:45 PM: No wood smoke. 24 degrees, cloudy.
5:45 PM: Faint wood smoke in the air.
7:15 PM: Faint varying wood smoke in the air.
9:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke. The air is not fresh. You can notice that easily.
11:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
5:45 PM: Faint wood smoke in the air.
7:15 PM: Faint varying wood smoke in the air.
9:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke. The air is not fresh. You can notice that easily.
11:00 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
Sunday 12/20/2009 Air Pollution
3:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke in the air. 23 degrees.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:30 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:00 PM: No real wood smoke in the air at this time. Last check of the evening.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:30 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:00 PM: No real wood smoke in the air at this time. Last check of the evening.
Saturday 12/19/2009 Air Pollution
12:10 AM: Very faint wood smoke in the air.
There was no wood smoke from the time I woke up until well into the afternoon.
5:45 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke in the air. You can hardly smell it but just enough to know it is present. 20 degrees.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air is pretty smoky. 22 degrees.
10:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
There was no wood smoke from the time I woke up until well into the afternoon.
5:45 PM: Very faint trace of wood smoke in the air. You can hardly smell it but just enough to know it is present. 20 degrees.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air is pretty smoky. 22 degrees.
10:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Friday 12/18/2009 Air Pollution
12:23 AM: Light wood smoke. I checked the air on my way back to bed. As of 11 PM there was no wood smoke. Somebody waited a long time to start a fireplace.
5:00 AM: No wood smoke.
I was home today. There was no wood smoke all day.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. 26 degrees.
5:45 PM: No wood smoke.
7:20 PM: Very faint trace of something in the air. I cannot say it is wood smoke. But it could be highly diluted wood smoke from a distant fireplace user.
9:00 PM: No detectable wood smoke.
11:15 PM: No wood smoke. There was a little wood smoke after midnight.
5:00 AM: No wood smoke.
I was home today. There was no wood smoke all day.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. 26 degrees.
5:45 PM: No wood smoke.
7:20 PM: Very faint trace of something in the air. I cannot say it is wood smoke. But it could be highly diluted wood smoke from a distant fireplace user.
9:00 PM: No detectable wood smoke.
11:15 PM: No wood smoke. There was a little wood smoke after midnight.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Thursday 12/17/2009 Air Pollution
4:30 PM: No wood smoke.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. 24 degrees.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke yet.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
I noticed no wood smoke until I woke up and checked the air after midnight. The air was smoky at 12:23 AM. Somebody waited until very late to start a fireplace.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. 24 degrees.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke yet.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
I noticed no wood smoke until I woke up and checked the air after midnight. The air was smoky at 12:23 AM. Somebody waited until very late to start a fireplace.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Wednesday 12/16/2009 Air Pollution
2:15 PM: Light wood smoke varying with the breeze. 8 degrees, sunny.
4:00 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze. 13 degrees.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke.
6:15 PM: No wood smoke.
8:30 PM: No wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
There was very little wood smoke this evening.
4:00 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze. 13 degrees.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke.
6:15 PM: No wood smoke.
8:30 PM: No wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
There was very little wood smoke this evening.
Tuesday 12/15/2009 Air Pollution
There was not a trace of wood smoke at all this evening. 1 degree at 5:30 PM. 0 degrees at 9 PM.
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