4:30 PM: No wood smoke where we live. Fresh air! 75 degrees. A beautiful spring day! Enjoy that fresh air while it lasts because it will not last long.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke where we are. It was a little smoky over around 17th & 1st around 5:30 PM. It was wood smoke. I wonder if someone over there was grilling with wood.
7:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. I knew there would be wood smoke tonight. Close the windows.
7:30 PM: No real wood smoke at this time.
7:50 PM: A very faint smokiness is in the air. It smells more like grilling smoke than wood smoke. Wood smoke does not bother us. Smoke from grilling is not as irritating as wood smoke and does not last as long. Grilling food using propane or charcoal does not produce smoke for 10 hours like a smoldering bonfire does. 68 degrees.
8:30 PM: No wood smoke. The air is not fresh, but I'll take it.
10:30 PM: No wood smoke. Off to bed.
10:40 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. I checked one last time before turning in. Wouldn't you know, the air is getting smoky.
11:45 PM: Light to moderate wood and possibly yard waste smoke. I am not sure what all is burning, but the air reeks of it. There is not much yard waste yet unless somebody raked.
No, we could not possibly go an evening without wood smoke in North St. Paul. Yesterday the high winds prevented recreational burning. Not tonight.
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The air is smoky from burning wood in North St. Paul, MN, almost every evening. It is a nightmare. What used to be a nice place to live has become a living hell.
WARNING: If you buy a house in North St. Paul, MN, you will regret it! It may be the biggest, most expensive mistake you ever make. You will breathe smoky air almost every day of your life in this town. This is not an exaggeration. The wood smoke in this town gets heavy and gets heavy often. When you want to get out of this dump of a town, how many people do you think are going to want to buy a house in a city where heavy air pollution every night is normal and clean air is rare? This blog gets thousands of visitors every year. The word is out: North St. Paul is a horrible place to live!
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. North St. Paul, MN, is a horrible place to live because of the smoky air!
Burning wood, grass, leaves, paper, cardboard, and sometimes plastic, construction materials, and chemicals, if it is combustible it gets burned in North St. Paul and you are going to breathe it.
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 have refused to do anything about this wood smoke problem. 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. But that is not going to happen any time soon.
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The air is smoky from burning wood in North St. Paul, MN, almost every evening. It is a nightmare. What used to be a nice place to live has become a living hell.
WARNING: If you buy a house in North St. Paul, MN, you will regret it! It may be the biggest, most expensive mistake you ever make. You will breathe smoky air almost every day of your life in this town. This is not an exaggeration. The wood smoke in this town gets heavy and gets heavy often. When you want to get out of this dump of a town, how many people do you think are going to want to buy a house in a city where heavy air pollution every night is normal and clean air is rare? This blog gets thousands of visitors every year. The word is out: North St. Paul is a horrible place to live!
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. North St. Paul, MN, is a horrible place to live because of the smoky air!
Burning wood, grass, leaves, paper, cardboard, and sometimes plastic, construction materials, and chemicals, if it is combustible it gets burned in North St. Paul and you are going to breathe it.
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 have refused to do anything about this wood smoke problem. 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. But that is not going to happen any time soon.
Tell others about this blog!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday 03/30/2010 Air Pollution
It is a warm spring day. Smoky air is highly likely tonight. It would be uncharacteristic of the city of North St. Paul, MN, if we did not have polluted air. You can count on smoky air almost every evening during the warm months unless it rains.
4:40 PM: No wood smoke. 73 degrees, cloudy and breezy. Though it may be cloudy, the gray sky is not enough to diminish a beautiful spring day. This is our warmest day this year and I believe our warmest day in six months.
5:10 PM: No wood smoke yet. It is a little early for bonfires. Not early on the calendar as recreational air pollution begins as soon as it warms up enough to sit outside. Early on the clock. 74 degrees. The windows around the house are open. The breeze is blowing through the house and it feels great!
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. Windy.
8:00 PM: Out of the city. On my way back I noticed faint wood smoke at the intersection of Beam & McKnight. I do not know where it was coming from or if it was coming from the North St. Paul or Maplewood side.
It is very windy at this time. Strong wind gusts are coming out of the south. The wind changes direction every few minutes.
8:30 PM: No wood smoke. It is even windier than it was earlier. The air is fresh!
10:25 PM: Still no wood smoke where we are.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
I woke up and checked the air about quarter past midnight. There was no wood smoke.
The only explanation for the absence of wood smoke this evening is the strong wind.
4:40 PM: No wood smoke. 73 degrees, cloudy and breezy. Though it may be cloudy, the gray sky is not enough to diminish a beautiful spring day. This is our warmest day this year and I believe our warmest day in six months.
5:10 PM: No wood smoke yet. It is a little early for bonfires. Not early on the calendar as recreational air pollution begins as soon as it warms up enough to sit outside. Early on the clock. 74 degrees. The windows around the house are open. The breeze is blowing through the house and it feels great!
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. Windy.
8:00 PM: Out of the city. On my way back I noticed faint wood smoke at the intersection of Beam & McKnight. I do not know where it was coming from or if it was coming from the North St. Paul or Maplewood side.
It is very windy at this time. Strong wind gusts are coming out of the south. The wind changes direction every few minutes.
8:30 PM: No wood smoke. It is even windier than it was earlier. The air is fresh!
10:25 PM: Still no wood smoke where we are.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
I woke up and checked the air about quarter past midnight. There was no wood smoke.
The only explanation for the absence of wood smoke this evening is the strong wind.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday 03/29/2010 Air Pollution
If we do not have wood smoke tonight we will be lucky. The rest of the week will be smoky as hell as temperatures are expected to climb into the low to mid 70s. Bonfires will be smoking and smoldering all night long.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air! It will not last. 59 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:15 PM: No wood smoke that I can detect. There is a very faint unpleasant odor of some kind in the air coming out of the east.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke yet.
10:00 PM: Still no wood smoke.
Midnight: No wood smoke.
We made it an evening without smoky, polluted air! This is the calm before the storm.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air! It will not last. 59 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:15 PM: No wood smoke that I can detect. There is a very faint unpleasant odor of some kind in the air coming out of the east.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke yet.
10:00 PM: Still no wood smoke.
Midnight: No wood smoke.
We made it an evening without smoky, polluted air! This is the calm before the storm.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Recreational pollution season starts soon
Bonfire season starts soon in North St. Paul, MN. When the weather gets warm enough to have a bonfire, you will always find at least one person burning wood within a quarter of a mile upwind from you on any night. Usually, you will find several.
Spring, summer, and fall are smokier than winter in this nightmare of a city. Back in the late 1990s it was not like this. North St. Paul was a nice place to live. We left our windows open for days and weeks at a time and never once did we wake up in the middle of the night choking on smoky air. There was no smoky air then. Nobody burned wood except during the winter. We never had to be concerned about our house reeking of burning wood. Every evening has been smoky as hell the past few years. It gets worse every year.
We we will have a warm week. The forecast highs from Tuesday through Saturday are between 68 and 66 degrees with highs in the low to mid 70s on Wednesday and Thursday. Recreational bonfire pollution will start this week. When people start raking their yards we will be treated to smoke from burning grass, too.
I noticed in my visitor stats somebody today searched for the firepit rules in North St. Paul. Somebody is already preparing to pollute our air. This city is a polluted hell of a nightmare! People cannot live around here without smoking up our air!
After a smoky winter which was much smokier than the winter before, we get to look forward to even smokier air. Thank you Jan Walczak. You have done a great job turning this city into a bad place to live. I wish you would sell your home and go torture the residents of another city. We deserve so much better than you. This year I will be working to make sure all your elderly neighbors know you are the reason they have to breathe smoky air. Your neighbors will know you are the reason they cannot leave their windows open to enjoy a nice breezy evening. You, Jan Walczak, are the one ruining their golden years.
Spring, summer, and fall are smokier than winter in this nightmare of a city. Back in the late 1990s it was not like this. North St. Paul was a nice place to live. We left our windows open for days and weeks at a time and never once did we wake up in the middle of the night choking on smoky air. There was no smoky air then. Nobody burned wood except during the winter. We never had to be concerned about our house reeking of burning wood. Every evening has been smoky as hell the past few years. It gets worse every year.
We we will have a warm week. The forecast highs from Tuesday through Saturday are between 68 and 66 degrees with highs in the low to mid 70s on Wednesday and Thursday. Recreational bonfire pollution will start this week. When people start raking their yards we will be treated to smoke from burning grass, too.
I noticed in my visitor stats somebody today searched for the firepit rules in North St. Paul. Somebody is already preparing to pollute our air. This city is a polluted hell of a nightmare! People cannot live around here without smoking up our air!
After a smoky winter which was much smokier than the winter before, we get to look forward to even smokier air. Thank you Jan Walczak. You have done a great job turning this city into a bad place to live. I wish you would sell your home and go torture the residents of another city. We deserve so much better than you. This year I will be working to make sure all your elderly neighbors know you are the reason they have to breathe smoky air. Your neighbors will know you are the reason they cannot leave their windows open to enjoy a nice breezy evening. You, Jan Walczak, are the one ruining their golden years.
Sunday 03/28/2010 Air Pollution
It is another smoky, polluted evening in the city of North St. Paul, MN.
4:55 PM: A faint smokiness is in the air. It is probably wood smoke. Whatever the source, it stinks. 50 degrees and sunny.
8:30 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. 47 degrees.
9:15 PM: No noticeable wood smoke detected. The air is not fresh. It is not smoky.
11:45 PM: Light wood smoke at this time.
4:55 PM: A faint smokiness is in the air. It is probably wood smoke. Whatever the source, it stinks. 50 degrees and sunny.
8:30 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. 47 degrees.
9:15 PM: No noticeable wood smoke detected. The air is not fresh. It is not smoky.
11:45 PM: Light wood smoke at this time.
Saturday 03/27/2010 Air Pollution
2:30 PM: No wood smoke yet. There will be. There always is. 53 degrees.
3:15 PM: Faint to light stinky wood smoke coming in on the breeze. It stinks something terrible.
4:45 PM: No wood smoke.
8:15 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. Horrible polluted North St. Paul air.
9:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. Smoky misery.
9:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
10:45 PM: No wood smoke. The air smells like rain.
Midnight: No wood smoke.
3:15 PM: Faint to light stinky wood smoke coming in on the breeze. It stinks something terrible.
4:45 PM: No wood smoke.
8:15 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. Horrible polluted North St. Paul air.
9:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. Smoky misery.
9:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
10:45 PM: No wood smoke. The air smells like rain.
Midnight: No wood smoke.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday 03/26/2010 Air Pollution
5:00 AM: A faint wood smokiness lingers in the air. 28 degrees.
7:00 AM: A trace of wood smoke remains.
5:45 PM: No wood smoke. 51 degrees.
7:45 PM: A very faint to faint wood smoke is blowing in from the south. It is windy this evening. It was smoky all along the south edge of Silver Lake. It was smokier down at 17th & Henry. To illustrate the dispersal of that wood smoke, you could smell it all the way down 19th Ave. past 1st St. N.
Wood smoke can travel far beyond the yard or chimney of the wood burner. Everybody downwind has to breathe that smoky, polluted air. The smoke blows away from the burner into the nostrils and lungs of hundreds or potentially thousands of people downwind. The burner does not suffer the consequences of his burning. Everybody around him does.
9:00 PM: Very faint to faint varying wood smoke is coming in on the wind.
10:00 PM: No real wood smoke can be detected at this time.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 AM: A trace of wood smoke remains.
5:45 PM: No wood smoke. 51 degrees.
7:45 PM: A very faint to faint wood smoke is blowing in from the south. It is windy this evening. It was smoky all along the south edge of Silver Lake. It was smokier down at 17th & Henry. To illustrate the dispersal of that wood smoke, you could smell it all the way down 19th Ave. past 1st St. N.
Wood smoke can travel far beyond the yard or chimney of the wood burner. Everybody downwind has to breathe that smoky, polluted air. The smoke blows away from the burner into the nostrils and lungs of hundreds or potentially thousands of people downwind. The burner does not suffer the consequences of his burning. Everybody around him does.
9:00 PM: Very faint to faint varying wood smoke is coming in on the wind.
10:00 PM: No real wood smoke can be detected at this time.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
Thursday 03/25/2010 Air Pollution
4:05 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air. 35 degrees.
6:45 PM: No wood smoke.
8:45 PM: No wood smoke.
11:10 PM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time.
We could not make it an evening without wood smoke with temperatures in the 30s.
We had two evenings of fresh air this week. That is about all we can hope for in this polluted nightmare of a city.
6:45 PM: No wood smoke.
8:45 PM: No wood smoke.
11:10 PM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time.
We could not make it an evening without wood smoke with temperatures in the 30s.
We had two evenings of fresh air this week. That is about all we can hope for in this polluted nightmare of a city.
Wednesday 03/24/2010 Air Pollution
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. 54 degrees.
8:55 PM: No wood smoke yet.
10:30 PM: No wood smoke.
11:45 PM: No wood smoke.
This was the second evening in a row without smoky air!
8:55 PM: No wood smoke yet.
10:30 PM: No wood smoke.
11:45 PM: No wood smoke.
This was the second evening in a row without smoky air!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday 03/23/2010 Air Pollution
2:00 AM: Moderately strong horrible smelling smoke continues. Smoky as hell. Smoky as North St. Paul. North St. Paul is hell.
6:00 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. I didn't stick my head out the door more than a couple of seconds to grab the paper. The air in the city of North St. Paul is horribly polluted!
7:00 AM: Light to moderate wood and some other type of smoke continues. The smoke smells like burning wood and gunpowder
I don't know what the hell is being burned in North St. Paul at 7:00 AM, but this has got to stop!
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. 60 degrees and sunny. A very nice spring day. Will the air be smoky tonight?
6:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air!
7:30 PM: No wood smoke. The air is not fresh. There is something in it. I cannot say what it is.
8:30 PM: No wood smoke detected. A trace of some type of smoke is in the air. It could be a distant burner or vehicle exhaust fumes.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke. Bed time.
Midnight: No wood smoke. This was the final check on the way back to bed.
We made it an evening without wood smoke in the city of North St. Paul, Minnesota!
6:00 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. I didn't stick my head out the door more than a couple of seconds to grab the paper. The air in the city of North St. Paul is horribly polluted!
7:00 AM: Light to moderate wood and some other type of smoke continues. The smoke smells like burning wood and gunpowder
I don't know what the hell is being burned in North St. Paul at 7:00 AM, but this has got to stop!
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. 60 degrees and sunny. A very nice spring day. Will the air be smoky tonight?
6:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air!
7:30 PM: No wood smoke. The air is not fresh. There is something in it. I cannot say what it is.
8:30 PM: No wood smoke detected. A trace of some type of smoke is in the air. It could be a distant burner or vehicle exhaust fumes.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke. Bed time.
Midnight: No wood smoke. This was the final check on the way back to bed.
We made it an evening without wood smoke in the city of North St. Paul, Minnesota!
Monday 03/22/2010 Air Pollution
3:00 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues.
6:00 AM: A faint smokiness lingers in the air.
5:10 PM: No wood smoke. 54 degrees. Will there be wood smoke again this evening?
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. I dozed off within an hour of this time.
Midnight: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside and whatever is being burned smells terrible! The air outside reeks. It smells like something is being burned in addition to wood. I am not sure what it is. Regular burning wood does not smell like this.
The air was still smoky at 7 AM the next morning.
6:00 AM: A faint smokiness lingers in the air.
5:10 PM: No wood smoke. 54 degrees. Will there be wood smoke again this evening?
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. I dozed off within an hour of this time.
Midnight: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside and whatever is being burned smells terrible! The air outside reeks. It smells like something is being burned in addition to wood. I am not sure what it is. Regular burning wood does not smell like this.
The air was still smoky at 7 AM the next morning.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday 03/21/2010 Air Pollution
1:00 AM: Moderately strong wood smoke continues. Smoky air all night long it looks like.
6:30 AM: A faint smokiness remains in the air.
3:15 PM: The air is delightfully fresh! Will we have smoky air tonight? Yes, I am sure we will.
The air is smoky every evening in North St. Paul, Minnesota.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke yet. 52 degrees.
6:20 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
7:15 PM: No wood smoke.
10:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air reeks of burning wood and it is a really stinky type of wood burning. The air in North St. Paul reeks badly.
6:30 AM: A faint smokiness remains in the air.
3:15 PM: The air is delightfully fresh! Will we have smoky air tonight? Yes, I am sure we will.
The air is smoky every evening in North St. Paul, Minnesota.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke yet. 52 degrees.
6:20 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
7:15 PM: No wood smoke.
10:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air reeks of burning wood and it is a really stinky type of wood burning. The air in North St. Paul reeks badly.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Saturday 03/20/2010 Air Pollution
1:15 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. Horrible polluted air.
3:00 AM: Faint wood smoke continues.
12:15 PM: Faint wood smoke on the wind. It's windy at this time. 30 degrees. We usually don't experience polluted air during the afternoon.
5:25 PM: The air is fresh! It will not be for long. 40 degrees.
Midnight: Moderate wood smoke. Very stinky wood smoke! I fell asleep early and woke up around this time. The air was heavy with wood smoke pollution. This is not any type of air you could stand to breathe for a long period of time.
The air quality in North St. Paul is really bad.
3:00 AM: Faint wood smoke continues.
12:15 PM: Faint wood smoke on the wind. It's windy at this time. 30 degrees. We usually don't experience polluted air during the afternoon.
5:25 PM: The air is fresh! It will not be for long. 40 degrees.
Midnight: Moderate wood smoke. Very stinky wood smoke! I fell asleep early and woke up around this time. The air was heavy with wood smoke pollution. This is not any type of air you could stand to breathe for a long period of time.
The air quality in North St. Paul is really bad.
Friday 03/19/2010 Air Pollution
It was 64 degrees yesterday and barely scratched the low-30s today. That's Minnesota weather.
4:00 PM: No wood smoke. 31 degrees.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke. I dozed off around 7 PM.
10:30: Moderate wood smoke. Very smoky outside! You do not want to breathe this polluted air. It will make you feel sick.
4:00 PM: No wood smoke. 31 degrees.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke. I dozed off around 7 PM.
10:30: Moderate wood smoke. Very smoky outside! You do not want to breathe this polluted air. It will make you feel sick.
Thursday 03/18/2010 Air Pollution
4:45 PM: No wood smoke. A very nice 64 degrees.
Wood smoke season will soon be upon us.
8:05 PM: No wood smoke. Nobody has a fireplace of a bonfire going tonight? What's the deal?
10:30 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Wood smoke season will soon be upon us.
8:05 PM: No wood smoke. Nobody has a fireplace of a bonfire going tonight? What's the deal?
10:30 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Wednesday 03/17/2010 Air Pollution
5:50 PM: No wood smoke yet. 56 degrees. Spring has arrived.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke. I dozed off earlier.
We will have to count this as an evening with no wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke. I dozed off earlier.
We will have to count this as an evening with no wood smoke.
Tuesday 03/16/2010 Air Pollution
5:00 PM: No wood smoke. 49 degrees.
7:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It's back!
9:07 PM: No wood smoke. Where did it go?
10:15 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. I was wondering where it went.
7:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It's back!
9:07 PM: No wood smoke. Where did it go?
10:15 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. I was wondering where it went.
Monday 03/15/2010 Air Pollution
9:25 PM: No wood smoke yet. 49 degrees.
11:30 PM: Still no wood smoke yet. Where is it?
A rare evening in the city of North St. Paul, MN, without wood smoke pollution!
11:30 PM: Still no wood smoke yet. Where is it?
A rare evening in the city of North St. Paul, MN, without wood smoke pollution!
Sunday 03/14/2010 Air Pollution
5:45 PM: No wood smoke yet. I think we hit a record high temperature today. It is 64 degrees now.
7:25 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Who needs a fireplace when it is this warm? I don't think anyone would have a bonfire yet.
One month from now bonfires will be a regular event. The air will be smoky every evening. Winter 2009 - 2010 was smokier than the preceding winter. But spring, summer, and fall are even smokier than winter in this screwy town. Not only will the wood smoke be stronger, but it will last longer.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke.
9:45 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
7:25 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Who needs a fireplace when it is this warm? I don't think anyone would have a bonfire yet.
One month from now bonfires will be a regular event. The air will be smoky every evening. Winter 2009 - 2010 was smokier than the preceding winter. But spring, summer, and fall are even smokier than winter in this screwy town. Not only will the wood smoke be stronger, but it will last longer.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke.
9:45 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Saturday 03/13/2010 Air Pollution
It rained off and on much of the preceding four days. The snowpack is gone. The yard is clear except for a few mounds where snow was piled. It went quick this year.
6:15 PM: No wood smoke. 45 degrees.
9:35 PM: The faintest trace of wood smoke can be detected on the wind. There was no wood smoke prior to this.
10:30 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
6:15 PM: No wood smoke. 45 degrees.
9:35 PM: The faintest trace of wood smoke can be detected on the wind. There was no wood smoke prior to this.
10:30 PM: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Friday 03/12/2010 Air Pollution
5:15 PM: Faint smokiness is in the air. 41 degrees.
6:30 PM: Light wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke.
10:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke.
Midnight: No real wood smoke at this time. The air isn't fresh. I'll take it.
6:30 PM: Light wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke.
10:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke.
Midnight: No real wood smoke at this time. The air isn't fresh. I'll take it.
Thursday 03/11/2010 Air Pollution
3:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. I happened to be home.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. Gone already? Our old friend wood smoke pollution will be back. It always is. 46 degrees.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke. Off to bed.
Midnight: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's really smoky outside! I woke up around this time and checked the air on my way back to bed.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. Gone already? Our old friend wood smoke pollution will be back. It always is. 46 degrees.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke. Off to bed.
Midnight: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's really smoky outside! I woke up around this time and checked the air on my way back to bed.
Wednesday 03/10/2010 Air Pollution
4:05 PM: No wood smoke. 42 degrees. Cloudy and misty.
6:25 PM: Faint to light wood smoke coming in on the breeze.
8:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
6:25 PM: Faint to light wood smoke coming in on the breeze.
8:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Tuesday 03/09/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. Light rain was falling at 5:15 PM. I failed to record the temperature.
A rare evening without wood smoke pollution in North St. Paul, Minnesota.
A rare evening without wood smoke pollution in North St. Paul, Minnesota.
Monday 03/08/2010 Air Pollution
5:00 PM: No wood smoke. 36 degrees.
8:20 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. We couldn't make it through the evening without smoky polluted air in North St. Paul, could we? Last check of the evening.
8:20 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. We couldn't make it through the evening without smoky polluted air in North St. Paul, could we? Last check of the evening.
Sunday 03/07/2010 Air Pollution
5:15 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. No smoke all morning or earlier this afternoon. 46 degrees.
6:00 PM: Light wood smoke.
7:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
6:00 PM: Light wood smoke.
7:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Saturday 03/06/2010 Air Pollution
5:00 PM: No wood smoke. 44 degrees. The air was delightfully fresh all morning and day long. Sometimes you want to step outside, stretch, and take a deep breath of fresh, cool air. I can't say I've ever heard anyone say they were stepping outside to take a breath of smoky air.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's smoky outside.
9:10 PM: No real wood smoke. The air isn't fresh. It isn't smoky.
11:00 PM: Extremely faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's smoky outside.
9:10 PM: No real wood smoke. The air isn't fresh. It isn't smoky.
11:00 PM: Extremely faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air.
Friday 03/05/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening where we live. Fresh air on a Friday night does not happen often in this city. The temperature at 4:15 PM was 42 degrees.
Thursday 03/04/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. The air was fresh from 4:30 PM until I went to bed at 10:30 PM. The temperature at 4:30 was 39 degrees.
Fresh air is nice. If you enjoy fresh air, you will not be happy in North St. Paul, Minnesota. If you enjoy burning sinuses, nausea, headaches, shortness of breath and smoky hair and clothes caused by burning wood, you will love this town.
Fresh air is nice. If you enjoy fresh air, you will not be happy in North St. Paul, Minnesota. If you enjoy burning sinuses, nausea, headaches, shortness of breath and smoky hair and clothes caused by burning wood, you will love this town.
Wednesday 03/03/2010 Air Pollution
4:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Welcome home to polluted air! 41 degrees.
Spring is coming. That means the air will soon get smokier. Conventional wisdom says the air will be smokier in the winter. Not in the city of North St. Paul, MN. Recreational burning starts in this polluted nightmare of a city begins as soon as April. We get smoke from recreational bonfires and fireplaces at the same time.
6:00 PM: Extremely faint trace of wood smoke and a burnt rubber smell at this time.
8:00 PM: The air is mostly clear at this time. Last check of the evening.
Spring is coming. That means the air will soon get smokier. Conventional wisdom says the air will be smokier in the winter. Not in the city of North St. Paul, MN. Recreational burning starts in this polluted nightmare of a city begins as soon as April. We get smoke from recreational bonfires and fireplaces at the same time.
6:00 PM: Extremely faint trace of wood smoke and a burnt rubber smell at this time.
8:00 PM: The air is mostly clear at this time. Last check of the evening.
Tuesday 03/02/2010 Air Pollution
7:00 AM: Faint wood smoke and vehicle exhaust is in the air. 19 degrees.
4:15 PM: Faint to light wood smoke varying with the wind. 40 degrees. The snow is really melting!
6:10 PM: No wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke varying with the wind.
8:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is getting smokier. Last check of the evening.
4:15 PM: Faint to light wood smoke varying with the wind. 40 degrees. The snow is really melting!
6:10 PM: No wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke varying with the wind.
8:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is getting smokier. Last check of the evening.
Monday 03/01/2010 Air Pollution
5:30 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air! 37 degrees.
8:37 PM: Fresh air continues. I fell asleep early this evening so this was the final air quality check.
8:37 PM: Fresh air continues. I fell asleep early this evening so this was the final air quality check.
Sunday 02/28/2010 Air Pollution
5:30 PM: No wood smoke. We enjoyed fresh air all day long. Spring is coming! 37 degrees.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. This was the last check of the evening.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. This was the last check of the evening.
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