The asshole frequent burner in the area is smoking up a storm. We have been lucky that he is burning less these days than he was years ago. He used to burn five days a week all summer long but this year he is only burning three or four times a week with some unexplained breaks in his burning.
4:55 PM: No smoke where we are but I saw the asshole frequent burner producing huge clouds of smoke as I was coming into the neighborhood. 58 degrees and sunny.
5:05 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going with the breeze.
5:45 PM: Moderately strong grass smoke. This smoke is very heavy for yard waste burning. I don't know if asshole frequent burner is burning grass or some other asshole in the area joined in and burned grass. North St. Paul, MN, is a horrible place to live. There is no telling how long the air will be smoky tonight. If we are lucky we will have fresh air by morning. It is not uncommon for the air to be smoky at 6 AM from the prior evening's burning around here.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Can't sit outside. Can't open the windows. This is how we live in North St. Paul. It has been this way for many years now.
6:30 PM: Faint wood smoke in the air at this time.
6:50 PM: A very faint smoke of some type is in the air at this time.
It is going to be a long, smoky night in North St. Paul.
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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.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Thursday 09/22/2011 Air Pollution
There was no wood or yard waste smoke polluting our precious air this evening. It was another unseasonably cool day. The temperature was 54 degrees at 5 PM with cloudy skies.
Wednesday 09/21/2011 Air Pollution
There was no wood or yard waste smoke this evening. It was a wet, drizzly evening. It was drizzling rain around 7 PM with a temperature of 55 degrees. Not good weather for a recreational bonfire. We will take fresh air any way we can get it in North St. Paul.
Tuesday 09/20/2011 Air Pollution
3:30 PM: Faint smoke from burning leaves. We will have plenty more smoke from burning leaves the next two months.
3:45 PM: No smoke. Fresh air. 70 degrees, cloudy.
There was no more wood ore yard waste smoke where we live. There was wood smoke in the air down the street but none on our property.
3:45 PM: No smoke. Fresh air. 70 degrees, cloudy.
There was no more wood ore yard waste smoke where we live. There was wood smoke in the air down the street but none on our property.
Monday 09/19/2011 Air Pollution
We had the first incident of leaf burning for the season this evening. People burn anything they can get their hands on in this horrible city. Wood, paper, leaves, grass, other types of waste. If it is combustible, people burn it in the city of North St. Paul, MN. Leaf burning will continue regularly until snow covers the ground. The burning of leaves usually continues well into November. So we have smoke from burning leaves to look forward to in addition to wood, grass, and whatever else.
5:15 PM: No smoke. Sunny and beautiful with a temperature of 73 degrees.
6:50 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves. The smoke is a little heavy for yard waste burning. The burner is not far. I heard the distant sound of a leaf blower earlier and now there is leaf smoke in the air. The smoke from burning leaves lasted less than 30 minutes.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
9:00 PM: A faint smoke of some type is in the air. I don't know what it is. This was the last check of the evening.
5:15 PM: No smoke. Sunny and beautiful with a temperature of 73 degrees.
6:50 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves. The smoke is a little heavy for yard waste burning. The burner is not far. I heard the distant sound of a leaf blower earlier and now there is leaf smoke in the air. The smoke from burning leaves lasted less than 30 minutes.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
9:00 PM: A faint smoke of some type is in the air. I don't know what it is. This was the last check of the evening.
Sunday 09/18/2011 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke where we live this evening. There were spots of wood smoke everywhere I went this evening from recreational fireplace use. There was some faint wood smoke down the street but none on our property. This counts as an evening without wood smoke. It was 60 degrees with a rain mist at 6 PM.
Saturday 09/17/2011 Air Pollution
There was wood smoke in the air again this evening, as usual. But it was not bad for a Saturday night. The temperature is a little cool. There are less bonfires when the temperature is below 70 degrees.
5:00 PM: Faint wood smoke. 66 degrees, cloudy.
8:45 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air at this time.
9:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No smoke.
5:00 PM: Faint wood smoke. 66 degrees, cloudy.
8:45 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air at this time.
9:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
11:00 PM: No smoke.
Friday 09/16/2011 Air Pollution
It's Friday. The air is smoky. As usual.
4:45 PM: No smoke. Cloudy, 58 degrees.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: Light wood smoke. It could be from a bonfire or recreational fireplace use.
9:10 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:15 PM: Light wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
4:45 PM: No smoke. Cloudy, 58 degrees.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: Light wood smoke. It could be from a bonfire or recreational fireplace use.
9:10 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:15 PM: Light wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
Thursday 09/15/2011 Air Pollution
We had our first frost this morning. A little earlier than usual.
There was no wood or yard waste smoke in the air this evening. It was a bit cool for bonfires. This time of year when the temperature gets this low we do sometimes have smoke from recreational fireplaces. Not tonight. The temperature at 6 PM was 56 degrees with weak sun.
There was no wood or yard waste smoke in the air this evening. It was a bit cool for bonfires. This time of year when the temperature gets this low we do sometimes have smoke from recreational fireplaces. Not tonight. The temperature at 6 PM was 56 degrees with weak sun.
Wednesday 09/14/2011 Air Pollution
There was no wood or yard waste smoke this evening. I wouldn't call this a miracle because it was a little cool for bonfires. When the temperature dips below 70 degrees there are less people polluting our precious air with bonfires. It was 56 degrees and sunny at 6 PM. This is the third evening in a row without any wood or yard waste smoke in the air. We love that rare fresh air.
Tuesday 09/13/2011 Air Pollution
There was no wood or yard waste smoke pollution this evening where we live. There was a house on Beam just west of Chippewa on the North St. Paul side burning wood on the ground before 8 PM. The smoke was not coming our direction.
Monday 09/12/2011 Air Pollution
It was a miracle! We had a beautiful summery day with no wood smoke pollution. The temperature at 6 PM was 88 degrees with sunny skies and gusty winds. The temperature at 10:15 PM was in the 80s. The air was not fresh this evening, but I could not smell any wood or yard waste smoke in it. I am not sure what explanation there is for the absence of wood smoke this evening. The temperature was not too warm for bonfires. It was too windy to burn safely, but recreational wood burners do not care about fire safety. You will see them doing dangerous things all the time. Whatever the cause for our fresh air this evening, we are happy to have it.
Sunday 09/11/2011 Air Pollution
The asshole frequent burner was burning again, smoking up the air for a good two hours.
4:15 PM: Light wood smoke at this time from the asshole frequent burner in the area. The smoke comes and goes as it makes its way our direction before the breeze shifts. 87 degrees, sunny, low humidity and an otherwise beautiful day except for the wood smoke pollution.
4:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
5:20 PM: Faint to light wood smoke.
5:40 PM: Very faint wood smoke.
5:45 PM: Light wood smoke.
7:15 PM: No smoke. Fresh air for now.
8:20 PM: No smoke. Fresh air.
9:30 PM: No smoke.
11:00 PM: No smoke.
The air was not as polluted as it usually is.
4:15 PM: Light wood smoke at this time from the asshole frequent burner in the area. The smoke comes and goes as it makes its way our direction before the breeze shifts. 87 degrees, sunny, low humidity and an otherwise beautiful day except for the wood smoke pollution.
4:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
5:20 PM: Faint to light wood smoke.
5:40 PM: Very faint wood smoke.
5:45 PM: Light wood smoke.
7:15 PM: No smoke. Fresh air for now.
8:20 PM: No smoke. Fresh air.
9:30 PM: No smoke.
11:00 PM: No smoke.
The air was not as polluted as it usually is.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Saturday 09/10/2011 Air Pollution
Heavy grass smoke from illegal yard waste burning this afternoon. Extremely heavy stinky wood smoke this evening. This is one of the smokiest nights ever in our years of living in this horrible city. Do you want to live in a polluted hell of a city like this?
Somebody who lives near the fire chief had an extremely smoky fire that smelled awful. The fire was so smoky it blanketed the entire neighborhood with a cloud of smoke. Everywhere we looked was a cloud of icky, stinky smoke. But somebody called the cops on the burner. I don't know who called the police, but I thank you.
3:15 PM: Light wood smoke that was gone a minute later.
4:00 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke. Someone is illegally burning yard waste and as heavy as the smoke is, they cannot be far away. 83 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the damn yard waste smoke.
4:25 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke. The illegal yard waste burning continues.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
5:50 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke. I wish these asshole yard waste burners would burn all of their waste at one time instead of burning a little here and there and dragging it out over several hours.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke continues. It would be a nice evening to sit outside but if we do, we will be inhaling burning grass smoke with every breath. North St. Paul sucks!
6:20 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke continues. That's about two and a half hours of intermittent grass smoke this evening. And the bonfires will start soon, making this hell of a city even smokier.
6:50 PM: Faint grass smoke continues.
7:30 PM: Light horrible stinky wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Strong horrible stinky wood smoke. The entire area is blanketed with heavy smoke like a cloud. The air pollution in North St. Paul is so heavy you can see it everywhere you look.
I went out at this time for a cruise to find out where the burning is. I did not cover most streets. There is no breeze this evening. Smoke is rising and gently floating to the southwest. I hit a couple of areas like Water Tower Park and the Silver Lake area. I found smoke everywhere but could locate only four areas of burning.
1) A home near the fire chief's house was producing a huge amount of smoke that blanketed the entire neighborhood with a horrible smelling cloud of smoke. This was the heaviest smoke we have experienced in all our years in North St. Paul. At first, I thought it might be the fire chief's house doing the burning, but it was one or two homes south of him. Somebody called the police to have the fire put out because there were two police cars parked outside the home when I came back. I could smell the smoke from that burner all the way down to Chippewa & 19th. I didn't go any further beyond that and would not be shocked if the smoke went farther.
2) A home on Lake Blvd. is having their second smoky bonfire of the week that I witnessed. They also had a smoky recreational fire on Thursday 09/08/2011. They bought the house in May 2010. These assholes move into the area and they become frequent burners. That's all we need. We had two smoky burners leave the area because of foreclosure since July 2010 and we have a new frequent burner to make up for the loss.
3) A home on 1st near 17th is having a bonfire in the backyard. I noticed as I was driving down 17th.
4) I headed down 15th to make a quick pass through the Water Tower Park area. I found one smoky bonfire on 15th just east of 3rd.
I only found four fires, but it was smoky all over. Other than the second house in the list on Lake Blvd., I did not find any other homes burning near Silver Lake. But it was still early when I was out. Most burning doesn't begin until after dark, 9 PM or about.
I took a little consolation in the fact that it was very smoky in front of city council member Bob Bruton's house on Lake Blvd. near Poplar. I noticed it as I was passing through the area to go around back onto Helen. It is only 73 degrees outside and we would have our windows open if not for the heavy wood smoke. I hope Bob had his windows open and inhaled that wood smoke deep into his lungs. Bruton supports wood smoke pollution.
8:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke back home. It's a different smell from that stinky smoke the house on Helen was producing, number one on the list above. Somebody else probably started a bonfire. It's Saturday, we have beautiful weather, and people are burning like crazy in this horrible shit town. My clothes stink of wood smoke from being outside.
North St. Paul sucks! Horrible shitty city! Don't buy a home here. You will be sorry!
8:52 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. A different smell from before. Another bonfire in the neighborhood.
9:20 PM: Faint wood smoke.
9:30 PM: The air is not fresh but mostly clear at this time. The wind must have shifted because the burning doesn't stop this early in hell on earth North St. Paul.
10:40 PM: Light wood smoke.
11:05 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
11:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Smokier now than before.
11:45 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Another long, smoky night in North St. Paul.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
Somebody who lives near the fire chief had an extremely smoky fire that smelled awful. The fire was so smoky it blanketed the entire neighborhood with a cloud of smoke. Everywhere we looked was a cloud of icky, stinky smoke. But somebody called the cops on the burner. I don't know who called the police, but I thank you.
3:15 PM: Light wood smoke that was gone a minute later.
4:00 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke. Someone is illegally burning yard waste and as heavy as the smoke is, they cannot be far away. 83 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the damn yard waste smoke.
4:25 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke. The illegal yard waste burning continues.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
5:50 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke. I wish these asshole yard waste burners would burn all of their waste at one time instead of burning a little here and there and dragging it out over several hours.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke continues. It would be a nice evening to sit outside but if we do, we will be inhaling burning grass smoke with every breath. North St. Paul sucks!
6:20 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke continues. That's about two and a half hours of intermittent grass smoke this evening. And the bonfires will start soon, making this hell of a city even smokier.
6:50 PM: Faint grass smoke continues.
7:30 PM: Light horrible stinky wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Strong horrible stinky wood smoke. The entire area is blanketed with heavy smoke like a cloud. The air pollution in North St. Paul is so heavy you can see it everywhere you look.
I went out at this time for a cruise to find out where the burning is. I did not cover most streets. There is no breeze this evening. Smoke is rising and gently floating to the southwest. I hit a couple of areas like Water Tower Park and the Silver Lake area. I found smoke everywhere but could locate only four areas of burning.
1) A home near the fire chief's house was producing a huge amount of smoke that blanketed the entire neighborhood with a horrible smelling cloud of smoke. This was the heaviest smoke we have experienced in all our years in North St. Paul. At first, I thought it might be the fire chief's house doing the burning, but it was one or two homes south of him. Somebody called the police to have the fire put out because there were two police cars parked outside the home when I came back. I could smell the smoke from that burner all the way down to Chippewa & 19th. I didn't go any further beyond that and would not be shocked if the smoke went farther.
2) A home on Lake Blvd. is having their second smoky bonfire of the week that I witnessed. They also had a smoky recreational fire on Thursday 09/08/2011. They bought the house in May 2010. These assholes move into the area and they become frequent burners. That's all we need. We had two smoky burners leave the area because of foreclosure since July 2010 and we have a new frequent burner to make up for the loss.
3) A home on 1st near 17th is having a bonfire in the backyard. I noticed as I was driving down 17th.
4) I headed down 15th to make a quick pass through the Water Tower Park area. I found one smoky bonfire on 15th just east of 3rd.
I only found four fires, but it was smoky all over. Other than the second house in the list on Lake Blvd., I did not find any other homes burning near Silver Lake. But it was still early when I was out. Most burning doesn't begin until after dark, 9 PM or about.
I took a little consolation in the fact that it was very smoky in front of city council member Bob Bruton's house on Lake Blvd. near Poplar. I noticed it as I was passing through the area to go around back onto Helen. It is only 73 degrees outside and we would have our windows open if not for the heavy wood smoke. I hope Bob had his windows open and inhaled that wood smoke deep into his lungs. Bruton supports wood smoke pollution.
8:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke back home. It's a different smell from that stinky smoke the house on Helen was producing, number one on the list above. Somebody else probably started a bonfire. It's Saturday, we have beautiful weather, and people are burning like crazy in this horrible shit town. My clothes stink of wood smoke from being outside.
North St. Paul sucks! Horrible shitty city! Don't buy a home here. You will be sorry!
8:52 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. A different smell from before. Another bonfire in the neighborhood.
9:20 PM: Faint wood smoke.
9:30 PM: The air is not fresh but mostly clear at this time. The wind must have shifted because the burning doesn't stop this early in hell on earth North St. Paul.
10:40 PM: Light wood smoke.
11:05 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
11:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Smokier now than before.
11:45 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Another long, smoky night in North St. Paul.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
Friday 09/09/2011 Air Pollution
Smoke from a forest fire near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area up close to the Canadian border made its way into the Twin Cities today, or so says the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. I was home today and noticed a wood smoke of sorts around 12:45 PM. As polluted as North St. Paul is with all the wood and yard waste burners around here, I thought that someone was burning waste in their backyard at first. After the smoke got heavier, leaving a heavy haze visible in the air, I realized that it was more than just a regular backyard burner. While the smoke made the air hazier than normal in North St. Paul, the smell of the wood smoke did not come close to approaching what we regularly experience in this town. The smoke covered most of the Twin Cities, reportedly extending from Maplewood and White Bear Lake all the way down to Minneapolis and beyond to Shakopee.
All you people finding this blog by searching for the cause of the wood smoke in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area on Friday, September 9th, 2011, should know that we regularly have heavier wood smoke than this in North St. Paul. Living in North St. Paul is like living in hell. So if you didn't like the smoke you experienced today from the BWCA forest fires, don't think about buying a house in North St. Paul because this city is much worse.
12:45 PM: A faint to light smoke is in the air that smells like some sort of wood. I figured someone was burning in their backyard, as happens every miserable day in this horrible city.
1:00 PM: A moderately strong wood type of smoke is in the air. The air is hazy at this time. We don't usually see a smoky haze in the air like this from the nightly burning that happens in this city. The odor of wood smoke is often much heavier than this in North St. Paul.
2:00 PM: Light wood type smoke in the air. The intensity of the smoke has decreased.
3:00 PM: A faint wood type smoke continues.
4:00 PM: The smoke is almost completely gone.
5:00 PM: The smoke from earlier is now gone. 85 degrees, sunny, a very nice day.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:25 PM: No smoke.
After dark, I went out near Silver Lake looking for smoke. There were homes burning on Lake Blvd. Wednesday and yesterday and I found another one burning tonight. That's three evenings in a row that a home on Lake Blvd. was burning. A home on Lake Blvd., which happens to be directly behind city council member Jan Walczak's home, was having a very smoky bonfire. They had another very smoky bonfire earlier this year and may have had more. I don't go looking for burners over at Silver Lake that often. There was no breeze at this time, but the smoke was drifting south. I could not smell the smoke along Lake Blvd. or along Helen St., but the wood smoke was very heavy on 19th between Helen & Lake. I also found more wood smoke on 19th near Longview from a home on Longview that was burning, sending flaming embers up into their neighbor's tree. Assholes who burn wood are not cautious about fire safety. You will see these recreational burners doing dangerous things all the time like having a huge bonfire right next to their neighbor's wooden fence.
8:00 PM: No smoke where we are.
8:25 PM: Faint wood smoke. I knew the air would be smoky. Earlier, the smoke from the two fires I found was drifting south. I guess the burner producing the smoke we smell is to our north. No matter which way the wind blows, the air is smoky every evening in this horrible nightmare city. North St. Paul sucks!
9:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
9:40 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke. The smoke is getting heavier. It looks like the air conditioning will have to remain on all night long. There is no chance of opening the windows any time soon.
10:45 PM: Light wood smoke.
11:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. This was the last check of the night.
The air was fresh when I woke Saturday morning. It's common in North St. Paul for people to leave their bonfires smoldering all night long. It happens all the time. But not this morning.
All you people finding this blog by searching for the cause of the wood smoke in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area on Friday, September 9th, 2011, should know that we regularly have heavier wood smoke than this in North St. Paul. Living in North St. Paul is like living in hell. So if you didn't like the smoke you experienced today from the BWCA forest fires, don't think about buying a house in North St. Paul because this city is much worse.
12:45 PM: A faint to light smoke is in the air that smells like some sort of wood. I figured someone was burning in their backyard, as happens every miserable day in this horrible city.
1:00 PM: A moderately strong wood type of smoke is in the air. The air is hazy at this time. We don't usually see a smoky haze in the air like this from the nightly burning that happens in this city. The odor of wood smoke is often much heavier than this in North St. Paul.
2:00 PM: Light wood type smoke in the air. The intensity of the smoke has decreased.
3:00 PM: A faint wood type smoke continues.
4:00 PM: The smoke is almost completely gone.
5:00 PM: The smoke from earlier is now gone. 85 degrees, sunny, a very nice day.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:25 PM: No smoke.
After dark, I went out near Silver Lake looking for smoke. There were homes burning on Lake Blvd. Wednesday and yesterday and I found another one burning tonight. That's three evenings in a row that a home on Lake Blvd. was burning. A home on Lake Blvd., which happens to be directly behind city council member Jan Walczak's home, was having a very smoky bonfire. They had another very smoky bonfire earlier this year and may have had more. I don't go looking for burners over at Silver Lake that often. There was no breeze at this time, but the smoke was drifting south. I could not smell the smoke along Lake Blvd. or along Helen St., but the wood smoke was very heavy on 19th between Helen & Lake. I also found more wood smoke on 19th near Longview from a home on Longview that was burning, sending flaming embers up into their neighbor's tree. Assholes who burn wood are not cautious about fire safety. You will see these recreational burners doing dangerous things all the time like having a huge bonfire right next to their neighbor's wooden fence.
8:00 PM: No smoke where we are.
8:25 PM: Faint wood smoke. I knew the air would be smoky. Earlier, the smoke from the two fires I found was drifting south. I guess the burner producing the smoke we smell is to our north. No matter which way the wind blows, the air is smoky every evening in this horrible nightmare city. North St. Paul sucks!
9:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
9:40 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke. The smoke is getting heavier. It looks like the air conditioning will have to remain on all night long. There is no chance of opening the windows any time soon.
10:45 PM: Light wood smoke.
11:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. This was the last check of the night.
The air was fresh when I woke Saturday morning. It's common in North St. Paul for people to leave their bonfires smoldering all night long. It happens all the time. But not this morning.
Thursday 09/08/2011 Air Pollution
The asshole frequent burner who burned Sunday and Monday was burning again this evening. This stupid city allows burning every day. Somebody is always burning. That's why this city is a horrible place to live. But that wasn't the worst of things tonight. We didn't get much wood smoke, but we got a heavy dose of some sort of chemical in the air as we were preparing for bed.
4:35 PM: No smoke where we are. I saw smoke rising from the asshole frequent burner's yard on the way home. I can't smell his smoke. But he always burns wood. Not to cook. Not to have a bonfire. He just burns to produce huge clouds of smoke and burn waste. He also likes to burn grass. 84 degrees, sunny, and beautiful at this time.
4:45 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. The smoke has the characteristic smell of whatever the asshole frequent burner burns. The wind shifted and is bringing some of the smoke down here.
5:00 PM: A very faint wood smoke is in the air at this time.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
I went out at this time over by Silver Lake looking for wood smoke. You can always find wood smoke near Silver Lake after dark. I found a house on the western side of Lake Blvd. near Swan Ave. that was having a very smoky bonfire. The smoke extended up to Lake & Poplar, very near city council member Bob Bruton's house where the smoke was very heavy. Bob Bruton supports recreational burning and the smoke it produces. I hope the smoke made it up to his house and I hope he had his windows open to breathe it. This is the second evening that a house on Lake Blvd. was burning and producing heavy smoke. This isn't the first smoky recreational fire the house that was burning tonight has had. They bought the house in 2010 and are adding to the wood smoke pollution in the area.
9:15 PM: No smoke where we are, but the air is not fresh. There is some sort of pollutant in the air at this time.
10:00 PM: Air is not fresh. 70 degrees.
10:35 PM: A heavy chemical smell is in the air at this time. The air reeks! You cannot breathe this air! I don't know what it is. It smells like shoe polish or some sort of industrial solvent. Close the windows!
10:55 PM: The heavy chemical smell remains in the air. No chance of opening the windows before bed tonight. I hate this city.
11:50 PM: A light chemical smell continues. I checked the air on the way back to bed. I have no idea what toxic substance is in our air tonight.
4:35 PM: No smoke where we are. I saw smoke rising from the asshole frequent burner's yard on the way home. I can't smell his smoke. But he always burns wood. Not to cook. Not to have a bonfire. He just burns to produce huge clouds of smoke and burn waste. He also likes to burn grass. 84 degrees, sunny, and beautiful at this time.
4:45 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. The smoke has the characteristic smell of whatever the asshole frequent burner burns. The wind shifted and is bringing some of the smoke down here.
5:00 PM: A very faint wood smoke is in the air at this time.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
I went out at this time over by Silver Lake looking for wood smoke. You can always find wood smoke near Silver Lake after dark. I found a house on the western side of Lake Blvd. near Swan Ave. that was having a very smoky bonfire. The smoke extended up to Lake & Poplar, very near city council member Bob Bruton's house where the smoke was very heavy. Bob Bruton supports recreational burning and the smoke it produces. I hope the smoke made it up to his house and I hope he had his windows open to breathe it. This is the second evening that a house on Lake Blvd. was burning and producing heavy smoke. This isn't the first smoky recreational fire the house that was burning tonight has had. They bought the house in 2010 and are adding to the wood smoke pollution in the area.
9:15 PM: No smoke where we are, but the air is not fresh. There is some sort of pollutant in the air at this time.
10:00 PM: Air is not fresh. 70 degrees.
10:35 PM: A heavy chemical smell is in the air at this time. The air reeks! You cannot breathe this air! I don't know what it is. It smells like shoe polish or some sort of industrial solvent. Close the windows!
10:55 PM: The heavy chemical smell remains in the air. No chance of opening the windows before bed tonight. I hate this city.
11:50 PM: A light chemical smell continues. I checked the air on the way back to bed. I have no idea what toxic substance is in our air tonight.
Wednesday 09/07/2011 Air Pollution
It was smoky as hell tonight from a yard waste burner who lives a few homes down from city council member Bob Bruton. Bad luck brought the heavy smoke right into our neighborhood a distance away from the source. Wood or yard waste smoke goes wherever the wind blows it. Tonight the wind brought the very heavy air pollution into our area.
4:10 PM: No smoke. Sunny, 78 degrees, it is a beautiful day.
4:55 PM: Faint to light grass and possibly wood smoke coming in the windows. Some asshole is illegally burning yard waste somewhere. Close the windows!
5:05 PM: Light to moderate wood and grass smoke. North St. Paul sucks!
5:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is common for yard waste burners to start a bonfire then rake their grass clippings into it. I suspect this is being done.
6:10 PM: Light grass smoke. I don't know what all is being burned, but sticking my head outside to take a few breaths of air left me with a sore throat and tingling sinuses! I got a sore throat from the air pollution in North St. Paul! That's what a horrible place North St. Paul is to live. The air pollution is so bad a few breaths of it causes pain.
6:13 PM: Moderate grass smoke. Yard waste burning does not often get this heavy. I had to find the source. I found the burner a few homes down and across the street from city council member Bob Bruton's house. The burner was near the intersection of Polar Ave. & Lake Blvd. on the western edge of Silver Lake. The wind was blowing west, so I don't know if the smoke made it up to Bruton's home. That asshole Bob Bruton supports smoky air. If anyone deserves to breathe that heavy air pollution, it is a supporter of it like him. Being as far away as we are, the smoke was very heavy. It must have been even heavier for the neighbors in the path of the smoke. My throat was more sore than before from the continued exposure to the smoke. What would happen if someone was burning poison ivy along with their yard waste? You know North St. Paul's air quality is very bad when it gives you a sore throat.
6:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
7:00 PM: Light to moderate smoke of some type. I'm not sure what all is being burned.
7:10 PM: Moderate wood smoke. That's over 2 hours now of heavy smoke pollution in the air. Does North St. Paul sound like the kind of city you want to live in?
8:00 PM: A faint smoke of some type is in the air. That's over 3 hours of wood and yard waste smoke in the air already this evening and it is still early.
8:15 PM: A very faint trace of smoke of some type is in the air. Taking a few breaths left me with irritated sinuses. I can feel the burn in my sinuses. 73 degrees at this time. In a normal city that isn't shitty like North St. Paul, we would have our windows open and be enjoying the cool evening air. But you can't in this hell on earth town. North St. Paul sucks!
9:25 PM: No smoke. A reprieve from the torture of North St. Paul's hellish air pollution!
11:00 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. The air has been smoky with wood or grass for the better part of the last 6 hours. This is normal for North St. Paul. There is no chance of opening the windows tonight. As always, we go to bed with the windows closed up tight because of North St. Paul's normal air pollution.
North St. Paul sucks!
4:10 PM: No smoke. Sunny, 78 degrees, it is a beautiful day.
4:55 PM: Faint to light grass and possibly wood smoke coming in the windows. Some asshole is illegally burning yard waste somewhere. Close the windows!
5:05 PM: Light to moderate wood and grass smoke. North St. Paul sucks!
5:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is common for yard waste burners to start a bonfire then rake their grass clippings into it. I suspect this is being done.
6:10 PM: Light grass smoke. I don't know what all is being burned, but sticking my head outside to take a few breaths of air left me with a sore throat and tingling sinuses! I got a sore throat from the air pollution in North St. Paul! That's what a horrible place North St. Paul is to live. The air pollution is so bad a few breaths of it causes pain.
6:13 PM: Moderate grass smoke. Yard waste burning does not often get this heavy. I had to find the source. I found the burner a few homes down and across the street from city council member Bob Bruton's house. The burner was near the intersection of Polar Ave. & Lake Blvd. on the western edge of Silver Lake. The wind was blowing west, so I don't know if the smoke made it up to Bruton's home. That asshole Bob Bruton supports smoky air. If anyone deserves to breathe that heavy air pollution, it is a supporter of it like him. Being as far away as we are, the smoke was very heavy. It must have been even heavier for the neighbors in the path of the smoke. My throat was more sore than before from the continued exposure to the smoke. What would happen if someone was burning poison ivy along with their yard waste? You know North St. Paul's air quality is very bad when it gives you a sore throat.
6:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
7:00 PM: Light to moderate smoke of some type. I'm not sure what all is being burned.
7:10 PM: Moderate wood smoke. That's over 2 hours now of heavy smoke pollution in the air. Does North St. Paul sound like the kind of city you want to live in?
8:00 PM: A faint smoke of some type is in the air. That's over 3 hours of wood and yard waste smoke in the air already this evening and it is still early.
8:15 PM: A very faint trace of smoke of some type is in the air. Taking a few breaths left me with irritated sinuses. I can feel the burn in my sinuses. 73 degrees at this time. In a normal city that isn't shitty like North St. Paul, we would have our windows open and be enjoying the cool evening air. But you can't in this hell on earth town. North St. Paul sucks!
9:25 PM: No smoke. A reprieve from the torture of North St. Paul's hellish air pollution!
11:00 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. The air has been smoky with wood or grass for the better part of the last 6 hours. This is normal for North St. Paul. There is no chance of opening the windows tonight. As always, we go to bed with the windows closed up tight because of North St. Paul's normal air pollution.
North St. Paul sucks!
Tuesday 09/06/2011 Air Pollution
It was a beautiful evening. There was a little smoke in the air, but not much. Tonight was about as good as it gets in North St. Paul.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 72 degrees, sunny, beautiful.
5:30 PM: A very faint trace of smoke of some unknown type is in the air. I don't know what it is. It doesn't smell like a grill.
6:00 PM: A very faint trace of some unknown smoke remains in the air.
9:00 PM: The air is not fresh at this time, but I cannot say there is anything in it. It could be highly diluted smoke from a distant burner. I know fresh air and this isn't it.
11:35 PM: No smoke.
This will count as an evening with no wood smoke. There was something in the air but it was not strong enough to determine what it was.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 72 degrees, sunny, beautiful.
5:30 PM: A very faint trace of smoke of some unknown type is in the air. I don't know what it is. It doesn't smell like a grill.
6:00 PM: A very faint trace of some unknown smoke remains in the air.
9:00 PM: The air is not fresh at this time, but I cannot say there is anything in it. It could be highly diluted smoke from a distant burner. I know fresh air and this isn't it.
11:35 PM: No smoke.
This will count as an evening with no wood smoke. There was something in the air but it was not strong enough to determine what it was.
Monday 09/05/2011 Air Pollution
It was another smoky evening for us in North St. Paul. Every evening people are burning in this city and the air is almost always smoky. You do not want to live in a polluted hell like this.
4:07 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Welcome home to smoky air. The asshole frequent burner who was burning this time yesterday is burning again at this time. I can see smoke rising from his backyard as I passed through the area.
4:17 PM: No smoke. 70 degrees, sunny.
4:30 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke.
4:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The wind has shifted direction bringing smoky air from the asshole frequent burner's yard right to ours. If the smoke is this heavy where we are, how heavy must it be living right next door to that asshole?
5:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke continues. The frequent burner is still burning.
6:05 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke.
6:45 PM: Faint to light smoke of some type. I don't know what is being burned now.
7:00 PM: Very faint to faint smoke of unknown type continues. Maybe some sort of waste is being burned with wood.
7:50 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. It smells like wood now.
8:30 PM: Very faint to faint smoldering wood smoke. The asshole frequent burner must have left his wood to smolder itself out. He likes to do that. He may produce huge clouds of smoke for two hours but produce smoky air for five or six hours after the clouds of smoke are gone.
9:20 PM: Light smoldering wood smoke continues. That's over 5 hours of smoky air coming and going this evening. I went to bed early tonight so this was the last check of the evening.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
4:07 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Welcome home to smoky air. The asshole frequent burner who was burning this time yesterday is burning again at this time. I can see smoke rising from his backyard as I passed through the area.
4:17 PM: No smoke. 70 degrees, sunny.
4:30 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke.
4:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The wind has shifted direction bringing smoky air from the asshole frequent burner's yard right to ours. If the smoke is this heavy where we are, how heavy must it be living right next door to that asshole?
5:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke continues. The frequent burner is still burning.
6:05 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke.
6:45 PM: Faint to light smoke of some type. I don't know what is being burned now.
7:00 PM: Very faint to faint smoke of unknown type continues. Maybe some sort of waste is being burned with wood.
7:50 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. It smells like wood now.
8:30 PM: Very faint to faint smoldering wood smoke. The asshole frequent burner must have left his wood to smolder itself out. He likes to do that. He may produce huge clouds of smoke for two hours but produce smoky air for five or six hours after the clouds of smoke are gone.
9:20 PM: Light smoldering wood smoke continues. That's over 5 hours of smoky air coming and going this evening. I went to bed early tonight so this was the last check of the evening.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
Sunday 09/04/2011 Air Pollution
It was another smoky Sunday. Somebody is always burning in North St. Paul. You can't even enjoy a Sunday without smoky air in this horrible city. A beautiful cool and breezy Sunday was ruined by wood smoke. This is how you will live if you make the mistake of buying a home in North St. Paul, MN.
11:33 AM: Very faint grass smoke coming in the windows. It was gone after a few minutes.
4:00 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going. I went out and found the asshole frequent burner is burning again this Sunday. He is producing huge clouds of smoke. We are a distance away from him and are catching very little of it. I feel sorry for the people who live next to him. Close the windows! Sunny and breezy at this time. I forgot to write down the temperature. It was about 70 degrees.
4:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke varying with the breeze.
6:00 PM: No smoke here for a while. I went out and saw that the frequent burner was still burning, producing huge clouds of smoke. None of it is making its way down here.
6:15 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going.
6:30 PM: No smoke.
7:32 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze.
7:45 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
9:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke. This makes over 5 hours of smoky air coming and going this Sunday evening. Do you want smoky air for 5 hours on a Sunday?
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke, very stinky. The smell of this smoke is much different than that produced by the frequent burner. Another burner has joined in on the air pollution party it seems. 61 degrees.
10:45 PM: Light stinky wood smoke continues. No chance of opening the windows before bed. North St. Paul sucks.
11:33 AM: Very faint grass smoke coming in the windows. It was gone after a few minutes.
4:00 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going. I went out and found the asshole frequent burner is burning again this Sunday. He is producing huge clouds of smoke. We are a distance away from him and are catching very little of it. I feel sorry for the people who live next to him. Close the windows! Sunny and breezy at this time. I forgot to write down the temperature. It was about 70 degrees.
4:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke varying with the breeze.
6:00 PM: No smoke here for a while. I went out and saw that the frequent burner was still burning, producing huge clouds of smoke. None of it is making its way down here.
6:15 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going.
6:30 PM: No smoke.
7:32 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze.
7:45 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
9:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke. This makes over 5 hours of smoky air coming and going this Sunday evening. Do you want smoky air for 5 hours on a Sunday?
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke, very stinky. The smell of this smoke is much different than that produced by the frequent burner. Another burner has joined in on the air pollution party it seems. 61 degrees.
10:45 PM: Light stinky wood smoke continues. No chance of opening the windows before bed. North St. Paul sucks.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Saturday 09/03/2011 Air Pollution
It was a little smoky this evening in North St. Paul, MN. I can't say the smoke was from burning wood. I'm not sure what it was.
4:00 PM: A very faint smokiness of unknown type is in the air at this time. I don't know what it is. It does not smell like wood, grass, nor food grilling. The air is dirty. 76 degrees, sunny, breezy.
5:30 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type continues in the air. We can smell it in the house a little. It is not strong enough to close the windows. It is a nuisance.
6:35 PM: The air is not fresh at this time, but I can't smell any smoke in it. The breeze has died. Cloudy, 71 degrees.
7:00 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type is in the air again.
7:25 PM: Some very faint grill smoke at this time. The wind has picked up again.
8:15 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type.
9:30 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type continues.
11:00 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear at this time.
I did not smell wood or yard waste smoke in the air this evening. I can't say what it was. It could have been diluted wood smoke from a distant burner as it was windy this evening. I may have to call this an evening with no wood smoke.
4:00 PM: A very faint smokiness of unknown type is in the air at this time. I don't know what it is. It does not smell like wood, grass, nor food grilling. The air is dirty. 76 degrees, sunny, breezy.
5:30 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type continues in the air. We can smell it in the house a little. It is not strong enough to close the windows. It is a nuisance.
6:35 PM: The air is not fresh at this time, but I can't smell any smoke in it. The breeze has died. Cloudy, 71 degrees.
7:00 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type is in the air again.
7:25 PM: Some very faint grill smoke at this time. The wind has picked up again.
8:15 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type.
9:30 PM: A very faint smoke of unknown type continues.
11:00 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear at this time.
I did not smell wood or yard waste smoke in the air this evening. I can't say what it was. It could have been diluted wood smoke from a distant burner as it was windy this evening. I may have to call this an evening with no wood smoke.
Friday 09/02/2011 Air Pollution
There was some light wood smoke in the air in the early part of the evening. The frequent burner in the area was burning for his second time this week. In past years, he has burned five times a week all summer long. He is slowing down.
4:30 PM: No smoke where we are. 78 degrees. The frequent burner is burning again. He's not cooking food, not having a bonfire (it is too early for bonfires), he's just burning to produce smoke. He must be one of those nuts who likes the smell of smoke and he makes everyone for blocks around smell it, too.
5:20 PM: No smoke. Fresh air.
6:40 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. It could be from the frequent burner, the wind shifting our direction. It does not smell like his usual smoke. It could be someone else burning, too. There is so much burning in this horrible, shitty city these days.
7:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. The windows were closed prior to this time. Another evening stuck in the house like prisoners because of air pollution.
7:30 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
9:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air!
10:00 PM: There is something strange in the air. I don't know what it is. It stinks.
10:45 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
4:30 PM: No smoke where we are. 78 degrees. The frequent burner is burning again. He's not cooking food, not having a bonfire (it is too early for bonfires), he's just burning to produce smoke. He must be one of those nuts who likes the smell of smoke and he makes everyone for blocks around smell it, too.
5:20 PM: No smoke. Fresh air.
6:40 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. It could be from the frequent burner, the wind shifting our direction. It does not smell like his usual smoke. It could be someone else burning, too. There is so much burning in this horrible, shitty city these days.
7:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. The windows were closed prior to this time. Another evening stuck in the house like prisoners because of air pollution.
7:30 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
9:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air!
10:00 PM: There is something strange in the air. I don't know what it is. It stinks.
10:45 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
Thursday 09/01/2011 Air Pollution
It was a hot and humid day. I went to bed early tonight. I did not notice any wood smoke while I was awake. The temperature at 4:30 PM was 92 degrees with high humidity. There was a faint smokiness of some type in the air later in the evening and a grill smoke at the time I went to bed. This evening counts as one without wood smoke.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Wednesday 08/31/2011 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening due to warmth and high humidity. It was not too warm for bonfires, but coupled with the high humidity, the air was muggy and uncomfortable. Insects like mosquitoes (one bit me on the neck) and whatever flew into my ear this evening were heavy, too. The temperature in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area was 84 degrees around 5 PM, with the weather widget on this blog indicating the temperature at 81 degrees at Century College in White Bear Lake. As we often experience, when the air conditioning is on, people aren't burning. People burn all over the place when the weather is fair enough to have the windows open. I went out this evening after dark and did not find any wood or yard waste smoke in any of the usual places. With the holiday weekend upon us, we will be glad to have any fresh air we can get in North St. Paul. It could be a long, smoky weekend.
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