5:00 PM: No wood smoke. 75 degrees, sunny, a beautiful start to the evening.
6:50 PM: Light grass smoke. Somebody somewhere is burning yard waste. It smells a little like wood and grass. I noticed it coming in the window when I was near a window. Close all the windows. This is our daily ritual.
8:30 PM: No smoke of any kind. The air is fresh. I do not know the duration of the smoke from earlier. Grass burning usually does not last too long. It is the smoke from wood burning that lasts for hours, sometimes 10 hours or more.
There was no more wood or yard waste smoke. The air was fresh for the rest of the evening, all night, and into the next morning.
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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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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Concerned citizens
There is a group of citizens concerned about the closure of the swimming beach at Silver Lake this summer because of budgetary constraints. It is nice to see citizens concerned about local issues. The people seeking support from citizens did not leave any contact information I could see. I would like to ask them if the air is frequently smoky in their area. And if it is, are they the ones creating the smoke? Because while having life guards at the beach would be nice for the families who go there, at least in the early summer, the daily wood smoke pollution in this city is making life unbearable. If they aren't the ones creating the wood smoke, I do not know why they would want to breathe it as frequently as we do here.
Monday 05/17/2010 Air Pollution
6:30 PM: No wood smoke yet. There will be. There always is in the city of North Saint Paul, MN. 81 degrees measured at North High School. This is a beautiful evening and will certainly be ruined by wood smoke pollution.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. I am confident there will be. 73 degrees. So far this has been a flawlessly beautiful evening. I hope it stays that way.
This was an evening absent of wood smoke. It is a little early in the bonfire season. Bonfires really kick into high gear when children reach summer recess. We will take all the fresh air we can get.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. I am confident there will be. 73 degrees. So far this has been a flawlessly beautiful evening. I hope it stays that way.
This was an evening absent of wood smoke. It is a little early in the bonfire season. Bonfires really kick into high gear when children reach summer recess. We will take all the fresh air we can get.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Sunday 05/16/2010 Air Pollution
The weather forecast originally promised to bring rain this evening. It now looks like we will not get rain in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. That means another smoky hell of an evening in North St. Paul, Minnesota.
2:30 PM: No smoke of any kind yet. 78 degrees measured at North High School. This will be a nice evening to take a walk down by the beach at Silver Lake.
5:15 PM: Light wood smoke. I smelled wood smoke as we were eating Sunday dinner. One bedroom on the opposite side of the house completely reeked of wood smoke. The other rooms did not get as much smoke in them. Close the windows. The wood smoke could not have lasted more than a few minutes, just long enough to make one room smell like a forest fire. 73 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the wood smoke.
8:10 PM: Light to moderate wood and some other type of smoke. It smells horrible! Logs are not being burned. Waste is being disposed of. The smoke can best be described as the smell of a burning house when the roof is on fire. Somebody is disposing of waste and the whole neighborhood has to breathe it. I do not see anyone nearby burning. It could be someone blocks away. Close all the windows again!
8:23 PM: Strong wood and waste smoke. The intensity of the smoke has increased. The air is filled with the toxic fumes of whatever is being burned.
8:45: The smoke is almost gone. Only a very faint trace of it lingers. Will there be more waste burning tonight?
9:00 PM: No smoke. The air is clear.
10:00 PM: No smoke. Off to bed.
Midnight: I woke up and checked the air outside. The air was fresh and clear and I could smell a hint of blossoms. I opened a couple of windows and went back to bed. The air was fresh at 5 AM.
If it isn't raining or too cold, somebody is always burning something in North St. Paul. It is a nightmare!
2:30 PM: No smoke of any kind yet. 78 degrees measured at North High School. This will be a nice evening to take a walk down by the beach at Silver Lake.
5:15 PM: Light wood smoke. I smelled wood smoke as we were eating Sunday dinner. One bedroom on the opposite side of the house completely reeked of wood smoke. The other rooms did not get as much smoke in them. Close the windows. The wood smoke could not have lasted more than a few minutes, just long enough to make one room smell like a forest fire. 73 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the wood smoke.
8:10 PM: Light to moderate wood and some other type of smoke. It smells horrible! Logs are not being burned. Waste is being disposed of. The smoke can best be described as the smell of a burning house when the roof is on fire. Somebody is disposing of waste and the whole neighborhood has to breathe it. I do not see anyone nearby burning. It could be someone blocks away. Close all the windows again!
8:23 PM: Strong wood and waste smoke. The intensity of the smoke has increased. The air is filled with the toxic fumes of whatever is being burned.
8:45: The smoke is almost gone. Only a very faint trace of it lingers. Will there be more waste burning tonight?
9:00 PM: No smoke. The air is clear.
10:00 PM: No smoke. Off to bed.
Midnight: I woke up and checked the air outside. The air was fresh and clear and I could smell a hint of blossoms. I opened a couple of windows and went back to bed. The air was fresh at 5 AM.
If it isn't raining or too cold, somebody is always burning something in North St. Paul. It is a nightmare!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Saturday 05/15/2010 Air Pollution
1:15 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. It has gotten smokier since midnight. I am tempted to venture out to look for the source. But I will go to bed and hope for fresh air in the morning. 52 degrees measured at North High School at this hour. I do not know if the source of the wood smoke is a bonfire or a fireplace. It could be a fireplace with a temperature in the low 50s. It does not matter what the source is. The air is smoky all the same. The air stinks.
This past evening, the drone of lawn mowers and leaf blowers was constant. That means we are sure to have some grass smoke later today. If people are not burning wood in the city of North St. Paul, MN, they are burning yard waste.
6:00 AM: Faint to light wood smoke continues. Smoky air in the morning. What more could you ask for in a community?
It was another smoky hell of an evening in North Saint Paul.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. The wood smoke was gone by 10 AM or earlier and the air was fresh and clean all day. You can smell the lilacs and blossoms. 74 degrees and beautiful at this time.
7:00 PM: A very faint smokiness is in the air. It is not strong enough to tell what it is. It could be engine exhaust, grill smoke, yard waste, or smoke from burning wood. The air is dirty.
8:35 PM: No wood smoke. The faint smokiness from earlier is pretty much gone.
9:15 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. Nobody around us is burning. It could be someone blocks away. You do not want to breathe this poisonous air.
10:00 PM: Moderately heavy wood smoke continues.
11:30 PM: A faint wood smoke lingers in the air. It may be the asshole who was burning put out their fire. That does not happen often. Usually in North St. Paul, the air is smoky all night long because people leave their bonfires smoldering.
By 12:30 AM the air was clear enough to open the windows again.
This past evening, the drone of lawn mowers and leaf blowers was constant. That means we are sure to have some grass smoke later today. If people are not burning wood in the city of North St. Paul, MN, they are burning yard waste.
6:00 AM: Faint to light wood smoke continues. Smoky air in the morning. What more could you ask for in a community?
It was another smoky hell of an evening in North Saint Paul.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. The wood smoke was gone by 10 AM or earlier and the air was fresh and clean all day. You can smell the lilacs and blossoms. 74 degrees and beautiful at this time.
7:00 PM: A very faint smokiness is in the air. It is not strong enough to tell what it is. It could be engine exhaust, grill smoke, yard waste, or smoke from burning wood. The air is dirty.
8:35 PM: No wood smoke. The faint smokiness from earlier is pretty much gone.
9:15 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. Nobody around us is burning. It could be someone blocks away. You do not want to breathe this poisonous air.
10:00 PM: Moderately heavy wood smoke continues.
11:30 PM: A faint wood smoke lingers in the air. It may be the asshole who was burning put out their fire. That does not happen often. Usually in North St. Paul, the air is smoky all night long because people leave their bonfires smoldering.
By 12:30 AM the air was clear enough to open the windows again.
Friday 05/14/2010 Air Pollution
It was a beautiful spring evening. It was the nicest day we have had in about two weeks. Naturally, the air would be smoky.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. Partly cloudy, breezy, 70 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke for a few minutes around this time. Somebody was grilling meat with wood. It did not last long or the wind shifted.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air!
9:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air continues.
10:00 PM: A very faint smokiness of some type is in the air. It is not strong enough to determine what it is. The windows will have to be kept closed tonight. As with every night.
10:30 PM: Very faint smokiness continues.
11:35 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. In this stupid city recreational burning is supposed to stop at 11:00 PM. That is when it tends to really get started. Nobody around us is burning. The burner could be a block or two or more away.
Midnight: Light wood smoke continues.
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. Partly cloudy, breezy, 70 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke for a few minutes around this time. Somebody was grilling meat with wood. It did not last long or the wind shifted.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air!
9:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air continues.
10:00 PM: A very faint smokiness of some type is in the air. It is not strong enough to determine what it is. The windows will have to be kept closed tonight. As with every night.
10:30 PM: Very faint smokiness continues.
11:35 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. In this stupid city recreational burning is supposed to stop at 11:00 PM. That is when it tends to really get started. Nobody around us is burning. The burner could be a block or two or more away.
Midnight: Light wood smoke continues.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday 05/13/2010 Air Pollution
4:45 PM: No wood smoke. It drizzled rain this morning and the ground is a little damp still. 54 degrees and cloudy at this time.
Some people find cloudy, damp days such as these depressing. I look forward to them because it means there is a good chance the air will not be polluted with toxic wood smoke like it normally is. Sometimes you feel the need to step outside and take in a deep breath of fresh air. You cannot do that most evenings in this town because the air is so smoky. If you live in the city of North St. Paul, MN, you know how precious fresh air is. You have to savor what little you get thanks to our evil city council. Because if it is a nice evening with no rain, the evening air is almost always smoky.
I will be certain to step outside several times this evening to savor the fresh air. The weather forecast calls for nicer weather on Friday and Saturday and that means smoky, polluted air.
7:30 PM: There is a very faint smokiness of some type in the air. I cannot tell what it is. It could be a grill.
8:55 PM: The air is clear.
There was no wood smoke this evening.
Some people find cloudy, damp days such as these depressing. I look forward to them because it means there is a good chance the air will not be polluted with toxic wood smoke like it normally is. Sometimes you feel the need to step outside and take in a deep breath of fresh air. You cannot do that most evenings in this town because the air is so smoky. If you live in the city of North St. Paul, MN, you know how precious fresh air is. You have to savor what little you get thanks to our evil city council. Because if it is a nice evening with no rain, the evening air is almost always smoky.
I will be certain to step outside several times this evening to savor the fresh air. The weather forecast calls for nicer weather on Friday and Saturday and that means smoky, polluted air.
7:30 PM: There is a very faint smokiness of some type in the air. I cannot tell what it is. It could be a grill.
8:55 PM: The air is clear.
There was no wood smoke this evening.
Wednesday 05/12/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. It was another day of drizzling rain and cool temperatures. 48 degrees at 5:15 PM.
Tuesday 05/11/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. It drizzled rain much of the day leaving the ground wet. With a temperature of 45 degrees around 4:40 PM, it was cool enough for recreational fireplace use but there was none around us. It was another nice evening of fresh air.
Monday 05/10/2010 Air Pollution
6:00 PM: No wood smoke. Rain drizzle at this time, cloudy, 55 degrees.
There was no wood smoke this evening. The rain and cool temperature was prohibitive for bonfires. There was no recreational fireplace use near or upwind from us either. It was a pleasant, smoke-free evening. As it should be.
There was no wood smoke this evening. The rain and cool temperature was prohibitive for bonfires. There was no recreational fireplace use near or upwind from us either. It was a pleasant, smoke-free evening. As it should be.
Sunday 05/09/2010 Air Pollution
6:15 AM: A faint smokiness remains in the air. 32 degrees with frost on the ground.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. No wood smoke all day long. 57 degrees and sunny.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. 58 degrees and sunny.
7:45 PM: The air remains fresh.
8:20 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. It had to be smoky, didn't it? The windows were kept open a little all day but were closed earlier.
9:15 PM: No wood smoke. It did not last too long.
10:10 PM: Not fresh air, but I cannot say it is smoky.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
Midnight: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. No wood smoke all day long. 57 degrees and sunny.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. 58 degrees and sunny.
7:45 PM: The air remains fresh.
8:20 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. It had to be smoky, didn't it? The windows were kept open a little all day but were closed earlier.
9:15 PM: No wood smoke. It did not last too long.
10:10 PM: Not fresh air, but I cannot say it is smoky.
11:00 PM: No wood smoke.
Midnight: No wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Saturday 05/08/2010 Air Pollution
It is a smoky evening in our neighborhood.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. Mostly cloudy, 49 degrees.
6:15 PM: A faint smokiness is in the air. I cannot say it is wood smoke or any other type.
7:45 PM: No wood smoke. 51 degrees and sunny now.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is fairly smoky outside at this time. It comes as no surprise. Not in the city of North St. Paul. Last check of the evening.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. Mostly cloudy, 49 degrees.
6:15 PM: A faint smokiness is in the air. I cannot say it is wood smoke or any other type.
7:45 PM: No wood smoke. 51 degrees and sunny now.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is fairly smoky outside at this time. It comes as no surprise. Not in the city of North St. Paul. Last check of the evening.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Friday 05/07/2010 Air Pollution
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. 46 degrees, light rain drizzle. It drizzled rain most of the day.
5:30 PM: No wood smoke. I will not be surprised to find people using fireplaces tonight. If people aren't burning outside, they will be burning inside. It is a cold, wet, miserable day. 44 degrees. The drizzle has stopped for the moment.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air continues!
8:45 PM: Very faint wood smoke for a few minutes, then it was gone.
There was no more wood smoke for the rest of the evening.
5:30 PM: No wood smoke. I will not be surprised to find people using fireplaces tonight. If people aren't burning outside, they will be burning inside. It is a cold, wet, miserable day. 44 degrees. The drizzle has stopped for the moment.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air continues!
8:45 PM: Very faint wood smoke for a few minutes, then it was gone.
There was no more wood smoke for the rest of the evening.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Thursday 05/06/2010 Air Pollution
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. We are beginning to smell the lilacs and blossoms. The weather widget on this blog indicates a temperature of 57 degrees at North High School. The KARE 11 weather channel puts the current temperature at 54 degrees in St. Paul.
5:00 PM: Faint grass smoke on the wind followed by a hint of wood smoke. Somebody is burning grass somewhere. What sneaky people do is burn wood then throw their grass clippings on top of it to hide their illegal burning. I find grass burning to be less of a nuisance than wood burning. I have never experienced burning sinuses and nausea from the burning of yard waste.
6:30 PM: A very faint wood smoke can be smelled in the air. The burner is not close by.
8:00 PM: A very faint smokiness remains in the air.
9:00 PM: The air is fresh.
10:30 PM: Fresh air continues. Last check of the evening.
5:00 PM: Faint grass smoke on the wind followed by a hint of wood smoke. Somebody is burning grass somewhere. What sneaky people do is burn wood then throw their grass clippings on top of it to hide their illegal burning. I find grass burning to be less of a nuisance than wood burning. I have never experienced burning sinuses and nausea from the burning of yard waste.
6:30 PM: A very faint wood smoke can be smelled in the air. The burner is not close by.
8:00 PM: A very faint smokiness remains in the air.
9:00 PM: The air is fresh.
10:30 PM: Fresh air continues. Last check of the evening.
Wednesday 05/05/2010 Air Pollution
4:40 PM: No wood smoke. Cloudy. Brief rain about 30 minutes ago. It was very windy earlier. A little breezy now. 54 degrees.
There was no wood smoke this evening.
There was no wood smoke this evening.
Tuesday 05/04/2010 Air Pollution
4:30 PM: No wood smoke. 78 degrees, cloudy with strong wind gusts. There was a brief sprinkle of rain shortly after this time.
6:15 PM: Fresh air, sunny. Strong winds continue.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke. Light rain for a few minutes.
There was no wood smoke this evening. Thanks to the brief rain showers.
6:15 PM: Fresh air, sunny. Strong winds continue.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke. Light rain for a few minutes.
There was no wood smoke this evening. Thanks to the brief rain showers.
Monday 05/03/2010 Air Pollution
4:00 PM: No wood smoke. Light rain for a few minutes.
6:30 PM: A very faint smokiness is in the air. I cannot say it is wood smoke. It could be a grill. 55 degrees.
7:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. I could smell it coming in the window. It was strong enough to require the windows to be closed. The stench of wood smoke is unmistakable when you breathe smoky air almost every day as we do.
7:15 PM: The wood smoke is gone. It went as quickly as it came. A shift in wind direction could have brought the smoke to us for a brief period before shifting again.
There was no more wood smoke for the duration of the evening.
6:30 PM: A very faint smokiness is in the air. I cannot say it is wood smoke. It could be a grill. 55 degrees.
7:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. I could smell it coming in the window. It was strong enough to require the windows to be closed. The stench of wood smoke is unmistakable when you breathe smoky air almost every day as we do.
7:15 PM: The wood smoke is gone. It went as quickly as it came. A shift in wind direction could have brought the smoke to us for a brief period before shifting again.
There was no more wood smoke for the duration of the evening.
Sunday 05/02/2010 Air Pollution
4:15 PM: Very faint grass smoke from a distant burner. 62 degrees, breezy, mostly cloudy.
5:15 PM: A faint smokiness of some type is in the air. I do not know what it is.
6:30 PM: Fresh air. Sunny at this time.
There was no wood or grass smoke for the duration of the evening.
5:15 PM: A faint smokiness of some type is in the air. I do not know what it is.
6:30 PM: Fresh air. Sunny at this time.
There was no wood or grass smoke for the duration of the evening.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Saturday 05/01/2010 Air Pollution
It is another smoky hell of an evening in North St. Paul, MN.
4:00 PM: No wood smoke. 63 degrees, cloudy. It was very windy earlier and continues to be a little windy at this time.
6:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. I went out and looked for it and it was the usual suspect. The house that was burning and smoking up the whole neighborhood is about 500 feet away from city council member Jan Walczak's house. Does she have no sense of smell? You could smell the wood smoke blocks away from the source. My clothes smelled of wood smoke when I returned home.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. It will probably go on all night long.
The air was fresh when I woke at 4 AM.
We can all thank city council member Jan Walczak for another smoky evening. She supports smoky air. Her neighbors are the smokiest burners in the city. Tonight's and last night's wood smoke was created by two different burners within 500 feet of Walczak's home. Three very smoky frequent burners had Jan Walczak campaign signs in their yards in October 2008. Her neighbor across the street belched wood smoke into the air every evening last winter, smoking up our area if the breeze was right. She even has grass burners nearby and she does nothing about it. She does not care if you have to breathe smoky air every day. That shows how much Jan Walczak cares about the people who live in this community. Jan Walczak does not care about children with asthma or the elderly with breathing difficulties.
4:00 PM: No wood smoke. 63 degrees, cloudy. It was very windy earlier and continues to be a little windy at this time.
6:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. I went out and looked for it and it was the usual suspect. The house that was burning and smoking up the whole neighborhood is about 500 feet away from city council member Jan Walczak's house. Does she have no sense of smell? You could smell the wood smoke blocks away from the source. My clothes smelled of wood smoke when I returned home.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. It will probably go on all night long.
The air was fresh when I woke at 4 AM.
We can all thank city council member Jan Walczak for another smoky evening. She supports smoky air. Her neighbors are the smokiest burners in the city. Tonight's and last night's wood smoke was created by two different burners within 500 feet of Walczak's home. Three very smoky frequent burners had Jan Walczak campaign signs in their yards in October 2008. Her neighbor across the street belched wood smoke into the air every evening last winter, smoking up our area if the breeze was right. She even has grass burners nearby and she does nothing about it. She does not care if you have to breathe smoky air every day. That shows how much Jan Walczak cares about the people who live in this community. Jan Walczak does not care about children with asthma or the elderly with breathing difficulties.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
A Maplewood police officer falls in the line of duty
It is a sad morning. The criminal element has murdered another cop. A police officer with the department of neighboring Maplewood, MN, was killed in the line of duty around 6:30 AM this morning near Lake Phalen. The officer was responding to a reported car jacking when he was slain. Early last September, North St. Paul police officer Richard Crittenden was killed in the line of duty responding to a domestic call. A Maplewood police officer providing backup on the call was shot, too, but the bullet hit the officer's belt and not her body.
Friday 04/30/2010 Air Pollution
Wood smoke returns. We had an amazing run of fresh air in the city of North St. Paul, MN, the past week-and-a-half. It is very rare for us to have so many evenings without wood smoke in this polluted nightmare of a town. On Sunday the 18th and Sunday the 25th, there was some faint wood smoke from grilling for an hour or so. Other than that, we have had fresh air every evening since the 18th. The run of fresh air has ended.
4:45 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. Close the windows. 69 degrees. It rained earlier today for a short while but is pretty nice now. I do not know where the smoke is coming from. It is too warm for a fireplace and a bit early for a bonfire. It could be from grilling food or maybe somebody burned some wood to burn grass on top of it, something that happens all the time in this city. The air is smoky again.
6:30 PM: No wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:15 PM: Faint wood smoke coming in the window from somewhere and a very faint smell of burning rubber or something is in the air. It did not last more than a few minutes before it was gone. Your next door neighbor could burn wood and if the wind blows away from you, you will never smell it. There is not much of a breeze at all, but it happened to be blowing in the right direction for this short while.
8:40 PM: Faint wood smoke. The air is smoky now. About 63 degrees at this time.
10:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. I went out and looked and found a bonfire a few houses down from one of our city council members. This household burns wood three or four times a week in the early part of the summer and has been doing so for two or three years now. There is not much of a breeze. What there is of a breeze seems to be blowing away from us. But we were not so lucky to escape the horrible stench of wood smoke completely and we are not that near them. Last check of the evening. When I woke up at 2 AM the air was fresh and clear.
4:45 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. Close the windows. 69 degrees. It rained earlier today for a short while but is pretty nice now. I do not know where the smoke is coming from. It is too warm for a fireplace and a bit early for a bonfire. It could be from grilling food or maybe somebody burned some wood to burn grass on top of it, something that happens all the time in this city. The air is smoky again.
6:30 PM: No wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:15 PM: Faint wood smoke coming in the window from somewhere and a very faint smell of burning rubber or something is in the air. It did not last more than a few minutes before it was gone. Your next door neighbor could burn wood and if the wind blows away from you, you will never smell it. There is not much of a breeze at all, but it happened to be blowing in the right direction for this short while.
8:40 PM: Faint wood smoke. The air is smoky now. About 63 degrees at this time.
10:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. I went out and looked and found a bonfire a few houses down from one of our city council members. This household burns wood three or four times a week in the early part of the summer and has been doing so for two or three years now. There is not much of a breeze. What there is of a breeze seems to be blowing away from us. But we were not so lucky to escape the horrible stench of wood smoke completely and we are not that near them. Last check of the evening. When I woke up at 2 AM the air was fresh and clear.
Thursday 04/29/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. My notes are not very legible. I wrote something about a rain sprinkle at 7:30 PM and temperatures of 65 degrees at 4 PM and 68 degrees at 10 PM.
Wednesday 04/28/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. 63 degrees at 4 PM and also at 10 PM.
Tuesday 04/27/2010 Air Pollution
There was no real wood smoke in the air this evening that I could detect. At 10:45 PM there was a faint smokiness in the air. I cannot say it was wood smoke. It could have been wood smoke from a distant burner or vehicle exhaust fumes that were not blown away and held to ground level. The air was not fresh. 57 degrees at 4:45 PM. A pretty nice evening if a bit cool.
Monday 04/26/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. The air was fresh all night long. 62 degrees at 5 PM. A little cool for bonfires and a little warm for fireplaces.
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