The temperature is cool enough for some recreational fireplace use tonight. I expect smoky air as usual.
4:50 PM: No smoke, the air is not fresh at this time. 63 degrees and cloudy.
5:25 PM: No smoke. Sunny at this time.
6:30 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh.
7:25 PM: The air is not fresh at this time but there is no detectable wood smoke in it. 64 degrees and mostly cloudy.
8:22 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air.
8:39 PM: Very faint wood smoke. The wood smoke is very weak but a little stronger than before.
8:57 PM: Faint wood smoke. The wood smoke is getting a little stronger.
9:37 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
10:15 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear at this time. The burning stopped or the breeze changed direction.
10:40 PM: No smoke.
11:35 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air at this time.
11:50 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
This evening was not too bad for wood smoke pollution. There was very little smoke in the air for a Friday night with a temperature in the upper 50s to low 60s. But as usual, there was wood smoke in the air. You are going to breathe smoky air every day of your life if you live around here. Every day. Does that sound good to you? Do you look for smoky air every day when you buy a house?
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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 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday 09/16/2010 Air Pollution
5:22 PM: Light to moderate wood and paper smoke at this time. The air reeks of burning wood and paper. I could smell it coming in the window. You dread coming home when you live in this city. 58 degrees and cloudy at this time. I feel it is going to be a smoky hell of an evening.
5:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. The smoke from earlier had to have been from someone starting a fireplace or disposing of refuse. Or the breeze changed direction. 59 degrees measured at North High School.
6:15 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. It's smoky outside.
6:45 PM: Very faint wood smoke. 58 degrees.
8:00 PM: No smoke Fresh air.
The air was fresh and free of wood smoke for the rest of the evening.
5:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. The smoke from earlier had to have been from someone starting a fireplace or disposing of refuse. Or the breeze changed direction. 59 degrees measured at North High School.
6:15 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. It's smoky outside.
6:45 PM: Very faint wood smoke. 58 degrees.
8:00 PM: No smoke Fresh air.
The air was fresh and free of wood smoke for the rest of the evening.
Wednesday 09/15/2010 Air Pollution
There was not a trace of wood smoke this evening. The weather was the reason we were able to enjoy fresh air. It was cool and cloudy with a temperature of 66 degrees at 5:30 PM. By 7 PM heavy rain was falling. Light rain continued past 9 PM with drizzle continuing after.
The only time we get fresh air in this town is when it rains. Nobody can have a bonfire or burn yard waste during heavy rain. But there is always the chance somebody could start burning in a fireplace. Thankfully, there was none of that this night.
The only time we get fresh air in this town is when it rains. Nobody can have a bonfire or burn yard waste during heavy rain. But there is always the chance somebody could start burning in a fireplace. Thankfully, there was none of that this night.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday 09/14/2010 Air Pollution
We got lucky tonight. We caught a break from the wood smoke. The air was not completely absent of wood smoke pollution, though. Compared to yesterday evening, it was the difference between heaven and hell.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. 69 degrees, mostly cloudy with a little sun poking through.
5:45 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:10 PM: Very faint wood smoke is in the air now. It is detectable just enough to know it is present. It is not strong enough to require the closure of windows around the house.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues. The burner is a great distance away or the wind is not bringing much of the smoke our direction.
9:45 PM: No wood smoke.
10:35 PM: No smoke.
11:00 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
When I woke around 2:30 AM the air was fresh. There was not much wood smoke in the air tonight, but there was just enough to notice it.
4:15 PM: No wood smoke. 69 degrees, mostly cloudy with a little sun poking through.
5:45 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:10 PM: Very faint wood smoke is in the air now. It is detectable just enough to know it is present. It is not strong enough to require the closure of windows around the house.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues. The burner is a great distance away or the wind is not bringing much of the smoke our direction.
9:45 PM: No wood smoke.
10:35 PM: No smoke.
11:00 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
When I woke around 2:30 AM the air was fresh. There was not much wood smoke in the air tonight, but there was just enough to notice it.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Monday 09/13/2010 Air Pollution
1:45 PM: I was heading home early when I thought it would be nice to go by Silver Lake. It was a beautiful, windy afternoon with a temperature of about 70 degrees. As I neared the intersection of 19th Ave. & Margaret St., I smelled wood smoke. I was a little surprised to smell wood smoke this early. As I headed west on 19th, I found the source. The household right next door to the home that was torn down (and is now a hole in the ground) was burning wood in their back yard. It was windy at this time. A small cloud of smoke was blowing west. I was tempted to go back into the alley to see if they were having a bonfire or burning yard waste, but I did not.
Every day in this town people are smoking up the air. Ten years ago, it was not like this. This city was a nice place to live.
4:35 PM: No smoke. 73 degrees, sunny, very nice.
5:00 PM: A little smoke that smelled like wood smoke for a minute, then it was gone.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh at this time. But we will gladly take it over the smoky air we normally have to breathe.
8:00 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke is in the air. It is not strong enough to determine what it is.
8:10 PM: STRONG WOOD SMOKE! IT IS SMOKY AS HELL! We went from a very faint trace of something in the air to extremely heavy wood smoke in ten minutes! NORTH SAINT PAUL SUCKS! Horrible place to live! 64 degrees. Is this a bonfire or recreational fireplace use? We had our windows open and would have left them open if not for the wood smoke pollution! Now we must close the windows and live like prisoners!
8:40 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. It smells like someone may be burning brush.
9:10 PM: Moderate very stinky wood smoke now.
9:22 PM: Light wood smoke. The air is clearing. Every night the air is smoky. This is hell. 61 degrees at this time.
9:50 PM: Moderate, very smoky air continues.
10:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
10:49 PM: Light wood smoke. The intensity is increasing again.
11:18 PM: Moderate wood smoke. Very smoky air is back!
Midnight: Moderately strong wood smoke continues.
This is how you are going to live if you purchase real estate in North St. Paul, MN. It is not just our area that has smoky air often. It is a citywide problem.
Every day in this town people are smoking up the air. Ten years ago, it was not like this. This city was a nice place to live.
4:35 PM: No smoke. 73 degrees, sunny, very nice.
5:00 PM: A little smoke that smelled like wood smoke for a minute, then it was gone.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh at this time. But we will gladly take it over the smoky air we normally have to breathe.
8:00 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke is in the air. It is not strong enough to determine what it is.
8:10 PM: STRONG WOOD SMOKE! IT IS SMOKY AS HELL! We went from a very faint trace of something in the air to extremely heavy wood smoke in ten minutes! NORTH SAINT PAUL SUCKS! Horrible place to live! 64 degrees. Is this a bonfire or recreational fireplace use? We had our windows open and would have left them open if not for the wood smoke pollution! Now we must close the windows and live like prisoners!
8:40 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. It smells like someone may be burning brush.
9:10 PM: Moderate very stinky wood smoke now.
9:22 PM: Light wood smoke. The air is clearing. Every night the air is smoky. This is hell. 61 degrees at this time.
9:50 PM: Moderate, very smoky air continues.
10:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
10:49 PM: Light wood smoke. The intensity is increasing again.
11:18 PM: Moderate wood smoke. Very smoky air is back!
Midnight: Moderately strong wood smoke continues.
This is how you are going to live if you purchase real estate in North St. Paul, MN. It is not just our area that has smoky air often. It is a citywide problem.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Sunday 09/12/2010 Air Pollution
2:45 AM: Moderate wood smoke. Very smoky air continues. No chance of opening the windows until dawn or later. Back to bed.
4:30 AM: Light smoldering wood smoke continues. The air reeks! The air smells terrible. You do not want this stinky air in your house unless you live in a garbage house pigsty with rotting food and pet droppings all over the floor that smells worse than smoldering stinky wood smoke. If you live in a garbage house, the poor air quality in North St. Paul may be an improvement to your indoor air quality. Not for the rest of us. Back to bed.
7:15 AM: A very faint smoldering smokiness continues in the air. It is not enough to discourage us from opening the windows. Finally, we can start living like human beings again! Until the wood smoke starts again later this evening, that is. If we are lucky, we will get ten to twelve hours of mostly fresh air -- with the exception of burning yard waste -- before the air pollution starts again.
Do you want to live in a city like this? Can you imagine breathing smoky air almost every day of your life, all year around, with winter being the least smoky season? Do you want to raise children in air pollution so heavy it infiltrates your home even when you have all your windows closed? That's how you will live your life in North St. Paul, MN, thanks to the idiots on the city council who make us breathe this filthy polluted air.
It is a beautiful Sunday. The temperature at noon is 72 degrees and it is sunny. That means people will probably be burning yard waste this afternoon and more wood smoke this evening. If it isn't raining and the temperature isn't too hot or too cold, people will be burning yard waste and wood most days.
4:20 PM: No wood or grass smoke yet. It is gorgeous outside. Sunny, 79 degrees, and breezy. We will sit outside this evening for a while until the wood smoke starts. We try to enjoy the little fresh air we get around here.
5:30 PM: No wood smoke. Some faint grill smoke is in the air. No complaints about that.
6:20 PM: A very faint wood smoke is in the air at this time. It's already starting.
6:28 PM: Very faint to faint odor of burning paper coming in the windows. Someone may be using paper to start a wood fire or possibly a charcoal grill. If it gets any stronger, we'll have to close everything up. We'll probably have to do that soon anyway. 77 degrees and beautiful except for the little bit of wood and paper smoke in the air.
6:45 PM: A very faint smoke of some type is in the air. I can't tell what it is. A smoke-free evening would be nice. Not much chance of that happening.
7:30 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:30 PM: No smoke where we live. But I did find some wood smoke when I went out looking for it. It was faintly to lightly smoky at the intersection of Helen St. & Poplar Ave. The smoke extended from the cemetery south to almost Navajo Rd. On the other side of the block it was faintly smoky along Lake Blvd. from Swan Ave. up to Poplar with very faint to faint wood smoke along the southern edge of Silver Lake at 19th Ave. & Lake. I never have a problem finding smoky air in this town. Somebody somewhere is always burning. If it isn't raining and isn't too hot or cold, somebody will be burning wood. I do not know if the smoke was produced by a bonfire or recreational fireplace use. I could not find the source of the wood smoke. The temperature at the time was in the low 70s. There is no need to use a fireplace for home heating. But in this town, if it isn't nailed down and is combustible, people burn it.
9:00 PM: No smoke where we live.
9:20 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. Now it is getting smoky. Every night the air is smoky in this nightmare city! There is no breeze at this time. The smoky air is not making it inside.
10:00 PM: Faint wood smoke outside. Now it is time to close the windows. This is our evening ritual. The air gets smoky so we have to close up the house. Instead of enjoying the pleasant air, we are forced to live as prisoners in our own home.
10:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time.
11:00 PM: The air is mostly clear.
I never imagined we would be living like this.
4:30 AM: Light smoldering wood smoke continues. The air reeks! The air smells terrible. You do not want this stinky air in your house unless you live in a garbage house pigsty with rotting food and pet droppings all over the floor that smells worse than smoldering stinky wood smoke. If you live in a garbage house, the poor air quality in North St. Paul may be an improvement to your indoor air quality. Not for the rest of us. Back to bed.
7:15 AM: A very faint smoldering smokiness continues in the air. It is not enough to discourage us from opening the windows. Finally, we can start living like human beings again! Until the wood smoke starts again later this evening, that is. If we are lucky, we will get ten to twelve hours of mostly fresh air -- with the exception of burning yard waste -- before the air pollution starts again.
Do you want to live in a city like this? Can you imagine breathing smoky air almost every day of your life, all year around, with winter being the least smoky season? Do you want to raise children in air pollution so heavy it infiltrates your home even when you have all your windows closed? That's how you will live your life in North St. Paul, MN, thanks to the idiots on the city council who make us breathe this filthy polluted air.
It is a beautiful Sunday. The temperature at noon is 72 degrees and it is sunny. That means people will probably be burning yard waste this afternoon and more wood smoke this evening. If it isn't raining and the temperature isn't too hot or too cold, people will be burning yard waste and wood most days.
4:20 PM: No wood or grass smoke yet. It is gorgeous outside. Sunny, 79 degrees, and breezy. We will sit outside this evening for a while until the wood smoke starts. We try to enjoy the little fresh air we get around here.
5:30 PM: No wood smoke. Some faint grill smoke is in the air. No complaints about that.
6:20 PM: A very faint wood smoke is in the air at this time. It's already starting.
6:28 PM: Very faint to faint odor of burning paper coming in the windows. Someone may be using paper to start a wood fire or possibly a charcoal grill. If it gets any stronger, we'll have to close everything up. We'll probably have to do that soon anyway. 77 degrees and beautiful except for the little bit of wood and paper smoke in the air.
6:45 PM: A very faint smoke of some type is in the air. I can't tell what it is. A smoke-free evening would be nice. Not much chance of that happening.
7:30 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:30 PM: No smoke where we live. But I did find some wood smoke when I went out looking for it. It was faintly to lightly smoky at the intersection of Helen St. & Poplar Ave. The smoke extended from the cemetery south to almost Navajo Rd. On the other side of the block it was faintly smoky along Lake Blvd. from Swan Ave. up to Poplar with very faint to faint wood smoke along the southern edge of Silver Lake at 19th Ave. & Lake. I never have a problem finding smoky air in this town. Somebody somewhere is always burning. If it isn't raining and isn't too hot or cold, somebody will be burning wood. I do not know if the smoke was produced by a bonfire or recreational fireplace use. I could not find the source of the wood smoke. The temperature at the time was in the low 70s. There is no need to use a fireplace for home heating. But in this town, if it isn't nailed down and is combustible, people burn it.
9:00 PM: No smoke where we live.
9:20 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke. Now it is getting smoky. Every night the air is smoky in this nightmare city! There is no breeze at this time. The smoky air is not making it inside.
10:00 PM: Faint wood smoke outside. Now it is time to close the windows. This is our evening ritual. The air gets smoky so we have to close up the house. Instead of enjoying the pleasant air, we are forced to live as prisoners in our own home.
10:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time.
11:00 PM: The air is mostly clear.
I never imagined we would be living like this.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Saturday 09/11/2010 Air Pollution
It is a beautiful early fall day. As is typical in this city, there is some burning of yard waste. It was one hell of a smoky night. If you don't love wood smoke so heavy it makes you sick, you will not like living in North St. Paul.
3:23 PM: Faint to light grass smoke coming in the windows. Somebody is burning grass clippings. Why not? People burn so much wood in this nightmare city, you might as well burn whatever you can get your hands on. Burning encourages more burning. One person has a smoky bonfire, the next day a neighbor burns yard waste. The next evening someone else burns wood. That's why this city is as polluted as it is. The grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes, thankfully. It is windy at this time.
4:55 PM: Very faint grass and wood smoke coming in the windows. Breezy at this time. The burner is not near us.
5:15 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke in the air. I wonder if someone may be grilling with wood. There is no cooking odor in the smoke. Someone could be burning tree branches. There is a lot of that in this city, too. 71 degrees, breezy, and beautiful except for the wood smoke in the air.
I expect this evening to be an incredibly smoky hell. In other words, it will be a normal evening in North St. Paul. Do you want to live in a city like this?
5:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It smells like wood smoke in the house now like it would if somebody smoked a cigarette inside. Time to close up the windows for the night and hope the air is clear by morning. North St. Paul sucks! If we wanted smoky air inside the house we would buy some cigarettes and smoke them inside!
6:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues in this horrible city. The air stinks. What a nightmare. The smoke is not from the grilling of food. Somebody in the distance is burning wood and letting it smolder. We encountered an area of wood smoke earlier when we were out shopping. I do not think that the smoke is from the same source. It isn't just our area that is smoky. It is smoky in many spots of the city regularly.
7:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues. Two hours of smoky air already and we haven't even reached nightfall. It is going to be a long smoky hell of a night. No bonfires on Friday means there will be a lot of pent up pyromania tonight. The weather is beautiful. It would be a nice evening to sit outside if the air wasn't smoky! 70 degrees and sunny at this time.
7:15 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. It's getting smokier! Thanks a lot, city council. I first complained about the wood smoke TWO AND A HALF F****** YEARS AGO AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT!
7:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's getting smokier outside.
8:45 PM: Moderately strong wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. You cannot smell anything other than wood smoke. You do not want to be outside in air this smoky. Breathing the air is uncomfortable and your clothes will reek of smoke.
9:40 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. The air continues to be very smoky.
10:30 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. It is extremely smoky outside! To give you an idea of how heavy the wood smoke is, we can smell wood smoke coming in around the windows. Even with all the windows closed up tight, air smoke infiltration is occurring. You cannot stop the air pollution from entering your home.
11:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. We are going to bed and dream of a city that is not controlled by idiots who make people breathe heavy air pollution!
Heavy wood smoke continued well after midnight.
North St. Paul, MN, is the shittiest, worst place to live in the world! Never in my life would I have imagined air pollution so heavy as it is in this town. I look forward to winter when there is less wood smoke in the air! Spring, summer, and fall are much smokier than winter in this city. You would think winter would be the smokiest. But it is the least smoky season around here. And the colder it gets, the less wood smoke there is in the air. That's how screwed up this city is.
3:23 PM: Faint to light grass smoke coming in the windows. Somebody is burning grass clippings. Why not? People burn so much wood in this nightmare city, you might as well burn whatever you can get your hands on. Burning encourages more burning. One person has a smoky bonfire, the next day a neighbor burns yard waste. The next evening someone else burns wood. That's why this city is as polluted as it is. The grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes, thankfully. It is windy at this time.
4:55 PM: Very faint grass and wood smoke coming in the windows. Breezy at this time. The burner is not near us.
5:15 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke in the air. I wonder if someone may be grilling with wood. There is no cooking odor in the smoke. Someone could be burning tree branches. There is a lot of that in this city, too. 71 degrees, breezy, and beautiful except for the wood smoke in the air.
I expect this evening to be an incredibly smoky hell. In other words, it will be a normal evening in North St. Paul. Do you want to live in a city like this?
5:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It smells like wood smoke in the house now like it would if somebody smoked a cigarette inside. Time to close up the windows for the night and hope the air is clear by morning. North St. Paul sucks! If we wanted smoky air inside the house we would buy some cigarettes and smoke them inside!
6:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues in this horrible city. The air stinks. What a nightmare. The smoke is not from the grilling of food. Somebody in the distance is burning wood and letting it smolder. We encountered an area of wood smoke earlier when we were out shopping. I do not think that the smoke is from the same source. It isn't just our area that is smoky. It is smoky in many spots of the city regularly.
7:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues. Two hours of smoky air already and we haven't even reached nightfall. It is going to be a long smoky hell of a night. No bonfires on Friday means there will be a lot of pent up pyromania tonight. The weather is beautiful. It would be a nice evening to sit outside if the air wasn't smoky! 70 degrees and sunny at this time.
7:15 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. It's getting smokier! Thanks a lot, city council. I first complained about the wood smoke TWO AND A HALF F****** YEARS AGO AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT!
7:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's getting smokier outside.
8:45 PM: Moderately strong wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. You cannot smell anything other than wood smoke. You do not want to be outside in air this smoky. Breathing the air is uncomfortable and your clothes will reek of smoke.
9:40 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. The air continues to be very smoky.
10:30 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. It is extremely smoky outside! To give you an idea of how heavy the wood smoke is, we can smell wood smoke coming in around the windows. Even with all the windows closed up tight, air smoke infiltration is occurring. You cannot stop the air pollution from entering your home.
11:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. We are going to bed and dream of a city that is not controlled by idiots who make people breathe heavy air pollution!
Heavy wood smoke continued well after midnight.
North St. Paul, MN, is the shittiest, worst place to live in the world! Never in my life would I have imagined air pollution so heavy as it is in this town. I look forward to winter when there is less wood smoke in the air! Spring, summer, and fall are much smokier than winter in this city. You would think winter would be the smokiest. But it is the least smoky season around here. And the colder it gets, the less wood smoke there is in the air. That's how screwed up this city is.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Friday 09/10/2010 Air Pollution
It is Friday. The temperature this evening will be in the 60s with a low in the mid 50s. This means we have the potential for both bonfire and recreational fireplace smoke pollution if the rain holds off. Possible rain and a thunderstorm are in the forecast for this evening which could be our saving grace. I am expecting a smoky hell of an evening typical for a Friday in North St. Paul. In a couple of weeks we get to breathe smoke from burning leaves. Aren't we lucky to live in a city like this?
4:05 PM: No smoke. Fresh air for the time being. 71 degrees measured at North High School, cloudy skies.
4:44 PM: Faint grass or wood smoke for a minute. Then it was gone.
6:16 PM: Light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. I can smell it coming in the windows. I cannot tell the direction it is coming from. At the end of the week, don't you want to come home and breathe smoke from burning grass? This is life in North St. Paul. If people aren't burning wood in this nightmare city, they are burning grass or leaves or paper or other types of waste.
6:30 PM: Very faint grass smoke continues.
6:51 PM: Fresh air. A few tiny drops of rain drizzle are falling at this time.
7:15 PM: Fresh air continues. For a while. A few little droplets of drizzle are falling at this time. 67 degrees.
8:00 PM: Fresh air continues. Light rain falling at this time.
9:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues.
10:00 PM: Fresh air.
11:00 PM: No smoke. Only wonderful fresh air!
Other than some burning grass smoke earlier, this was a very good -- and rare -- evening of fresh air. Even with the rain I expected some recreational fireplace use. But there was none. Before I went to bed I stepped outside and took several deep breaths of the fresh, cool air. On a normal Friday, this is not something anyone around here could do because the air would be filled with wood smoke. We were blessed tonight. Mother nature gave us the fresh, unpolluted air our city council will not.
4:05 PM: No smoke. Fresh air for the time being. 71 degrees measured at North High School, cloudy skies.
4:44 PM: Faint grass or wood smoke for a minute. Then it was gone.
6:16 PM: Light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. I can smell it coming in the windows. I cannot tell the direction it is coming from. At the end of the week, don't you want to come home and breathe smoke from burning grass? This is life in North St. Paul. If people aren't burning wood in this nightmare city, they are burning grass or leaves or paper or other types of waste.
6:30 PM: Very faint grass smoke continues.
6:51 PM: Fresh air. A few tiny drops of rain drizzle are falling at this time.
7:15 PM: Fresh air continues. For a while. A few little droplets of drizzle are falling at this time. 67 degrees.
8:00 PM: Fresh air continues. Light rain falling at this time.
9:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues.
10:00 PM: Fresh air.
11:00 PM: No smoke. Only wonderful fresh air!
Other than some burning grass smoke earlier, this was a very good -- and rare -- evening of fresh air. Even with the rain I expected some recreational fireplace use. But there was none. Before I went to bed I stepped outside and took several deep breaths of the fresh, cool air. On a normal Friday, this is not something anyone around here could do because the air would be filled with wood smoke. We were blessed tonight. Mother nature gave us the fresh, unpolluted air our city council will not.
Thursday 09/09/2010 Air Pollution
There was more wood smoke in the air this evening. Smoky air is what you can expect almost every day of your life if you buy a house in North St. Paul, MN.
4:30 PM: No smoke of any kind in the air. Fresh air, for however long it lasts. 69 degrees, mostly cloudy.
6:20 PM: No wood smoke. Cloudy. A brief rain shower is in the forecast for the St. Paul - Minneapolis area. It never rained.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Light wood smoke. There it is. As always, the air is smoky in North St. Paul. I hate this ******* city! If you had to breathe smoky air every day, you, too, would hate your city. Horrible stupid nightmare of a hell city. Close the windows.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke is in the air. Off to bed.
11:00 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air.
North St Paul sucks!
4:30 PM: No smoke of any kind in the air. Fresh air, for however long it lasts. 69 degrees, mostly cloudy.
6:20 PM: No wood smoke. Cloudy. A brief rain shower is in the forecast for the St. Paul - Minneapolis area. It never rained.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Light wood smoke. There it is. As always, the air is smoky in North St. Paul. I hate this ******* city! If you had to breathe smoky air every day, you, too, would hate your city. Horrible stupid nightmare of a hell city. Close the windows.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke is in the air. Off to bed.
11:00 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air.
North St Paul sucks!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday 09/08/2010 Air Pollution
5:00 PM: Faint to light grass and wood smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. The smoke did not last more than a few minutes. 68 degrees.
6:30 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
9:00 PM: No smoke.
10:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
11:00 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
A little smoke from yard waste and a little from burning wood. This is about as good as it gets in this town.
6:30 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
9:00 PM: No smoke.
10:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
11:00 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
A little smoke from yard waste and a little from burning wood. This is about as good as it gets in this town.
Tuesday 09/07/2010 Air Pollution
5:00 PM: No smoke. Cloudy, 64 degrees.
6:30 PM: No smoke. Cloudy, 62 degrees.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
There was no more wood smoke for the rest of the evening.
6:30 PM: No smoke. Cloudy, 62 degrees.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
There was no more wood smoke for the rest of the evening.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday 09/06/2010 Air Pollution
Happy Labor Day! Some in this city are making the most of their day off by burning grass and brush. I can think of some better ways to spend the holiday than by burning yard waste. Some people around here cannot.
2:15 AM: A very faint smokiness from last night's burning continues.
5:00 AM: Fresh air!
9:49 AM: Light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. The burner cannot be too far away if the smoke is this strong. Nobody around us is burning at the time. The grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes.
10:20 AM: Faint grass smoke. Maybe somebody else is joining in on the yard waste burning. If it is the same burner as the earlier one, I wish he would burn all his grass clippings at once so we can enjoy some fresh air for a while. This grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes.
12:28 PM: Light wood smoke. I went out and found two households burning tree branches, one of which was a few houses south of city council member Jan Walczak's house. I think that one was burning grass along with brush. So on this holiday we have grass burners and brush burners. What a great way to enjoy the day off.
1:05 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air. The brush burners may still be burning.
1:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues.
1:30 PM: No smoke, fresh air. Light rain drizzle around this time. Cloudy, 69 degrees.
5:00 PM: No smoke. Dark, cloudy skies. A storm is moving in which will hopefully put a damper on further wood burning and allow us some fresh air this evening. But somebody could start a fireplace and smoke up the air. We cannot win in North St. Paul. The air polluters always win in this town.
5:10 PM: A very faint smokiness of some type is in the air. I'm not sure what it is.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
6:55 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Between the last check and this time it rained. A mild thunderstorm passed through.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke. Off to bed.
When I woke shortly after midnight the air was fresh.
2:15 AM: A very faint smokiness from last night's burning continues.
5:00 AM: Fresh air!
9:49 AM: Light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. The burner cannot be too far away if the smoke is this strong. Nobody around us is burning at the time. The grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes.
10:20 AM: Faint grass smoke. Maybe somebody else is joining in on the yard waste burning. If it is the same burner as the earlier one, I wish he would burn all his grass clippings at once so we can enjoy some fresh air for a while. This grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes.
12:28 PM: Light wood smoke. I went out and found two households burning tree branches, one of which was a few houses south of city council member Jan Walczak's house. I think that one was burning grass along with brush. So on this holiday we have grass burners and brush burners. What a great way to enjoy the day off.
1:05 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air. The brush burners may still be burning.
1:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues.
1:30 PM: No smoke, fresh air. Light rain drizzle around this time. Cloudy, 69 degrees.
5:00 PM: No smoke. Dark, cloudy skies. A storm is moving in which will hopefully put a damper on further wood burning and allow us some fresh air this evening. But somebody could start a fireplace and smoke up the air. We cannot win in North St. Paul. The air polluters always win in this town.
5:10 PM: A very faint smokiness of some type is in the air. I'm not sure what it is.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
6:55 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Between the last check and this time it rained. A mild thunderstorm passed through.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke. Off to bed.
When I woke shortly after midnight the air was fresh.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Sunday 09/05/2010 Air Pollution
12:15 AM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. The air continues to be extremely smoky. The air reeks. There is no chance of opening a window for a little fresh air. There is no chance of stepping outside for a breath of fresh air because there is none!
2:10 AM: Moderately strong wood smoke continues. Very smoky air all night long
4:00 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. How long is this going to last? The air has been smoky for most of the past nine hours. I turned on the TV to get the temperature before heading back to bed. 51 degrees at this time in St. Paul.
6:00 AM: Faint wood smoke continues. It is a smoky, smoldering smell. The air reeks! You do not want this stinky air in your home. Cigarette smoke is less offensive than this.
6:45 AM: Very faint smoldering wood smoke continues.
7:00 AM: A very faint trace of smoke remains in the air. The air is mostly clear at this time. Thank God! The nightmare is ending. If we are lucky, we will get ten to twelve hours of fresh air before the wood smoke starts again.
Do you want to live in a city like this? This is how we live our lives more often than not. It is a nightmare.
12:44 PM: Faint to light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. I could smell the smoke coming in through the windows as I was reading the paper. The smoke did not last too long.
1:13 PM: Faint grass smoke coming in the windows on the breeze. It did not last long.
2:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. Somebody somewhere is burning wood. The smoke did not last more than a couple of minutes. The burning stopped or the breeze shifted direction. Often in North St. Paul people will burn wood then throw their grass clippings on top of it. They use the legal wood smoke pollution to hide their illegal grass burning. Or they could be burning brush.
It was another smoky hell of an evening in North St. Paul, MN. When isn't the air smoky? If it rains or is hot during the evening hours we might not have wood smoke. Otherwise, the air is smoky every evening in this nightmare town.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke. 70 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. Close the windows.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky at this time. Horrible smoky air. Do you want to breathe smoky air every day of your life? North St. Paul sucks!
10:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's still good and smoky outside. Off to bed.
11:50 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
When I got up again around 2:15 AM there was a very faint smokiness lingering in the air. Do you want to live in a city like this? Do you want to be a prisoner in your own home?
2:10 AM: Moderately strong wood smoke continues. Very smoky air all night long
4:00 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. How long is this going to last? The air has been smoky for most of the past nine hours. I turned on the TV to get the temperature before heading back to bed. 51 degrees at this time in St. Paul.
6:00 AM: Faint wood smoke continues. It is a smoky, smoldering smell. The air reeks! You do not want this stinky air in your home. Cigarette smoke is less offensive than this.
6:45 AM: Very faint smoldering wood smoke continues.
7:00 AM: A very faint trace of smoke remains in the air. The air is mostly clear at this time. Thank God! The nightmare is ending. If we are lucky, we will get ten to twelve hours of fresh air before the wood smoke starts again.
Do you want to live in a city like this? This is how we live our lives more often than not. It is a nightmare.
12:44 PM: Faint to light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. I could smell the smoke coming in through the windows as I was reading the paper. The smoke did not last too long.
1:13 PM: Faint grass smoke coming in the windows on the breeze. It did not last long.
2:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. Somebody somewhere is burning wood. The smoke did not last more than a couple of minutes. The burning stopped or the breeze shifted direction. Often in North St. Paul people will burn wood then throw their grass clippings on top of it. They use the legal wood smoke pollution to hide their illegal grass burning. Or they could be burning brush.
It was another smoky hell of an evening in North St. Paul, MN. When isn't the air smoky? If it rains or is hot during the evening hours we might not have wood smoke. Otherwise, the air is smoky every evening in this nightmare town.
5:00 PM: No wood smoke. 70 degrees.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. Close the windows.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky at this time. Horrible smoky air. Do you want to breathe smoky air every day of your life? North St. Paul sucks!
10:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's still good and smoky outside. Off to bed.
11:50 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
When I got up again around 2:15 AM there was a very faint smokiness lingering in the air. Do you want to live in a city like this? Do you want to be a prisoner in your own home?
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Saturday 09/04/2010 Air Pollution
12:45 AM: Light wood smoke continues. The air has been smoky for the better part of seven hours already. Back to bed. 54 degrees.
2:15 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air is pretty smoky. It is smokier than it was the last time I checked the air. This smoke must be from the recreational use of a fireplace. It is not that cold outside. Nobody needs to use a fireplace for home heating when it is 50 degrees outside and will climb into the upper 60s to 70 later in the day. This makes about nine hours of smoky air tonight.
6:30 AM: Fresh air! Thank God! We can crack a window to get some fresh air in here. It is a very fall-like 48 degrees at this time. Savor the fresh air. It will not last long. If we get 12 hours of fresh air today we will be very lucky.
It was an extremely smoky evening. The wood smoke lasted all night and well into Sunday morning.
4:30 PM: Very faint smoke of some type is in the air. I cannot tell what is being burned. It is not from the grilling of food. It comes and goes with the breeze. 67 degrees. A few windows are open slightly to provide fresh air.
6:35 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky. As is normal in this town.
7:00 PM: Strong wood smoke. The air is extremely smoky right now. We are prisoners in our own home once again in this nightmare city.
7:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
7:55 PM: The wood smoke is mostly gone. The only thing in the air is the smell of food being grilled.
8:25 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is going to be a long, smoky hell of a night.
8:55 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky again.
9:30 PM: Strong wood smoke. This wood smoke is extremely heavy! This is inhumane!
10:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. How many more hours is this air pollution going to last?
10:30 PM: Strong wood smoke. The wood smoke is so strong you cannot stand to breathe the air. Breathing the outdoor air for a few minutes will likely make your sinuses burn. Stepping outside for a few seconds will leave your clothes reeking of wood smoke. We are prisoners. 59 degrees at this time. Off to bed.
The air was smoky all night long. There was still wood smoke in the air at 6 AM the following morning.
2:15 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air is pretty smoky. It is smokier than it was the last time I checked the air. This smoke must be from the recreational use of a fireplace. It is not that cold outside. Nobody needs to use a fireplace for home heating when it is 50 degrees outside and will climb into the upper 60s to 70 later in the day. This makes about nine hours of smoky air tonight.
6:30 AM: Fresh air! Thank God! We can crack a window to get some fresh air in here. It is a very fall-like 48 degrees at this time. Savor the fresh air. It will not last long. If we get 12 hours of fresh air today we will be very lucky.
It was an extremely smoky evening. The wood smoke lasted all night and well into Sunday morning.
4:30 PM: Very faint smoke of some type is in the air. I cannot tell what is being burned. It is not from the grilling of food. It comes and goes with the breeze. 67 degrees. A few windows are open slightly to provide fresh air.
6:35 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky. As is normal in this town.
7:00 PM: Strong wood smoke. The air is extremely smoky right now. We are prisoners in our own home once again in this nightmare city.
7:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
7:55 PM: The wood smoke is mostly gone. The only thing in the air is the smell of food being grilled.
8:25 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is going to be a long, smoky hell of a night.
8:55 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky again.
9:30 PM: Strong wood smoke. This wood smoke is extremely heavy! This is inhumane!
10:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. How many more hours is this air pollution going to last?
10:30 PM: Strong wood smoke. The wood smoke is so strong you cannot stand to breathe the air. Breathing the outdoor air for a few minutes will likely make your sinuses burn. Stepping outside for a few seconds will leave your clothes reeking of wood smoke. We are prisoners. 59 degrees at this time. Off to bed.
The air was smoky all night long. There was still wood smoke in the air at 6 AM the following morning.
Friday 09/03/2010 Air Pollution
It was another smoky night in North St. Paul. This time of year we still have recreational bonfires and we also get recreational fireplace use, too. In a few weeks, the burning of leaves will be happening along with the burning of grass clippings. North St. Paul is a nightmare. A smoky, polluted, hell on earth nightmare. How I long for the days of the late 1990s when there was no wood smoke in the air!
5:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. Somebody somewhere is burning wood. We still have our windows open for fresh air, what little there is of it around here. Close the windows! I hate this city. We used to like this town but have grown to hate it because of the smoky air. 61 degrees.
6:30 PM: Light wood smoke continues. It is going to be a long, smoky night(mare).
7:00 PM: A very faint smokiness lingers in the air.
7:30 PM: Light wood smoke. 60 degrees.
9:00 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke lingers in the air.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. Off to bed.
The air was smoky well after midnight. Smoky air all night long is nothing out of the ordinary for this town. If you do not like breathing smoky air every day of your life, you will be miserable in North St. Paul, MN.
5:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. Somebody somewhere is burning wood. We still have our windows open for fresh air, what little there is of it around here. Close the windows! I hate this city. We used to like this town but have grown to hate it because of the smoky air. 61 degrees.
6:30 PM: Light wood smoke continues. It is going to be a long, smoky night(mare).
7:00 PM: A very faint smokiness lingers in the air.
7:30 PM: Light wood smoke. 60 degrees.
9:00 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke lingers in the air.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. Off to bed.
The air was smoky well after midnight. Smoky air all night long is nothing out of the ordinary for this town. If you do not like breathing smoky air every day of your life, you will be miserable in North St. Paul, MN.
Thursday 09/02/2010 Air Pollution
There was not much smoke in the air this evening. But there was some. It rained a little which may have discouraged further recreational air pollution.
4:45 PM: A faint wood smoke is in the air at this time. 68 degrees. It was hot and humid earlier in the week and we seem to have been thrown into fall abruptly.
6:25 PM: Heavy rain with hail at this time.
There was no more smoke in the air for the duration of the night. 62 degrees at 10 PM.
4:45 PM: A faint wood smoke is in the air at this time. 68 degrees. It was hot and humid earlier in the week and we seem to have been thrown into fall abruptly.
6:25 PM: Heavy rain with hail at this time.
There was no more smoke in the air for the duration of the night. 62 degrees at 10 PM.
Wednesday 09/01/2010 Air Pollution
7:20 PM: No smoke yet. The air is not fresh but I cannot tell what is in it. 73 degrees and sunny.
9:00 PM: A very faint smokiness of some kind is in the air. It is not strong enough to determine what it is.
10:00 PM: A very faint smokiness continues in the air. 67 degrees at this time.
10:29 PM: A faint wood and what smells like grass smoke is in the air. Somebody somewhere is burning wood and possibly grass clippings with it. It did not get strong enough to close the windows but I could smell it over by the window. It did not last too long.
11:00 PM: A very faint smoky smokiness continues. Last check of the evening.
There was not much smoke in the air this evening. But there was enough to notice it.
9:00 PM: A very faint smokiness of some kind is in the air. It is not strong enough to determine what it is.
10:00 PM: A very faint smokiness continues in the air. 67 degrees at this time.
10:29 PM: A faint wood and what smells like grass smoke is in the air. Somebody somewhere is burning wood and possibly grass clippings with it. It did not get strong enough to close the windows but I could smell it over by the window. It did not last too long.
11:00 PM: A very faint smoky smokiness continues. Last check of the evening.
There was not much smoke in the air this evening. But there was enough to notice it.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday 08/31/2010 Air Pollution
5:45 PM: No wood smoke. A brief rain sprinkle occurred earlier. 81 degrees, cloudy. A thunderstorm is in the forecast for tonight.
7:20 PM: No wood smoke. The fresh air is wonderful.
9:30 PM: Still no wood smoke. The air is fresh and clear.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. This will be the third evening in a row without wood smoke if we can make it a few more hours. 78 degrees at this time.
There was no wood smoke this evening. Fresh air all night. Not trace of anything was in it. I do not think it rained as forecast. Living in North St. Paul is much more enjoyable when the air isn't smoky. People who don't have to breathe smoky air almost every day like we do will not understand how much of a negative impact it has on the quality of one's life.
7:20 PM: No wood smoke. The fresh air is wonderful.
9:30 PM: Still no wood smoke. The air is fresh and clear.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. This will be the third evening in a row without wood smoke if we can make it a few more hours. 78 degrees at this time.
There was no wood smoke this evening. Fresh air all night. Not trace of anything was in it. I do not think it rained as forecast. Living in North St. Paul is much more enjoyable when the air isn't smoky. People who don't have to breathe smoky air almost every day like we do will not understand how much of a negative impact it has on the quality of one's life.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday 08/30/2010 Air Pollution
It is a warm and humid day. The high reached 92 degrees. It is a windy evening. It remains to be seen if the warmth and wind discourages recreational burning this evening.
7:00 PM: No smoke yet. We are enjoying that wonderful fresh air. 89 degrees.
8:00 PM: Fresh air continues.
9:30 PM: Fresh air continues. 82 degrees with 66% relative humidity at this time.
10:30 PM: Fresh air continues. If we can just make it to midnight without wood smoke......
Midnight: No wood smoke. We made it!
This was our second evening in a row without wood smoke polluting our precious air. The plausible reasons for the lack of wood smoke tonight are the warm temperature, wind, and high humidity. The pyromaniacs in this town do not burn as much when it gets hot. It was nice to step outside for a breathe of air without inhaling wood smoke pollution.
7:00 PM: No smoke yet. We are enjoying that wonderful fresh air. 89 degrees.
8:00 PM: Fresh air continues.
9:30 PM: Fresh air continues. 82 degrees with 66% relative humidity at this time.
10:30 PM: Fresh air continues. If we can just make it to midnight without wood smoke......
Midnight: No wood smoke. We made it!
This was our second evening in a row without wood smoke polluting our precious air. The plausible reasons for the lack of wood smoke tonight are the warm temperature, wind, and high humidity. The pyromaniacs in this town do not burn as much when it gets hot. It was nice to step outside for a breathe of air without inhaling wood smoke pollution.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday 08/29/2010 Air Pollution
2:30 AM: No wood smoke. I checked the air on my way back to bed.
6:00 AM: Very faint to faint wood smoke coming in on the breeze. I smelled wood smoke instantly when I opened the door to retrieve the paper. Smoky air is what this city is known for. Don't you want to be greeted first thing in the morning by smoky, polluted air?
9:30 AM: Faint wood smoke coming in on the breeze. Somebody is burning wood early or whoever was burning last night left their bonfire smoldering all night long. The burner is not near us. They could be a quarter to a half mile away. Wood smoke travels wherever the wind takes it, from the burner's property right into your lungs and into your bloodstream.
10:30 AM: The wood smoke is gone. For now.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. 93 degrees. It is warm but the humidity level is not high. It is nice in the shade with a strong breeze.
6:00 PM: No smoke. Strong breeze continues.
7:20 PM: No smoke. Breezy, 89 degrees with 45% relative humidity. I am going to sit outside for a while and enjoy the beautiful summer evening before the air gets smoky.
8:30 PM: No smoke. Still breezy. 86 degrees and beautiful at this time. I spent some time outside relaxing and thinking about how nice it would be to live in a city that was run by people who actually cared about the citizens of the community. I savored every breath of that fresh air. Wood smoke was in the air for the six prior evenings. I expect smoky air again tonight.
There was no wood smoke this evening. Wood smoke was in the air each of the prior six evenings so we deserved this evening of fresh, unpolluted air. It was a beautiful, warm summer evening. I thought there would be smoke in the air. We got lucky. One evening of fresh a week air is about the best you can hope for in this town.
6:00 AM: Very faint to faint wood smoke coming in on the breeze. I smelled wood smoke instantly when I opened the door to retrieve the paper. Smoky air is what this city is known for. Don't you want to be greeted first thing in the morning by smoky, polluted air?
9:30 AM: Faint wood smoke coming in on the breeze. Somebody is burning wood early or whoever was burning last night left their bonfire smoldering all night long. The burner is not near us. They could be a quarter to a half mile away. Wood smoke travels wherever the wind takes it, from the burner's property right into your lungs and into your bloodstream.
10:30 AM: The wood smoke is gone. For now.
5:15 PM: No wood smoke. 93 degrees. It is warm but the humidity level is not high. It is nice in the shade with a strong breeze.
6:00 PM: No smoke. Strong breeze continues.
7:20 PM: No smoke. Breezy, 89 degrees with 45% relative humidity. I am going to sit outside for a while and enjoy the beautiful summer evening before the air gets smoky.
8:30 PM: No smoke. Still breezy. 86 degrees and beautiful at this time. I spent some time outside relaxing and thinking about how nice it would be to live in a city that was run by people who actually cared about the citizens of the community. I savored every breath of that fresh air. Wood smoke was in the air for the six prior evenings. I expect smoky air again tonight.
There was no wood smoke this evening. Wood smoke was in the air each of the prior six evenings so we deserved this evening of fresh, unpolluted air. It was a beautiful, warm summer evening. I thought there would be smoke in the air. We got lucky. One evening of fresh a week air is about the best you can hope for in this town.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Saturday 08/28/2010 Air Pollution
It is another smoky evening in North St. Paul, MN. This is the sixth evening in a row with smoky air. I hate this city and I hate the clowns on the city council who make us breathe smoky air every day! North St. Paul is a polluted nightmare! This city is a nightmare you relive every day. The nightmare never ends. You wake up and 12 - 14 hours later the nightmare starts all over again.
5:15 PM: No smoke. 89 degrees. It is a beautiful summer day. This is a great day to be alive. Until the wood smoke starts. Then we will be prisoners in our own home once again. Living in North St. Paul is like living in hell.
6:00 PM: No smoke. Enjoying that fresh air while it lasts. We are going to sit outside and enjoy the evening air before the air pollution starts in this horrible nightmare city.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The temperature is dropping. There is a nice breeze. The breeze is blowing to the west. Most of our wood smoke pollution comes out of the west. I am hoping for a smoke-free evening.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues. We enjoyed some time outdoors. The wood smoke should be starting soon.
8:40 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. Just as it starts getting dark people start burning in North St. Paul. I hate this city. North St. Paul sucks!
9:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is breezy at this time. Nobody is burning around us. The wood smoke could be coming from blocks away. 80 degrees at this time. We would like to turn off the air conditioning before going to bed but the air will likely be smoky all night long. This would have been a beautiful evening if not for the wood smoke ruining it.
9:15 PM: Faint wood and grass smoke varying with the breeze. Somebody is burning yard waste. It is windy outside right now.
9:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is pretty smoky outside. As it usually is. 78 degrees and breezy.
10:00 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke on the breeze.
10:35 PM: Very faint wood smoke varying with the breeze continues.
11:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke varying with the breeze continues.
11:30 PM: No wood smoke. Last check for tonight.
There was no wood smoke in the air when I woke after 2 AM. When I got up for the day at 6 AM I was greeted with faint wood smoke when I opened the door to retrieve the paper. Wood smoke continued after 9:30 AM Sunday morning. Somebody must have left their bonfire smoldering all night long.
5:15 PM: No smoke. 89 degrees. It is a beautiful summer day. This is a great day to be alive. Until the wood smoke starts. Then we will be prisoners in our own home once again. Living in North St. Paul is like living in hell.
6:00 PM: No smoke. Enjoying that fresh air while it lasts. We are going to sit outside and enjoy the evening air before the air pollution starts in this horrible nightmare city.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The temperature is dropping. There is a nice breeze. The breeze is blowing to the west. Most of our wood smoke pollution comes out of the west. I am hoping for a smoke-free evening.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues. We enjoyed some time outdoors. The wood smoke should be starting soon.
8:40 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. Just as it starts getting dark people start burning in North St. Paul. I hate this city. North St. Paul sucks!
9:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is breezy at this time. Nobody is burning around us. The wood smoke could be coming from blocks away. 80 degrees at this time. We would like to turn off the air conditioning before going to bed but the air will likely be smoky all night long. This would have been a beautiful evening if not for the wood smoke ruining it.
9:15 PM: Faint wood and grass smoke varying with the breeze. Somebody is burning yard waste. It is windy outside right now.
9:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is pretty smoky outside. As it usually is. 78 degrees and breezy.
10:00 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke on the breeze.
10:35 PM: Very faint wood smoke varying with the breeze continues.
11:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke varying with the breeze continues.
11:30 PM: No wood smoke. Last check for tonight.
There was no wood smoke in the air when I woke after 2 AM. When I got up for the day at 6 AM I was greeted with faint wood smoke when I opened the door to retrieve the paper. Wood smoke continued after 9:30 AM Sunday morning. Somebody must have left their bonfire smoldering all night long.
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I signed up for a Twitter account to help reach a wider audience and further spread the word about our city council making us breathe smoky, polluted air every day.
http://twitter.com/northsaintpaul
My goal is to reach as wide of an audience as possible. I am hoping to reach a national audience. I want everyone to know that I have been complaining to the city for years about the terrible wood smoke pollution problem and that the city council has sided with air polluters over the elderly, children with asthma, and all of us who hate breathing smoky, polluted air every day.
If you would like to link to my Twitter account, please do. The more traffic I can drive there and to this blog the better.
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My goal is to reach as wide of an audience as possible. I am hoping to reach a national audience. I want everyone to know that I have been complaining to the city for years about the terrible wood smoke pollution problem and that the city council has sided with air polluters over the elderly, children with asthma, and all of us who hate breathing smoky, polluted air every day.
If you would like to link to my Twitter account, please do. The more traffic I can drive there and to this blog the better.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Friday 08/27/2010 Air Pollution
The wood smoke from last evening's burning continued until well after midnight. It got stronger after midnight.
12:41 AM: Faint smoldering wood smoke.
12:45 AM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is getting stronger. No chance of opening the windows for hours.
12:55 AM: Light wood smoke. The smoke is stronger still.
3:00 AM: The air is fresh! The windows can finally be opened!
6:10 PM: No smoke where we are. 86 degrees, sunny, windy, and beautiful. One frequent burner is already burning. I noticed a cloud of smoke being blown by the wind when I was coming back. I do not know what he was burning as the smoke was not coming my direction. He usually burns wood, grass, and leaves. Will this be another smoky evening? It is a little windy for bonfires.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is fresh. It is wonderful to breathe fresh air! Fresh air is very rare in North St. Paul.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues for the time being. It is not as windy as it was earlier.
8:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. The air is smoky again. This is the fifth consecutive evening of smoky air in this hell on earth city. Do you want to breathe smoky air every day of your life? Our windows are closed. The air conditioning is on. The current temperature is 80 degrees. In a normal city, we would open the windows before going to bed to cool the house. But the smoky air makes that impossible. The air conditioner will run all night and we will bear the expense.
We have suffered for years with smoky air because of city council members Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Dave Zick, and Terry Furlong. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year the air is smoky. This city is hell on earth.
9:10 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze. The burner is not near us. It is breezy at this time.
9:30 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze continues.
10:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. The air pollution has gotten a little stronger.
10:45 PM: No smoke. Fresh air. Could this be the end of the burning tonight?
11:30 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues.
Midnight. No smoke. Fresh air. 73 degrees at this time.
For a Friday the wood smoke was not that bad. The air was smoky as it usually is. But it could have been a lot worse. Last Friday there was no wood smoke at all. There was no wood or grass smoke all weekend. We paid the price for three days of wonderful smoke-free air with five consecutive evenings of smoky air.
12:41 AM: Faint smoldering wood smoke.
12:45 AM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is getting stronger. No chance of opening the windows for hours.
12:55 AM: Light wood smoke. The smoke is stronger still.
3:00 AM: The air is fresh! The windows can finally be opened!
6:10 PM: No smoke where we are. 86 degrees, sunny, windy, and beautiful. One frequent burner is already burning. I noticed a cloud of smoke being blown by the wind when I was coming back. I do not know what he was burning as the smoke was not coming my direction. He usually burns wood, grass, and leaves. Will this be another smoky evening? It is a little windy for bonfires.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is fresh. It is wonderful to breathe fresh air! Fresh air is very rare in North St. Paul.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues for the time being. It is not as windy as it was earlier.
8:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. The air is smoky again. This is the fifth consecutive evening of smoky air in this hell on earth city. Do you want to breathe smoky air every day of your life? Our windows are closed. The air conditioning is on. The current temperature is 80 degrees. In a normal city, we would open the windows before going to bed to cool the house. But the smoky air makes that impossible. The air conditioner will run all night and we will bear the expense.
We have suffered for years with smoky air because of city council members Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Dave Zick, and Terry Furlong. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year the air is smoky. This city is hell on earth.
9:10 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze. The burner is not near us. It is breezy at this time.
9:30 PM: Faint wood smoke varying with the breeze continues.
10:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. The air pollution has gotten a little stronger.
10:45 PM: No smoke. Fresh air. Could this be the end of the burning tonight?
11:30 PM: No smoke. Fresh air continues.
Midnight. No smoke. Fresh air. 73 degrees at this time.
For a Friday the wood smoke was not that bad. The air was smoky as it usually is. But it could have been a lot worse. Last Friday there was no wood smoke at all. There was no wood or grass smoke all weekend. We paid the price for three days of wonderful smoke-free air with five consecutive evenings of smoky air.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Thursday 08/26/2010 Air Pollution
Today is the first day of the state fair. Summer is ending, but our wood smoke hell is not. It is another smoky evening. This is normal in North St. Paul, MN. The air is smoky almost every evening if it is not too hot or is not raining. We have been tortured by our city council with smoky air for years. I wish they would move away and torture the residents of another city.
2:35 AM: Very faint wood smoke and smoke from whatever waste was being burned the prior evening continues. Put plainly, the air stinks! The windows must remain closed all night. It is very cool outside. The temperature at 10 PM yesterday evening was 64 degrees. It is probably down in the 50s by now. It is 75 degrees inside the house.
7:00 AM: The air is fresh.
6:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is 78 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the air pollution ruining an otherwise perfect evening! The recreational wood burning is starting earlier than usual. Thanks again, city council, for making us breathe smoky air. You suck. The only thing Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Terry Furlong, and Dave Zick are doing is taking a formerly nice city and turning it into hell on earth.
I was taking a shower and cleaning up when I opened the window to smell wood smoke. A lesson I have learned living in North St. Paul is that I must close the bathroom window when showering in the evening. Too often I have been showering and step out of the shower to find the bathroom reeking of wood smoke or smoke from burning grass or leaves. With the window open, the exhaust fan sucks in outside air and if the air is smoky, the bathroom is going to be smoky. Had I not closed the bathroom window before showering this evening, I would have stepped out into a smoky bathroom. I hate that! I also closed the bedroom window before showering, too. Had I not, that room may have been smoky, too.
This is how we live in this horrible city. We have been living like this for years. Do you want to live like this?
6:13 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues.
6:20 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. The intensity of the wood smoke is fluctuating.
6:40 PM: Very faint wood smoke. 79 degrees at this time measured at North High School.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. The windows remain closed. Faint wood smoke is strong enough to smell and I do not want to smell it in the house. Do you want to breathe smoky air sitting in your living room?
7:45 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. The air will probably be smoky all night long.
8:15 PM: Faint smoldering wood smoke continues.
9:10 PM: Faint smoldering wood smoke continues. Still cannot open the windows. It is 71 degrees outside and 77 degrees inside and we cannot open the windows because the air reeks of wood smoke! North St. Paul sucks!
We get to look forward to smoke from burning leaves in a few weeks. Do you want to live in a city like this?
9:40 PM: The air is mostly clear. Either the wood has burned itself out or the breeze shifted directions. I am praying that this is the end of the wood smoke for tonight. I want to cool the house before bed. It is not easy to sleep when it is warm and stuffy inside the house. It is a cool, comfortable 70 degrees outside and a warm 77 degrees inside.
10:08 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke continues varying with the breeze. I can smell a hint of wood smoke one minute and none the next.
10:15 PM: A very faint varying trace of wood smoke continues. I am opening the windows to cool the house before bed. I hope I can cool it a few degrees before the air gets smoky again.
10:35 PM: Light wood smoke. Somebody starting burning. Close the windows. We got to open the windows for all of 20 minutes this evening. NORTH SAINT PAUL SUCKS!
10:45 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is getting smokier. Maybe -- just maybe -- by morning we will have fresh air again. 68 degrees outside and we are prisoners in our own home because the air in this shitty city is smoky! NORTH SAINT PAUL SUCKS!
11:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke remains in the air. The wood smoke got stronger after midnight.
When I woke at 3 AM the air was clear enough to open the windows. We can finally breathe the outside air again.
2:35 AM: Very faint wood smoke and smoke from whatever waste was being burned the prior evening continues. Put plainly, the air stinks! The windows must remain closed all night. It is very cool outside. The temperature at 10 PM yesterday evening was 64 degrees. It is probably down in the 50s by now. It is 75 degrees inside the house.
7:00 AM: The air is fresh.
6:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. It is 78 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the air pollution ruining an otherwise perfect evening! The recreational wood burning is starting earlier than usual. Thanks again, city council, for making us breathe smoky air. You suck. The only thing Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Terry Furlong, and Dave Zick are doing is taking a formerly nice city and turning it into hell on earth.
I was taking a shower and cleaning up when I opened the window to smell wood smoke. A lesson I have learned living in North St. Paul is that I must close the bathroom window when showering in the evening. Too often I have been showering and step out of the shower to find the bathroom reeking of wood smoke or smoke from burning grass or leaves. With the window open, the exhaust fan sucks in outside air and if the air is smoky, the bathroom is going to be smoky. Had I not closed the bathroom window before showering this evening, I would have stepped out into a smoky bathroom. I hate that! I also closed the bedroom window before showering, too. Had I not, that room may have been smoky, too.
This is how we live in this horrible city. We have been living like this for years. Do you want to live like this?
6:13 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues.
6:20 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. The intensity of the wood smoke is fluctuating.
6:40 PM: Very faint wood smoke. 79 degrees at this time measured at North High School.
7:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. The windows remain closed. Faint wood smoke is strong enough to smell and I do not want to smell it in the house. Do you want to breathe smoky air sitting in your living room?
7:45 PM: Faint wood smoke continues. The air will probably be smoky all night long.
8:15 PM: Faint smoldering wood smoke continues.
9:10 PM: Faint smoldering wood smoke continues. Still cannot open the windows. It is 71 degrees outside and 77 degrees inside and we cannot open the windows because the air reeks of wood smoke! North St. Paul sucks!
We get to look forward to smoke from burning leaves in a few weeks. Do you want to live in a city like this?
9:40 PM: The air is mostly clear. Either the wood has burned itself out or the breeze shifted directions. I am praying that this is the end of the wood smoke for tonight. I want to cool the house before bed. It is not easy to sleep when it is warm and stuffy inside the house. It is a cool, comfortable 70 degrees outside and a warm 77 degrees inside.
10:08 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke continues varying with the breeze. I can smell a hint of wood smoke one minute and none the next.
10:15 PM: A very faint varying trace of wood smoke continues. I am opening the windows to cool the house before bed. I hope I can cool it a few degrees before the air gets smoky again.
10:35 PM: Light wood smoke. Somebody starting burning. Close the windows. We got to open the windows for all of 20 minutes this evening. NORTH SAINT PAUL SUCKS!
10:45 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It is getting smokier. Maybe -- just maybe -- by morning we will have fresh air again. 68 degrees outside and we are prisoners in our own home because the air in this shitty city is smoky! NORTH SAINT PAUL SUCKS!
11:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke remains in the air. The wood smoke got stronger after midnight.
When I woke at 3 AM the air was clear enough to open the windows. We can finally breathe the outside air again.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday 08/25/2010 Air Pollution
This air pollution hell known as the city of North St. Paul, MN, keeps getting worse. Tonight somebody is burning waste. Somebody was burning paper last night. Tonight I have no idea what is being burned or what is going into our lungs. This city is hell on earth! City council members Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Terry Furlong, and Dave Zick have been forcing us to breathe polluted, smoky air for years. All four of them have refused to do a thing about this despite our complaints.
4:45 PM: No smoke. 73 degrees, sunny, a beautiful evening.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:20 PM: The air is not fresh. There is a very faint trace of some type of smoke in the air.
8:40 PM: Faint to light smoke from burning waste. I do not know what is being burned other than it is not wood, grass, or paper. It does not smell good! I have no idea what the hell kind of toxic chemicals are in our air tonight.
8:50 PM: Light to moderate waste smoke in the air. It is very smoky outside with some type of smoke from burning waste.
9:15 PM: Light waste smoke.
9:35 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. It is extremely smoky outside! The air absolutely reeks. We had to shut up all the windows last hour and live as prisoners in our own home once again in this shitty city!
9:50 PM: Moderately strong wood and waste smoke. It is not only wood that is being burned. I have no idea what else is being burned. It is a cool 64 degrees at this time and we have all our windows sealed up tight. This is how we live in this horrible city! This is how we live normally. This is our way of life thanks to our city council.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood and waste smoke continues. Thanks for making us live this way, Jan Walczak. I hope the smoke makes it up to your house so you can enjoy the smoky air you are responsible for.
10:30 PM: Light wood and waste smoke continues. Aren't we lucky to live in a city with air so smoky?
11:30 PM: Faint wood and smoke from whatever else was being burned continues.
When I woke at 2:35 AM there was a very faint stinky wood smoke in the air. Whoever was burning was nice to leave it smoldering all night. That happens all the time in this city. No chance of opening the windows until daybreak at the earliest.
4:45 PM: No smoke. 73 degrees, sunny, a beautiful evening.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:20 PM: The air is not fresh. There is a very faint trace of some type of smoke in the air.
8:40 PM: Faint to light smoke from burning waste. I do not know what is being burned other than it is not wood, grass, or paper. It does not smell good! I have no idea what the hell kind of toxic chemicals are in our air tonight.
8:50 PM: Light to moderate waste smoke in the air. It is very smoky outside with some type of smoke from burning waste.
9:15 PM: Light waste smoke.
9:35 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. It is extremely smoky outside! The air absolutely reeks. We had to shut up all the windows last hour and live as prisoners in our own home once again in this shitty city!
9:50 PM: Moderately strong wood and waste smoke. It is not only wood that is being burned. I have no idea what else is being burned. It is a cool 64 degrees at this time and we have all our windows sealed up tight. This is how we live in this horrible city! This is how we live normally. This is our way of life thanks to our city council.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood and waste smoke continues. Thanks for making us live this way, Jan Walczak. I hope the smoke makes it up to your house so you can enjoy the smoky air you are responsible for.
10:30 PM: Light wood and waste smoke continues. Aren't we lucky to live in a city with air so smoky?
11:30 PM: Faint wood and smoke from whatever else was being burned continues.
When I woke at 2:35 AM there was a very faint stinky wood smoke in the air. Whoever was burning was nice to leave it smoldering all night. That happens all the time in this city. No chance of opening the windows until daybreak at the earliest.
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