More yard waste burning this evening. Aren't we lucky to live in a city with polluted air where people burn whatever they can get their hands on?
6:00 PM: No smoke yet. Sunny and 67 degrees at this time.
6:03 PM: Faint to light leaf smoke. Wouldn't you know it. Somebody had to start burning leaves. Close the windows. I hate this city.
6:10 PM: The burning leaf smoke from earlier is gone. Open the windows.
7:00 PM: No smoke. For the time being.
7:35 PM: Light to moderate leaf and wood smoke. Somebody probably started a bonfire in their firepit and are raking their leaves into the fire. This happens all the time in this nightmare city. The air is really smoky at this time. Is this how you would want to live your life every day? Close the windows again!
8:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. The leaf burning is done. The wood burning continues. The air has been continuously smoky for the past hour.
9:00 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
10:00 PM: The air is mostly clear at this time. The windows will remain closed all night. Last check of the evening.
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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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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Monday 10/11/2010 Air Pollution
The air was smoky when we went to bed. The air was smoky when we stepped outside in the morning. The North St. Paul nightmare never stops. Every day is misery in this town. If you buy a home here, you will regret it. North St. Paul, MN, is hell on earth!
6:43 AM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time. The air reeks. Either somebody started a fireplace on a mild fall night or the burning from last evening was left to smolder all night long. 56 degrees and a very nice morning except for the damn wood smoke pollution! Is it necessary to have a fireplace going when it is this warm with an expected high of 80 degrees later in the day?
4:00 PM: No wood or leaf smoke at this time. I am certain there will be later this evening. This city is a nightmare. It is the worst city you could ever live in. If the weather is nice, the air will almost certainly be smoky. Almost every day of your life. Winter is the least smoky season in this hell on earth city. 81 degrees, sunny, and gorgeous at this time.
There was no real wood or yard waste smoke this evening. There was a little very faint smoke that smelled like burning leaves shortly after 9 PM. But it did not last long and I could not determine what it was. The temperature was 79 degrees at 6:50 PM with a clear sky. It was a beautiful day. This counts as an evening with no wood or yard waste smoke. The Vikings were on Monday Night Football and that probably accounts for the lack of smoke this evening.
6:43 AM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time. The air reeks. Either somebody started a fireplace on a mild fall night or the burning from last evening was left to smolder all night long. 56 degrees and a very nice morning except for the damn wood smoke pollution! Is it necessary to have a fireplace going when it is this warm with an expected high of 80 degrees later in the day?
4:00 PM: No wood or leaf smoke at this time. I am certain there will be later this evening. This city is a nightmare. It is the worst city you could ever live in. If the weather is nice, the air will almost certainly be smoky. Almost every day of your life. Winter is the least smoky season in this hell on earth city. 81 degrees, sunny, and gorgeous at this time.
There was no real wood or yard waste smoke this evening. There was a little very faint smoke that smelled like burning leaves shortly after 9 PM. But it did not last long and I could not determine what it was. The temperature was 79 degrees at 6:50 PM with a clear sky. It was a beautiful day. This counts as an evening with no wood or yard waste smoke. The Vikings were on Monday Night Football and that probably accounts for the lack of smoke this evening.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Sunday 10/10/2010 Air Pollution
North St. Paul is the worst city in America. It is a horrible place to live. Yard waste smoke on and off all day and wood smoke in the evening.
12:45 PM: Very faint grass smoke is in the air. 69 degrees. It did not last long.
1:57 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves. It did not last long.
2:42 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Probably burning brush.
3:45 PM: Faint grass smoke.
5:25 PM: Faint wood and leaf smoke.
5:39 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves.
6:33 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves.
7:00 PM: Light to moderate smoke from something. I cannot identify what is being burned even though the smoke is pretty strong.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air reeks. 68 degrees.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
9:30 PM: Strong wood and leaf smoke at this time. This air is extremely polluted! How the hell do our elected leaders sleep at night making us breathe air like this?
10:05 PM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time.
The air was still smoky when we woke up. North St. Paul sucks!
12:45 PM: Very faint grass smoke is in the air. 69 degrees. It did not last long.
1:57 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves. It did not last long.
2:42 PM: Very faint wood smoke. Probably burning brush.
3:45 PM: Faint grass smoke.
5:25 PM: Faint wood and leaf smoke.
5:39 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves.
6:33 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves.
7:00 PM: Light to moderate smoke from something. I cannot identify what is being burned even though the smoke is pretty strong.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air reeks. 68 degrees.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
9:30 PM: Strong wood and leaf smoke at this time. This air is extremely polluted! How the hell do our elected leaders sleep at night making us breathe air like this?
10:05 PM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time.
The air was still smoky when we woke up. North St. Paul sucks!
Saturday 10/09/2010 Air Pollution
It was another beautiful evening ruined by heavy wood smoke pollution in the horrible nightmare city of North St. Paul, MN.
6:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. I noticed no yard waste smoke at all today. The windows were open all over the house. If there was any yard waste smoke, it would have come in. 82 degrees, sunny, and gorgeous at this time.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:45 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. The burner must be a distance from us. The smoke is not strong enough to require the windows to be closed. But I expect it to get heavier soon.
9:00 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke continues. We are just barely able to smell it inside the house. The windows will need to be closed soon.
9:10 PM: Faint wood smoke. It is getting stronger. Close the windows. I hate the city of North St. Paul! This city is a HORRIBLE place to live!
9:20 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is now very smoky. As it almost always is on the weekends.
10:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
Do not buy a house in this city. If you purchase real estate in North St. Paul, you will be making the biggest mistake of your life!
6:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. I noticed no yard waste smoke at all today. The windows were open all over the house. If there was any yard waste smoke, it would have come in. 82 degrees, sunny, and gorgeous at this time.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:45 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air. The burner must be a distance from us. The smoke is not strong enough to require the windows to be closed. But I expect it to get heavier soon.
9:00 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke continues. We are just barely able to smell it inside the house. The windows will need to be closed soon.
9:10 PM: Faint wood smoke. It is getting stronger. Close the windows. I hate the city of North St. Paul! This city is a HORRIBLE place to live!
9:20 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is now very smoky. As it almost always is on the weekends.
10:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
Do not buy a house in this city. If you purchase real estate in North St. Paul, you will be making the biggest mistake of your life!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Friday 10/08/2010 Air Pollution
It is a beautiful, summery day. This is our Indian Summer. With an absence of wood smoke for the last four days and weather as nice as this, there will certainly be bonfires tonight in the city of North St. Paul. I expect smoky air as usual.
5:30 PM: No wood or yard waste smoke yet. 87 degrees measured at North High School. It is sunny and beautiful!
6:30 PM: No smoke.
7:30 PM: No smoke. But there is a weird smell in the air. Almost like a fishy odor. It was in the air for a while a night or two ago.
8:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke and fishy smell. The North St. Paul nightmare returns. I hate this city! I have grown to despise North St. Paul, MN. We were very lucky to enjoy four consecutive days of smoke-free air. We are not so lucky tonight. I knew there would be wood smoke. There had to be. There almost always is. Close the windows!
You schmucks who run this city should be ashamed of yourselves for making us breathe smoky, polluted air so often. You suck!
8:50 PM: Light to moderate wood and leaf smoke. Somebody is burning leaves. It is another beautiful evening ruined by wood and yard waste smoke pollution.
10:00 PM: The air is mostly clear at this time. A very faint trace of smoke remains.
11:53 PM: The air is mostly clear. It is not fresh, but I cannot smell anything in it. Confident there would be no more smoke tonight, I opened the windows before bed.
The wood and yard waste smoke did not last too long tonight. I am inclined to believe that whoever was burning wood started a fire for the purpose of burning yard waste. People do that in this town. They start a fire in their firepit and rake their leaves and grass clippings into it. Regarding the fishy smell in the air, I am not sure what it was. Maybe it was a fish smell or something else. It did not last too long, either. I wonder what is causing it.
5:30 PM: No wood or yard waste smoke yet. 87 degrees measured at North High School. It is sunny and beautiful!
6:30 PM: No smoke.
7:30 PM: No smoke. But there is a weird smell in the air. Almost like a fishy odor. It was in the air for a while a night or two ago.
8:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke and fishy smell. The North St. Paul nightmare returns. I hate this city! I have grown to despise North St. Paul, MN. We were very lucky to enjoy four consecutive days of smoke-free air. We are not so lucky tonight. I knew there would be wood smoke. There had to be. There almost always is. Close the windows!
You schmucks who run this city should be ashamed of yourselves for making us breathe smoky, polluted air so often. You suck!
8:50 PM: Light to moderate wood and leaf smoke. Somebody is burning leaves. It is another beautiful evening ruined by wood and yard waste smoke pollution.
10:00 PM: The air is mostly clear at this time. A very faint trace of smoke remains.
11:53 PM: The air is mostly clear. It is not fresh, but I cannot smell anything in it. Confident there would be no more smoke tonight, I opened the windows before bed.
The wood and yard waste smoke did not last too long tonight. I am inclined to believe that whoever was burning wood started a fire for the purpose of burning yard waste. People do that in this town. They start a fire in their firepit and rake their leaves and grass clippings into it. Regarding the fishy smell in the air, I am not sure what it was. Maybe it was a fish smell or something else. It did not last too long, either. I wonder what is causing it.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Thursday 10/07/2010 Air Pollution
It is a beautiful fall day. The sun is shining and it is a comfortable 75 degrees. The only thing that can ruin this evening is smoky air. If we can make it without wood or yard waste smoke, this will be our fourth evening in a row without smoky air.
4:45 PM: No smoke. 75 degrees. The normal high for this time of year is 63 degrees. It could be a long time before it gets as nice as it is going to be this week.
There was no wood or yard waste smoke this evening. This was our fourth night without smoky air.
4:45 PM: No smoke. 75 degrees. The normal high for this time of year is 63 degrees. It could be a long time before it gets as nice as it is going to be this week.
There was no wood or yard waste smoke this evening. This was our fourth night without smoky air.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Wednesday 10/06/2010 Air Pollution
4:15 PM: No smoke at this time. It is sunny and 72 degrees as measured at North High School. Could this be our third evening in a row without wood smoke pollution? With the temperature in this range there is not too much recreational fireplace use. But you never know when someone will start burning wood, grass, or leaves in this town.
There was no wood or yard waste smoke this evening. No bonfires, no fireplaces, and no burning of leaves or grass. It was a glorious evening of fresh, smoke-free air! I wish every evening was like this. This is how it used to be in the late 1990s.
There was no wood or yard waste smoke this evening. No bonfires, no fireplaces, and no burning of leaves or grass. It was a glorious evening of fresh, smoke-free air! I wish every evening was like this. This is how it used to be in the late 1990s.
Tuesday 10/05/2010 Air Pollution
It was a beautiful smoke-free evening. The temperature at 5 PM was 74 degrees. It was sunny and pleasant. I spent some time outside enjoying our final days of nice weather. This week could be our final stretch of nice weather until next April or May. North St. Paul is a nice place to live when the air isn't filled with wood smoke pollution, which is not very often. Every day should be free of recreational smoke pollution.
Monday 10/04/2010 Air Pollution
There was no real wood smoke this evening. The air was not entirely fresh. There was a very faint smoke of some type in the air after 8 PM. The high temperature reached 65 degrees today, about normal for this time of year. This will count as an evening without wood smoke.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Sunday 10/03/2010 Air Pollution
The heavy wood smoke from last night continued well into Sunday morning. Don't you want to smell smoldering, smoky air first thing in the morning when you bring the paper in? It looks like we had our first frost. I believe this is the first.
3:45 AM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. This city is a polluted hell! The air reeks. You do not want to breathe this air.
5:10 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. It is a stinky, smoldering wood smoke smell. This city is a horrible place to live. The air quality is very bad. The grass is covered in frost. The grass is covered in white and our lungs are probably black from breathing the polluted air in this city.
6:25 AM: Light to moderate smoldering wood smoke continues. That's about 10 hours of very smoky air.
8:15 AM: A faint smoldering wood smoke continues. The air smells unpleasant. Stick your face in the bottom of a fireplace and you will get the idea.
9:15 AM: The air is mostly clear. Thank God for breathable air!
How long will we get to enjoy fresh air before the yard waste and wood burning starts again?
It was another smoky hell of an evening. Like most evenings.
6:30 PM: No wood or yard waste smoke yet. 56 degrees.
7:15 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air reeks of burning wood. You can't smell anything but wood smoke.
11:25 PM: No smoke.
3:45 AM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. This city is a polluted hell! The air reeks. You do not want to breathe this air.
5:10 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. It is a stinky, smoldering wood smoke smell. This city is a horrible place to live. The air quality is very bad. The grass is covered in frost. The grass is covered in white and our lungs are probably black from breathing the polluted air in this city.
6:25 AM: Light to moderate smoldering wood smoke continues. That's about 10 hours of very smoky air.
8:15 AM: A faint smoldering wood smoke continues. The air smells unpleasant. Stick your face in the bottom of a fireplace and you will get the idea.
9:15 AM: The air is mostly clear. Thank God for breathable air!
How long will we get to enjoy fresh air before the yard waste and wood burning starts again?
It was another smoky hell of an evening. Like most evenings.
6:30 PM: No wood or yard waste smoke yet. 56 degrees.
7:15 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air reeks of burning wood. You can't smell anything but wood smoke.
11:25 PM: No smoke.
Saturday 10/02/2010 Air Pollution
Smoke from burning leaves in the afternoon and extremely heavy wood smoke all night and well into Sunday morning. We suffer tremendously for our crime of choosing to make a home in the city of North St. Paul, MN.
4:00 PM: Faint to light smoke from burning leaves. More yard waste burning. In another six weeks or about the leaf burning should be done for the season. 54 degrees and sunny at this time. When I checked the air a few minutes later the smoke was gone. The burning stopped or the breeze shifted direction.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:30 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. It is extremely smoky outside! This air is not fit for human consumption!
9:15 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues.
10:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. Last check until after midnight.
When I woke up Sunday morning I could smell a trace of wood smoke in the basement. I took some damp towels down to the basement and right away I could smell wood smoke down there. The smoke pollution makes its way into your home even if you keep your windows and doors closed. The outside air continued to be smoky well into Sunday morning. At 8:15 AM a faint smoldering smokiness lingered in the air. Living in North St. Paul is like having a smoking log hanging under your nose several hours a day. This city is a nightmare.
4:00 PM: Faint to light smoke from burning leaves. More yard waste burning. In another six weeks or about the leaf burning should be done for the season. 54 degrees and sunny at this time. When I checked the air a few minutes later the smoke was gone. The burning stopped or the breeze shifted direction.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:30 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. It is extremely smoky outside! This air is not fit for human consumption!
9:15 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues.
10:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues. Last check until after midnight.
When I woke up Sunday morning I could smell a trace of wood smoke in the basement. I took some damp towels down to the basement and right away I could smell wood smoke down there. The smoke pollution makes its way into your home even if you keep your windows and doors closed. The outside air continued to be smoky well into Sunday morning. At 8:15 AM a faint smoldering smokiness lingered in the air. Living in North St. Paul is like having a smoking log hanging under your nose several hours a day. This city is a nightmare.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday 10/01/2010 Air Pollution
Another evening with smoky air. Smoky, polluted air is an almost every day occurrence in North St. Paul. If you do not like breathing smoky air every day of your life, you will not enjoy living in this town. Be warned.
5:00 PM: No smoke yet. It rained a little earlier in the afternoon. 56 degrees.
6:10 PM: Faint wood smoke. It's always smoky in the evenings in this town.
7:00 PM: No real wood smoke at this time. The burning stopped or the breeze shifted direction. Probably the breeze.
8:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. If the windows were open, they would need to be closed.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke. The air is fresh.
10:37 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air continues. Last check of the evening.
5:00 PM: No smoke yet. It rained a little earlier in the afternoon. 56 degrees.
6:10 PM: Faint wood smoke. It's always smoky in the evenings in this town.
7:00 PM: No real wood smoke at this time. The burning stopped or the breeze shifted direction. Probably the breeze.
8:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. If the windows were open, they would need to be closed.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke. The air is fresh.
10:37 PM: No wood smoke. Fresh air continues. Last check of the evening.
Thursday 09/30/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood or yard waste smoke this evening. Finally, an evening with unpolluted air! The evening temperature was about 70 degrees. The official high temperature for the Twin Cities was 72 degrees this day. It was a nice smoke-free evening for a change. We do not get many of those in this town.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday 09/29/2010 Air Pollution
More wood and leaf smoke this evening. Smoky, polluted air is a way of life in this town.
5:05 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves. Smoky air once again. 74 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the smoke pollution.
5:10 PM: Light wood smoke this time. I went out and found out who was burning. It is a frequent burner. The idiots on the city council give people the right to burn wood 7 days a week. That is why the air is always smoky! There are hundreds of homes around here and on any evening some of them will be burning.
6:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. I hate this city.
6:40 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
8:30 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke now. The air has been smoky three hours already.
10:00 PM: The air is not fresh, but I can smell no wood smoke in it.
There was no more smoke for the rest of the night.
North St. Paul sucks!
5:05 PM: Light smoke from burning leaves. Smoky air once again. 74 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the smoke pollution.
5:10 PM: Light wood smoke this time. I went out and found out who was burning. It is a frequent burner. The idiots on the city council give people the right to burn wood 7 days a week. That is why the air is always smoky! There are hundreds of homes around here and on any evening some of them will be burning.
6:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues. I hate this city.
6:40 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
8:30 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke now. The air has been smoky three hours already.
10:00 PM: The air is not fresh, but I can smell no wood smoke in it.
There was no more smoke for the rest of the night.
North St. Paul sucks!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday 09/28/2010 Air Pollution
It is another smoky hell of an evening in the city of North St. Paul, MN. Living in this town is like living in hell. But hell has lower property taxes.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
6:15 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. I hate this city. It is a horrible place to live. 63 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the damn wood smoke! Close the windows up.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh.
7:20 PM: Faint wood smoke. It is coming back.
7:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside! The air reeks of wood smoke. I can smell wood smoke coming in around one of the closed windows.
8:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. 56 degrees measured at North High School.
If you are looking at real estate in North St. Paul, MN, pay close attention to this blog. This is how we, all of our neighbors, and people all over the city live. If you buy a house in this city you are going to breathe smoky air almost every day of your life. Living in this city is misery. You will curse the day you moved to North St. Paul.
10:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time.
11:15 PM: No smoke. The air is clear. Last check of the evening.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
6:15 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. I hate this city. It is a horrible place to live. 63 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the damn wood smoke! Close the windows up.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh.
7:20 PM: Faint wood smoke. It is coming back.
7:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside! The air reeks of wood smoke. I can smell wood smoke coming in around one of the closed windows.
8:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues.
9:30 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues. 56 degrees measured at North High School.
If you are looking at real estate in North St. Paul, MN, pay close attention to this blog. This is how we, all of our neighbors, and people all over the city live. If you buy a house in this city you are going to breathe smoky air almost every day of your life. Living in this city is misery. You will curse the day you moved to North St. Paul.
10:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke at this time.
11:15 PM: No smoke. The air is clear. Last check of the evening.
Monday 09/27/2010 Air Pollution
You dread coming home when you live in this city. Smoky air from burning leaves and wood today.
4:50 PM: Faint smoke from burning leaves. I went out and found the likely burner. It is a frequent burner who burns wood and yard waste multiple times per week. There was a smoky haze around the house and the smell of burning leaves was concentrated in the area. 74 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the burning yard waste.
5:15 PM: Faint smoke from burning leaves continues.
5:40 PM: A very faint trace of leaf smoke lingers in the air.
5:50 PM: Faint smoke from burning wood at this time. It just gets better and better living in this town.
6:45 PM: No smoke in the air at this time.
There was no more smoke for the rest of the evening. Leaf burning should be done by the third week of November without any snow cover. We will enjoy smoke from burning leaves for another six or seven weeks. Do you want to live in a city like this?
4:50 PM: Faint smoke from burning leaves. I went out and found the likely burner. It is a frequent burner who burns wood and yard waste multiple times per week. There was a smoky haze around the house and the smell of burning leaves was concentrated in the area. 74 degrees, sunny, and beautiful except for the burning yard waste.
5:15 PM: Faint smoke from burning leaves continues.
5:40 PM: A very faint trace of leaf smoke lingers in the air.
5:50 PM: Faint smoke from burning wood at this time. It just gets better and better living in this town.
6:45 PM: No smoke in the air at this time.
There was no more smoke for the rest of the evening. Leaf burning should be done by the third week of November without any snow cover. We will enjoy smoke from burning leaves for another six or seven weeks. Do you want to live in a city like this?
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sunday 09/26/2010 Air Pollution
5:20 PM: No smoke. 63 degrees and sunny. I noticed no smoke from wood or burning yard waste today. Windows were open throughout the house most of the day.
6:35 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh at this time. There is something in it.
7:50 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. It is a strange smelling smoke.
8:30 PM: Faint to light strange smelling wood smoke continues. It has a chemical smell or something.
8:45 PM: Light strange smelling wood smoke at this time.
10:00 PM: No real smoke in the air. The air is not fresh. There is a very faint trace of something in it.
11:30 PM: No smoke.
6:35 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh at this time. There is something in it.
7:50 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. It is a strange smelling smoke.
8:30 PM: Faint to light strange smelling wood smoke continues. It has a chemical smell or something.
8:45 PM: Light strange smelling wood smoke at this time.
10:00 PM: No real smoke in the air. The air is not fresh. There is a very faint trace of something in it.
11:30 PM: No smoke.
Saturday 09/25/2010 Air Pollution
It was another miserable, smoky hell of a day in North Saint Paul, Minnesota. Wood smoke in the early afternoon followed by pretty heavy smoke from burning leaves followed by extremely heavy wood smoke. The wood smoke was so heavy tonight we could smell it coming in with all the windows closed. Today marked the first occurrence of smoke from burning leaves for the season. We can look forward to smoke from burning leaves a few times a week for almost two months.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
2:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. I did not record the temperature. It was about 60 degrees.
3:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke continues.
5:00 PM: No real smoke for the moment.
6:15 PM: Light to moderate leaf smoke. Somebody is illegally burning leaves. This is the first time I've smelled leaf smoke this fall. There will be plenty more. As strong as the smoke is, the burner cannot be far. I looked around outside and did not see any smoke. Sunny, 59 degrees at this time.
6:45 PM: Moderate smoke from burning leaves. The air is filled with leaf smoke. Smoke from burning yard waste does not usually get this strong. It could be more than one person burning leaves. One time I went out to look for yard waste smoke and found three homes within a quarter mile upwind burning yard waste at the same time.
7:37 PM: A very faint smoke from burning leaves continues. Soon the wood smoke will start. North St. Paul sucks!
7:55 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky from burning wood now.
8:30 PM: Strong wood smoke. The air is extremely smoky! This air is not fit for human consumption! Our city council should be criminally charged with torture for making us breathe air like this! The wood smoke is so heavy we can smell it coming in with all the windows closed. The air does not get this smoky often during the winter. Winter is the least smoky season in this town.
9:30 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. No fresh air anytime soon I'm afraid. I hate this city.
10:30 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
Do you want to live in a city like this?
2:30 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. I did not record the temperature. It was about 60 degrees.
3:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke continues.
5:00 PM: No real smoke for the moment.
6:15 PM: Light to moderate leaf smoke. Somebody is illegally burning leaves. This is the first time I've smelled leaf smoke this fall. There will be plenty more. As strong as the smoke is, the burner cannot be far. I looked around outside and did not see any smoke. Sunny, 59 degrees at this time.
6:45 PM: Moderate smoke from burning leaves. The air is filled with leaf smoke. Smoke from burning yard waste does not usually get this strong. It could be more than one person burning leaves. One time I went out to look for yard waste smoke and found three homes within a quarter mile upwind burning yard waste at the same time.
7:37 PM: A very faint smoke from burning leaves continues. Soon the wood smoke will start. North St. Paul sucks!
7:55 PM: Moderate wood smoke. The air is very smoky from burning wood now.
8:30 PM: Strong wood smoke. The air is extremely smoky! This air is not fit for human consumption! Our city council should be criminally charged with torture for making us breathe air like this! The wood smoke is so heavy we can smell it coming in with all the windows closed. The air does not get this smoky often during the winter. Winter is the least smoky season in this town.
9:30 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. No fresh air anytime soon I'm afraid. I hate this city.
10:30 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
Friday 09/24/2010 Air Pollution
Wood smoke returns.
5:20 PM: No smoke. 60 degrees, mostly cloudy at this time. It was sunny earlier.
7:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. Close the windows. When the temperature is in the upper 50s to low 60s, we normally keep a two or three windows around the house open slightly to provide fresh air. There will be no fresh air tonight.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. It's pretty smoky outside. It is a normal evening in North St. Paul, MN. Probably from the use of a fireplace.
9:10 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues.
10:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time.
11:45 PM: Faint wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
5:20 PM: No smoke. 60 degrees, mostly cloudy at this time. It was sunny earlier.
7:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. Close the windows. When the temperature is in the upper 50s to low 60s, we normally keep a two or three windows around the house open slightly to provide fresh air. There will be no fresh air tonight.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke at this time. It's pretty smoky outside. It is a normal evening in North St. Paul, MN. Probably from the use of a fireplace.
9:10 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues.
10:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time.
11:45 PM: Faint wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
Thursday 09/23/2010 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening due to weather. At 7 PM it was 72 degrees with rain drizzle. It was not a good night for recreational bonfires or yard waste burning and a little too warm for recreational fireplace use.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday 09/22/2010 Air Pollution
There was not a trace of wood smoke pollution this evening. The air was fresh all night long thanks to rain. The temperature at 6:15 PM was 61 degrees. There was a very a faint trace of some type of smoke in the air but it did not last long. It smelled a little like burning paper. By 7:15 PM a few drops of rain fell. After that time it started raining pretty good and was raining after midnight. This time of year we get smoke from recreational fireplace use. There was none tonight. You will not appreciate the importance of fresh air until you live in this town. It was so nice to step outside under the eaves and take a deep breath of fresh air. Most nights you cannot do that because the air is so smoky.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday 09/21/2010 Air Pollution
4:07 PM: A very faint trace of smoke from burning grass is in the air. It went away quickly. Sunny, 71 degrees, a gorgeous day.
5:30 PM: Light grass smoke. Somebody somewhere is burning yard waste. I was in the bathroom getting cleaned up and the exhaust fan was sucking in smoky air. I hate this city! You buy a house in this town you will regret it! North St. Paul, MN, is a terrible place to live! 70 degrees and partly cloudy at this time.
5:45 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. How many f****** hours are we going to have to breathe smoky air tonight? I hate this city. Another beautiful evening ruined by smoky air! If it is not raining and not too hot or cool, somebody is burning something every night of the week!
6:30 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear at this time. I hope it stays that way. But that is not likely in this town.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:15 PM: There is a very faint trace of some type of smoke in the air. I cannot tell what it is.
9:35 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear.
There was no more wood smoke for the rest of the night.
5:30 PM: Light grass smoke. Somebody somewhere is burning yard waste. I was in the bathroom getting cleaned up and the exhaust fan was sucking in smoky air. I hate this city! You buy a house in this town you will regret it! North St. Paul, MN, is a terrible place to live! 70 degrees and partly cloudy at this time.
5:45 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. How many f****** hours are we going to have to breathe smoky air tonight? I hate this city. Another beautiful evening ruined by smoky air! If it is not raining and not too hot or cool, somebody is burning something every night of the week!
6:30 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear at this time. I hope it stays that way. But that is not likely in this town.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:15 PM: There is a very faint trace of some type of smoke in the air. I cannot tell what it is.
9:35 PM: No smoke. The air is mostly clear.
There was no more wood smoke for the rest of the night.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday 09/20/2010 Air Pollution
5:10 PM: No smoke. A cloudy, misty day gave way to a gorgeous, temperate late afternoon. 73 degrees, sunny, and breezy at this time.
6:00 PM: No smoke. I can see a smoky haze off in the distance. I do not know what is causing the haze as none of it is making it this direction. The haze is concentrated over a frequent burner's property.
7:15 PM: No smoke. 70 degrees at this time. It would be nice to make it through the night without smoky, polluted air. Being the town this is, that is not very likely.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air!
9:50 PM: No smoke yet. Wonderful fresh air continues!
11:15 PM: Still no smoke. That fresh air is so nice. I stepped outside and took a deep breath. You cannot do that most nights in this town. This city would be a very nice place to live if not for the almost daily wood smoke pollution. The temperature has increased through the evening. It is 76 degrees at this time. Dare we go to bed with the windows open tonight?
There was not a trace of wood smoke this night. The air was fresh and clean all night long. A mild thunderstorm with marble-sized hail made its way through after 1 AM. We left the windows open, something we usually cannot do in this polluted nightmare of a city. The hail hitting the house and objects woke us up. It was loud.
6:00 PM: No smoke. I can see a smoky haze off in the distance. I do not know what is causing the haze as none of it is making it this direction. The haze is concentrated over a frequent burner's property.
7:15 PM: No smoke. 70 degrees at this time. It would be nice to make it through the night without smoky, polluted air. Being the town this is, that is not very likely.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Fresh air!
9:50 PM: No smoke yet. Wonderful fresh air continues!
11:15 PM: Still no smoke. That fresh air is so nice. I stepped outside and took a deep breath. You cannot do that most nights in this town. This city would be a very nice place to live if not for the almost daily wood smoke pollution. The temperature has increased through the evening. It is 76 degrees at this time. Dare we go to bed with the windows open tonight?
There was not a trace of wood smoke this night. The air was fresh and clean all night long. A mild thunderstorm with marble-sized hail made its way through after 1 AM. We left the windows open, something we usually cannot do in this polluted nightmare of a city. The hail hitting the house and objects woke us up. It was loud.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Sunday 09/19/2010 Air Pollution
Another day, more wood smoke in the air. The recreational burning started a early today. Probably a fireplace. There was wood smoke in the air by early afternoon.
4:20 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke lingers in the air.
7:00 AM: Fresh air!
1:25 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke comes and goes. We have a couple windows open. They will need to be closed.
1:38 PM: Light wood smoke. It varies with the wind.
2:25 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going on the wind. 62 degrees and sunny. Does anyone need to use a fireplace when it is 62 degrees and sunny? Couldn't the burner cook some food and heat up their house?
3:00 PM: No smoke.
3:20 PM: No smoke.
4:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke at this time. 63 degrees and sunny.
5:50 PM: Light wood smoke.
6:15 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh but I cannot detect any smoke in it.
8:15 PM: A very faint wood smoke is in the air. Not much, just enough to smell it.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues. 55 degrees at this time.
9:50 PM: No smoke.
10:50 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
It was not very smoky this evening. We had some intermittent wood smoke in the early afternoon and some very faint wood smoke in the evening. There was no burning grass or leaves at all this weekend. Yards are full of leaves now. We will surely have some smoky air from burning leaves by this coming weekend.
4:20 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke lingers in the air.
7:00 AM: Fresh air!
1:25 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke comes and goes. We have a couple windows open. They will need to be closed.
1:38 PM: Light wood smoke. It varies with the wind.
2:25 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going on the wind. 62 degrees and sunny. Does anyone need to use a fireplace when it is 62 degrees and sunny? Couldn't the burner cook some food and heat up their house?
3:00 PM: No smoke.
3:20 PM: No smoke.
4:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke at this time. 63 degrees and sunny.
5:50 PM: Light wood smoke.
6:15 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke. The air is not fresh but I cannot detect any smoke in it.
8:15 PM: A very faint wood smoke is in the air. Not much, just enough to smell it.
9:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues. 55 degrees at this time.
9:50 PM: No smoke.
10:50 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
It was not very smoky this evening. We had some intermittent wood smoke in the early afternoon and some very faint wood smoke in the evening. There was no burning grass or leaves at all this weekend. Yards are full of leaves now. We will surely have some smoky air from burning leaves by this coming weekend.
Saturday 09/18/2010 Air Pollution
It was an extremely smoky evening. Very heavy wood smoke is common on the weekends and this Saturday night was not an exception. The wood smoke was so heavy we could smell it coming in with all the windows closed.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. There has been no wood or yard waste smoke all day. A few windows were open slightly around the house for ventilation. 59 degrees and sunny at this time.
7:30 PM: Still no wood smoke.
8:04 PM: No smoke.
8:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke is in the air. It will only get worse. It is a little cool for bonfires but I am sure there will be some recreational fireplace use tonight. Close the windows.
8:45 PM: Light wood smoke. The air pollution got stronger quickly. 55 degrees at this time.
9:35 PM: Moderately strong wood smoke. The air outside is very smoky! You don't want to breathe this polluted North St. Paul air. It smells terrible and is bad for your health!
10:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. The air is extremely smoky! With all the windows closed we can smell a little wood smoke coming in. Inside our own home we are breathing soot, ash, tar, and cancer-causing compounds found in wood smoke. These homes are not new. There are bound to be gaps and cracks where air infiltration can occur. Our home is being bathed in heavy air pollution and we are forced to breathe it without our consent!
10:53 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues.
11:20 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues.
When I woke for the first time around 4:20 AM there was a very faint trace of wood smoke lingering in the air. I look forward to winter when there is less wood smoke in the air. Winter is the least smoky season in North St. Paul, MN.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke yet. There has been no wood or yard waste smoke all day. A few windows were open slightly around the house for ventilation. 59 degrees and sunny at this time.
7:30 PM: Still no wood smoke.
8:04 PM: No smoke.
8:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke is in the air. It will only get worse. It is a little cool for bonfires but I am sure there will be some recreational fireplace use tonight. Close the windows.
8:45 PM: Light wood smoke. The air pollution got stronger quickly. 55 degrees at this time.
9:35 PM: Moderately strong wood smoke. The air outside is very smoky! You don't want to breathe this polluted North St. Paul air. It smells terrible and is bad for your health!
10:00 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke. The air is extremely smoky! With all the windows closed we can smell a little wood smoke coming in. Inside our own home we are breathing soot, ash, tar, and cancer-causing compounds found in wood smoke. These homes are not new. There are bound to be gaps and cracks where air infiltration can occur. Our home is being bathed in heavy air pollution and we are forced to breathe it without our consent!
10:53 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues.
11:20 PM: Moderate to strong wood smoke continues.
When I woke for the first time around 4:20 AM there was a very faint trace of wood smoke lingering in the air. I look forward to winter when there is less wood smoke in the air. Winter is the least smoky season in North St. Paul, MN.
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