It was another smoky night in North St. Paul. The heat made for a less smoky Saturday night than we have been having recently.
5:15 PM: No smoke. 91 degrees, sunny, a little windy.
7:45 PM: No smoke yet.
9:00 PM: No smoke.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke
Midnight: Light to moderate wood smoke.
The air was fresh when I woke at 6 AM Sunday morning.
Recreational Fires Must Be Eliminated
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The air is smoky from burning wood in North St. Paul, MN, almost every evening. It is a nightmare. What used to be a nice place to live has become a living hell.
WARNING: If you buy a house in North St. Paul, MN, you will regret it! It may be the biggest, most expensive mistake you ever make. You will breathe smoky air almost every day of your life in this town. This is not an exaggeration. The wood smoke in this town gets heavy and gets heavy often. When you want to get out of this dump of a town, how many people do you think are going to want to buy a house in a city where heavy air pollution every night is normal and clean air is rare? This blog gets thousands of visitors every year. The word is out: North St. Paul is a horrible place to live!
Fresh air is very rare around here. If you are considering moving to North St. Paul or buying a home here, I strongly recommend that you do not do it no matter how good of a price you get. The only way you will be happy in this town is if you love breathing smoky air almost every day. North St. Paul, MN, is a horrible place to live because of the smoky air!
Burning wood, grass, leaves, paper, cardboard, and sometimes plastic, construction materials, and chemicals, if it is combustible it gets burned in North St. Paul and you are going to breathe it.
The air was smoky 25 out of 31 evenings in July 2009. We had 37 hours of continuous wood smoke in the air Aug. 29th - 31st. There was wood smoke in the air 19 consecutive evenings from Aug. 21st to Sept. 8th. It rained heavily on Aug. 20th, providing the only relief we got from wood smoke for almost three weeks.
Is this a good way to live? No. It is a horrible way to live. Take it from someone who knows. Breathing smoky, polluted air every day is misery.
Every day in this city several people are having recreational fires. Every evening the air is filled with the stench of burning wood. I am one person sick and tired of breathing smoky air every day. Is it too much to ask to be able to breathe fresh air in your own home?
Who is responsible for this wood smoke nightmare? The four city council members are responsible. Council members Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Terry Furlong, and Dave Zick have refused to do anything about this wood smoke problem. They don't care if you have a child with asthma. They don't care if you have to live like a shut-in because the air is so polluted. They don't care if your sinuses burn because the wood smoke is so heavy.
Our four Council members have defended the rights of a small percentage of households to burn wood daily over the rights of all the rest of us to breathe.
You have no right to breathe under Walczak, Bruton, Furlong, and Zick. Burners have the right to burn wood 49 hours a week recreationally. The rest of us have no rights at all.
If you are considering purchasing real estate in the city of North Saint Paul, Minnesota (55109), factor this blog carefully into your decision. Buying a home in this city means that your kids will breathe smoky air while playing in the yard almost every day. Your baby will breathe smoky air in her crib should you leave the windows open around your house. If you leave your windows open you will wake up in the middle of the night choking on smoky air.
Perhaps worst of all, your utility rates will be high because you will have to run the air conditioner instead of leaving the windows open on a cool summer evening. You have no other choice because almost every night the air is too smoky to breathe in this city. Consider this blog your warning.
North St. Paul, Minnesota, is a wonderful community other than the wood smoke. If we could restore fresh air like we used to enjoy, life would be happy again. But that is not going to happen any time soon.
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The air is smoky from burning wood in North St. Paul, MN, almost every evening. It is a nightmare. What used to be a nice place to live has become a living hell.
WARNING: If you buy a house in North St. Paul, MN, you will regret it! It may be the biggest, most expensive mistake you ever make. You will breathe smoky air almost every day of your life in this town. This is not an exaggeration. The wood smoke in this town gets heavy and gets heavy often. When you want to get out of this dump of a town, how many people do you think are going to want to buy a house in a city where heavy air pollution every night is normal and clean air is rare? This blog gets thousands of visitors every year. The word is out: North St. Paul is a horrible place to live!
Fresh air is very rare around here. If you are considering moving to North St. Paul or buying a home here, I strongly recommend that you do not do it no matter how good of a price you get. The only way you will be happy in this town is if you love breathing smoky air almost every day. North St. Paul, MN, is a horrible place to live because of the smoky air!
Burning wood, grass, leaves, paper, cardboard, and sometimes plastic, construction materials, and chemicals, if it is combustible it gets burned in North St. Paul and you are going to breathe it.
The air was smoky 25 out of 31 evenings in July 2009. We had 37 hours of continuous wood smoke in the air Aug. 29th - 31st. There was wood smoke in the air 19 consecutive evenings from Aug. 21st to Sept. 8th. It rained heavily on Aug. 20th, providing the only relief we got from wood smoke for almost three weeks.
Is this a good way to live? No. It is a horrible way to live. Take it from someone who knows. Breathing smoky, polluted air every day is misery.
Every day in this city several people are having recreational fires. Every evening the air is filled with the stench of burning wood. I am one person sick and tired of breathing smoky air every day. Is it too much to ask to be able to breathe fresh air in your own home?
Who is responsible for this wood smoke nightmare? The four city council members are responsible. Council members Jan Walczak, Bob Bruton, Terry Furlong, and Dave Zick have refused to do anything about this wood smoke problem. They don't care if you have a child with asthma. They don't care if you have to live like a shut-in because the air is so polluted. They don't care if your sinuses burn because the wood smoke is so heavy.
Our four Council members have defended the rights of a small percentage of households to burn wood daily over the rights of all the rest of us to breathe.
You have no right to breathe under Walczak, Bruton, Furlong, and Zick. Burners have the right to burn wood 49 hours a week recreationally. The rest of us have no rights at all.
If you are considering purchasing real estate in the city of North Saint Paul, Minnesota (55109), factor this blog carefully into your decision. Buying a home in this city means that your kids will breathe smoky air while playing in the yard almost every day. Your baby will breathe smoky air in her crib should you leave the windows open around your house. If you leave your windows open you will wake up in the middle of the night choking on smoky air.
Perhaps worst of all, your utility rates will be high because you will have to run the air conditioner instead of leaving the windows open on a cool summer evening. You have no other choice because almost every night the air is too smoky to breathe in this city. Consider this blog your warning.
North St. Paul, Minnesota, is a wonderful community other than the wood smoke. If we could restore fresh air like we used to enjoy, life would be happy again. But that is not going to happen any time soon.
Tell others about this blog!
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Friday 06/08/2012 Air Pollution
It may have been a miracle tonight. There was no wood or yard waste smoke up to the time I went to bed. But with the burning often starting after 11:30 PM, I can't say if there was burning after I went to bed at 10:45 PM. I woke after 3 AM and checked the air on my way back to bed. It was clear. The temperature was 89 degrees at 5 PM. It was warm but not uncomfortable. The temperature was 85 degrees in the Twin Cities at 9:45 PM. It was warm but not too warm for burning. Recreational burning does not happen much when the evening temperature is in the upper 80s or above.
Thursday 06/07/2012 Air Pollution
More late night burning tonight with the burning of what smelled like tree branches after 11:30 PM. Had I not gotten out of bed and checked the air on the way back I would not have noticed it.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
6:00 PM: No smoke. 82 degrees.
9:00 PM: No smoke yet.
10:45 PM: There is some strange type of smell in the air. I don't know what it is. Off to bed.
11:45 PM: Faint wood or yard waste smoke. It smells like burning tree branches. Who knows what it is. If it is combustible, it gets burned in North St. Paul. If the windows were open they would need to be closed.
Midnight: Faint smoke continues.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
6:00 PM: No smoke. 82 degrees.
9:00 PM: No smoke yet.
10:45 PM: There is some strange type of smell in the air. I don't know what it is. Off to bed.
11:45 PM: Faint wood or yard waste smoke. It smells like burning tree branches. Who knows what it is. If it is combustible, it gets burned in North St. Paul. If the windows were open they would need to be closed.
Midnight: Faint smoke continues.
Wednesday 06/06/2012 Air Pollution
There was no smoke tonight because of rain. The temperature was 81 degrees at 5 PM under a mostly cloudy sky. There was a short sprinkle of rain around 6:40 PM with light rain coming down at 7 PM. After 7:30 PM the sun was shining through the rain producing a rainbow in the eastern sky.
Tuesday 06/05/2012 Air Pollution
Another smoky night with some yard waste burning.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 82 degrees.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:12 PM: Light grass smoke. There is an illegal yard waste burner out there somewhere.
8:15 PM: Light to moderate wood and grass smoke. The burner may be burning tree branches with the grass or raking the grass into a firepit. That happens often. People start a bonfire and rake their grass clippings into it.
8:27 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke.
8:50 PM: Light to moderate grass and wood smoke.
9:30 PM: The air is mostly clear but not fresh.
10:35 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 82 degrees.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
8:00 PM: No smoke.
8:12 PM: Light grass smoke. There is an illegal yard waste burner out there somewhere.
8:15 PM: Light to moderate wood and grass smoke. The burner may be burning tree branches with the grass or raking the grass into a firepit. That happens often. People start a bonfire and rake their grass clippings into it.
8:27 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke.
8:50 PM: Light to moderate grass and wood smoke.
9:30 PM: The air is mostly clear but not fresh.
10:35 PM: No smoke. Last check of the evening.
Monday 06/04/2012 Air Pollution
It was a miracle! There was no wood or yard waste smoke in the air tonight. Up to the point I went to bed anyway. There is a trend with late night burning starting around 11:30 PM. I don't know what happened after that.
It was 82 degrees and sunny at 5 PM with a little breeze. The sky was cloudy after 7 PM with gray clouds that looked as if they might produce rain but did not.
It was a nice evening for those who like clean air.
It was 82 degrees and sunny at 5 PM with a little breeze. The sky was cloudy after 7 PM with gray clouds that looked as if they might produce rain but did not.
It was a nice evening for those who like clean air.
Sunday 06/03/2012 Air Pollution
It smells like waste being burned after midnight this morning. Smells like particle board is being burned. The horrible smoke from whatever was being burned lasted most of the morning hours.
1:30 AM: Strong smoke from what smells like burning waste. It smells like particle board being burned. Particle board is sawdust and a glue binder pressed into sheets. I don't know what waste is being burned. But regular wood logs are not being burned at this time.
Will this hell ever end? I woke up with a headache and a sick feeling. I feel hungover from all the wood smoke pollution. It's something terrible. You can't imagine it until you've lived it.
4:15 AM: Light to moderate waste smoke continues. Still smells like particle board being burned.
7:20 AM: A very faint waste smoke continues. The North St. Paul hell never ends!
10:30 AM: Very faint wood smoke in the front yard, nothing in the back. Not much. Enough to smell it.
12:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke in the front yard, nothing in the back.
1:35 PM: Very faint wood smoke in the back yard now.
4:30 PM: No smoke. Cloudy, 73 degrees.
6:00 PM: No smoke. 74 degrees, sunny again.
6:25 PM: A very faint smoke of some type is in the air. It does not smell like a grill.
7:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. There it is. We relive the North St. Paul nightmare every night.
8:30 PM: No real smoke in the air but it is not fresh.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke. Another evening of heavy wood smoke pollution in North St. Paul!
11:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues.
Midnight: Very faint wood smoke lingers in the air.
1:30 AM: Strong smoke from what smells like burning waste. It smells like particle board being burned. Particle board is sawdust and a glue binder pressed into sheets. I don't know what waste is being burned. But regular wood logs are not being burned at this time.
Will this hell ever end? I woke up with a headache and a sick feeling. I feel hungover from all the wood smoke pollution. It's something terrible. You can't imagine it until you've lived it.
4:15 AM: Light to moderate waste smoke continues. Still smells like particle board being burned.
7:20 AM: A very faint waste smoke continues. The North St. Paul hell never ends!
10:30 AM: Very faint wood smoke in the front yard, nothing in the back. Not much. Enough to smell it.
12:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke in the front yard, nothing in the back.
1:35 PM: Very faint wood smoke in the back yard now.
4:30 PM: No smoke. Cloudy, 73 degrees.
6:00 PM: No smoke. 74 degrees, sunny again.
6:25 PM: A very faint smoke of some type is in the air. It does not smell like a grill.
7:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. There it is. We relive the North St. Paul nightmare every night.
8:30 PM: No real smoke in the air but it is not fresh.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke. Another evening of heavy wood smoke pollution in North St. Paul!
11:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues.
Midnight: Very faint wood smoke lingers in the air.
Saturday 06/02/2012 Air Pollution
It was a long, brutal hell of a smoky night in North St. Paul. The smoke was off the charts. The smoke was seeping in with the windows closed. It wasn't just smoky in our area. It was smoky all over the northern section of North St. Paul. There were bonfires and smoky air all over. I woke up with a headache and a sick feeling tonight. I think the heavy wood smoke pollution caused it.
North St. Paul's air is dangerous to your health. North St. Paul, MN, is a horrible place to live.
4:05 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going from asshole frequent burner. He's burning again. 74 degrees, sunny, breezy.
4:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke varying with the wind.
4:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke from the asshole frequent burner. As heavy as it is here, I cannot begin to imagine how heavy it must be living next door with his huge clouds of smoke blowing right at your home.
5:00 PM: The wood smoke varies in intensity as it comes and goes on the wind.
6:35 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke from the asshole frequent burner continues.
7:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke where we are.
9:00 PM: Strong wood smoke. This smoke is extremely heavy. It is unhealthy and inhumane! You cannot stand to breathe this heavily polluted North St. Paul air. Even with all the windows closed the heavy pollution is seeping into the house. These older homes are not airtight. There are little gaps and cracks where the smoke pollution comes in. This is torture!
10:00 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. This makes six hours of smoky air already this evening. The night is young. There is much more to come.
11:00 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. I went to bed at this time.
The heavy wood smoke continued well after midnight with smoke lingering in the air all morning.
The wood smoke was so heavy I woke up after 1 AM with a headache and a sick feeling. It's like a hangover from the heavy North St. Paul air pollution. I do not get headaches often. I don't know what else made me feel sick other than the extremely heavy wood smoke pollution. It's awful beyond words. North St. Paul used to be such a nice place to live. Now it is hell on earth! North St. Paul sucks!
North St. Paul's air is dangerous to your health. North St. Paul, MN, is a horrible place to live.
4:05 PM: Light wood smoke coming and going from asshole frequent burner. He's burning again. 74 degrees, sunny, breezy.
4:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke varying with the wind.
4:45 PM: Moderate wood smoke from the asshole frequent burner. As heavy as it is here, I cannot begin to imagine how heavy it must be living next door with his huge clouds of smoke blowing right at your home.
5:00 PM: The wood smoke varies in intensity as it comes and goes on the wind.
6:35 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke from the asshole frequent burner continues.
7:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke where we are.
9:00 PM: Strong wood smoke. This smoke is extremely heavy. It is unhealthy and inhumane! You cannot stand to breathe this heavily polluted North St. Paul air. Even with all the windows closed the heavy pollution is seeping into the house. These older homes are not airtight. There are little gaps and cracks where the smoke pollution comes in. This is torture!
10:00 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. This makes six hours of smoky air already this evening. The night is young. There is much more to come.
11:00 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. I went to bed at this time.
The heavy wood smoke continued well after midnight with smoke lingering in the air all morning.
The wood smoke was so heavy I woke up after 1 AM with a headache and a sick feeling. It's like a hangover from the heavy North St. Paul air pollution. I do not get headaches often. I don't know what else made me feel sick other than the extremely heavy wood smoke pollution. It's awful beyond words. North St. Paul used to be such a nice place to live. Now it is hell on earth! North St. Paul sucks!
Friday 06/01/2012 Air Pollution
Peak burning season has arrived. Without rain, there will be smoke in the air almost every evening until fall. It was a long, smoky night in North St. Paul. It gets much worse than this.
3:15 PM: Very faint grass smoke coming in the windows and ruining what was a beautiful afternoon. 69 degrees and beautiful except for the yard waste smoke.
3:50 PM: Faint grass smoke. The illegal yard waste burner has caused the windows to be closed. Thanks, asshole, wherever you are.
4:30 PM: No smoke. I saw that asshole frequent burner was burning as I was heading back home. Maybe he could have been the source of the illegal yard waste burning an hour earlier. Or it could have been someone else. There are more people burning yard waste in North St. Paul now than there was ten years ago. Burning encourages more burning.
5:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke from the asshole frequent burner. The wind shifted and we get to breathe polluted air. North St. Paul sucks!
6:05 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke from asshole frequent burner. The wood he burns has a distinctive smell unlike wood burned by anyone else. I don't even need to drive behind his house to know when he burns. If the wind is right it comes down here into our windows and into our lungs.
7:25 PM: No smoke. The wind must have shifted again. Asshole frequent burner usually burns from three to five hours at a time. I would say he is still burning.
8:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke different from before. This is the more typical smoke produced by bonfires. The bonfires are starting now. Asshole frequent burner burns early and by the time his wood smolders itself out is when the other bonfire burners start burning.
9:45 PM: There is a very faint trace of wood smoke in the air. The wind must have shifted again giving us a temporary break from the toxic poison air in North St. Paul. I can hear loud voices off in the distance. Sounds like a party. They may be doing the burning.
11:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Smoky air is back.
This is how we live in North St. Paul. Do you want to live in a city like this?
3:15 PM: Very faint grass smoke coming in the windows and ruining what was a beautiful afternoon. 69 degrees and beautiful except for the yard waste smoke.
3:50 PM: Faint grass smoke. The illegal yard waste burner has caused the windows to be closed. Thanks, asshole, wherever you are.
4:30 PM: No smoke. I saw that asshole frequent burner was burning as I was heading back home. Maybe he could have been the source of the illegal yard waste burning an hour earlier. Or it could have been someone else. There are more people burning yard waste in North St. Paul now than there was ten years ago. Burning encourages more burning.
5:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke from the asshole frequent burner. The wind shifted and we get to breathe polluted air. North St. Paul sucks!
6:05 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke from asshole frequent burner. The wood he burns has a distinctive smell unlike wood burned by anyone else. I don't even need to drive behind his house to know when he burns. If the wind is right it comes down here into our windows and into our lungs.
7:25 PM: No smoke. The wind must have shifted again. Asshole frequent burner usually burns from three to five hours at a time. I would say he is still burning.
8:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke different from before. This is the more typical smoke produced by bonfires. The bonfires are starting now. Asshole frequent burner burns early and by the time his wood smolders itself out is when the other bonfire burners start burning.
9:45 PM: There is a very faint trace of wood smoke in the air. The wind must have shifted again giving us a temporary break from the toxic poison air in North St. Paul. I can hear loud voices off in the distance. Sounds like a party. They may be doing the burning.
11:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Smoky air is back.
This is how we live in North St. Paul. Do you want to live in a city like this?
Thursday 05/31/2012 Air Pollution
It was another very smoky night in North St. Paul.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 65 degrees.
8:30 PM: No smoke yet.
9:00 PM: No smoke.
9:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air is good and smoky. If you like breathing smoky, polluted air, you are going to love North St. Paul. You will breathe more wood smoke pollution in one summer than most people will during their entire lifetimes.
9:55 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. You do not want to breathe this toxic North St. Paul air if you can avoid it. 59 degrees. There is not much of a breeze to blow the smoke away. The wood smoke pollution saturates the entire area.
10:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues.
11:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues.
You can see why we can never go to bed with the windows open and why everyone around here has to pay to run their air conditioners on cool summer nights.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 65 degrees.
8:30 PM: No smoke yet.
9:00 PM: No smoke.
9:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. The air is good and smoky. If you like breathing smoky, polluted air, you are going to love North St. Paul. You will breathe more wood smoke pollution in one summer than most people will during their entire lifetimes.
9:55 PM: Moderate wood smoke. It is very smoky outside. You do not want to breathe this toxic North St. Paul air if you can avoid it. 59 degrees. There is not much of a breeze to blow the smoke away. The wood smoke pollution saturates the entire area.
10:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues.
11:30 PM: Faint to light wood smoke continues.
You can see why we can never go to bed with the windows open and why everyone around here has to pay to run their air conditioners on cool summer nights.
Wednesday 05/30/2012 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening. It was cool. Not many bonfires take place when it is cool like this. It was 59 degrees and cloudy at 6 PM. It was a nice night if you like breathing clean air.
Tuesday 05/29/2012 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke tonight. It was a cool night. There are not many bonfires when the temperature is this cool. It was 62 degrees at 7 PM. It was 56 degrees around 10 PM with the weather forecast calling for rain.
Monday 05/28/2012 Air Pollution
I don't know if we witnessed a miracle tonight or not. There was no wood smoke in the air up to 10 PM when I went to bed. But with the trend of burning starting after 11 PM who knows. The temperature at 7 PM was 74 degrees and it was sunny and windy.
Sunday 05/27/2012 Air Pollution
Some burning grass this evening but no wood smoke due to unfavorable weather conditions. The only thing that saves us from heavy air pollution in this nightmare town is bad weather.
6:00 PM: No smoke yet. Nice to enjoy some fresh air for a while. You don't get much fresh air in North St. Paul. 90 degrees. Starting to get cloudy. A chance of a thunderstorm is in the weather forecast for later tonight.
6:50 PM: Light grass smoke at this time. There is an illegal yard waste burner out there somewhere.
8:00 PM: No smoke. A sprinkle of rain fell for a few minutes then moved out.
8:30 PM: No smoke. The sound of rumbling thunder can be heard in the clouds.
There was no more smoke this evening.
6:00 PM: No smoke yet. Nice to enjoy some fresh air for a while. You don't get much fresh air in North St. Paul. 90 degrees. Starting to get cloudy. A chance of a thunderstorm is in the weather forecast for later tonight.
6:50 PM: Light grass smoke at this time. There is an illegal yard waste burner out there somewhere.
8:00 PM: No smoke. A sprinkle of rain fell for a few minutes then moved out.
8:30 PM: No smoke. The sound of rumbling thunder can be heard in the clouds.
There was no more smoke this evening.
Saturday 05/26/2012 Air Pollution
Heavy wood smoke from the prior night's burning lasted well into the morning hours. Fortunately for all of us in this neighborhood, rain prevented the nightly burning from happening tonight. We were spared heavy air pollution because of the good graces of mother nature.
1:00 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. The air is much too smoky to open the windows any time soon.
2:00 AM: Light wood smoke continues. The burner is letting their wood smolder all night long. Isn't that nice? It happens all the time in North St. Paul. I can go out for a walk on a Saturday or Sunday morning and find several areas where bonfires were left smoldering all night along my walking path. Sometimes the unattended smoldering bonfires continue to produce visible smoke. Fire safety isn't a concern of most of the asshole wood burners in this horrible city.
6:30 AM: The air is not fresh. Some type of pollutant lingers in the air, likely from the fire left smoldering all night long.
There was no wood smoke this evening. It was cool and it rained off and on during the day. We had a thunderstorm around 10 AM that left the ground and all the wood that would have otherwise been burned wet. It was 63 degrees and cloudy at 6 PM with a chance of more rain in the forecast.
After last night's brutal wood smoke pollution we deserved a night of fresh air!
1:00 AM: Moderate wood smoke continues. The air is much too smoky to open the windows any time soon.
2:00 AM: Light wood smoke continues. The burner is letting their wood smolder all night long. Isn't that nice? It happens all the time in North St. Paul. I can go out for a walk on a Saturday or Sunday morning and find several areas where bonfires were left smoldering all night along my walking path. Sometimes the unattended smoldering bonfires continue to produce visible smoke. Fire safety isn't a concern of most of the asshole wood burners in this horrible city.
6:30 AM: The air is not fresh. Some type of pollutant lingers in the air, likely from the fire left smoldering all night long.
There was no wood smoke this evening. It was cool and it rained off and on during the day. We had a thunderstorm around 10 AM that left the ground and all the wood that would have otherwise been burned wet. It was 63 degrees and cloudy at 6 PM with a chance of more rain in the forecast.
After last night's brutal wood smoke pollution we deserved a night of fresh air!
Friday 05/25/2012 Air Pollution
Extremely heavy wood smoke tonight. The air was so heavily polluted you could not stand to breathe it! It was so smoky you could smell the smoke seeping into the house with all the windows closed. Living in North St. Paul is like living in hell. Not uncharacteristic of a weekend night in North St. Paul. Or any other night.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 68 degrees, cloudy, with rain forecast for late tonight.
5:35 PM: Moderately strong wood smoke coming and going on the wind. We are enduring bursts of very smoky air. Asshole frequent burner is burning again. This stupid city allows him to burn seven days a week. He takes advantage of it as much as he wants. Tonight everyone around here is paying the price.
7:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues.
8:00 PM: No smoke at this time. It comes and goes on the wind. It will be back when the wind shifts.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:00 PM: Strong wood smoke. The air is so polluted it is a serious health hazard! You can't stand to breathe this air. Your lungs resist your efforts to draw in air when the smoke is this heavy, which is common in North St. Paul, MN.
11:25 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. We have endured about six hours of heavy wood smoke in the air coming and going this evening. It is going to be a long and smoky night. North St. Paul is hell on earth!
Do you want to live in a city like this?
5:00 PM: No smoke. 68 degrees, cloudy, with rain forecast for late tonight.
5:35 PM: Moderately strong wood smoke coming and going on the wind. We are enduring bursts of very smoky air. Asshole frequent burner is burning again. This stupid city allows him to burn seven days a week. He takes advantage of it as much as he wants. Tonight everyone around here is paying the price.
7:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke continues.
8:00 PM: No smoke at this time. It comes and goes on the wind. It will be back when the wind shifts.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke.
10:00 PM: Strong wood smoke. The air is so polluted it is a serious health hazard! You can't stand to breathe this air. Your lungs resist your efforts to draw in air when the smoke is this heavy, which is common in North St. Paul, MN.
11:25 PM: Strong wood smoke continues. We have endured about six hours of heavy wood smoke in the air coming and going this evening. It is going to be a long and smoky night. North St. Paul is hell on earth!
Do you want to live in a city like this?
Thursday 05/24/2012 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke this evening due to unfavorable weather conditions. The ground was wet from heavy rain in the morning. It was a little on the cool side with a temperature of 60 degrees at 6 PM. There are not many bonfires when the temperature is this cool.
Wednesday 05/23/2012 Air Pollution
Three was no wood smoke this evening due to storms coming into the Twin Cities and a brief rain shower around 7 PM. It rained for a few minutes then stopped. Fresh air we will take any way we can get it in this town. 87 degrees and cloudy at 6:15 PM with storms moving toward the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.
Tuesday 05/22/2012 Air Pollution
More late night burning in North St. Paul. I don't know who is doing it as no one around us is burning, but someone likes to start burning late this year, usually after 11 PM when recreational burning is no longer allowed. People don't follow the rules and they are not going to. The city of North St. Paul has published warnings about illegal yard waste burning in the city newsletter the past three years with no effect on the amount of yard waste burning. As long as the city allows burning, people are going to be burning anything they can get their hands on at all hours of the night.
6:00 PM: No smoke. 84 degrees, sunny, and windy.
9:45 PM: No smoke. Fresh air! There has been no yard waste or wood burning up to this point.
10:30 PM: The air is not fresh at this time. There is a trace amount of something in it.
11:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke coming in on the wind. Someone has a bonfire going late. Still breezy at this time. The smoke can be smelled more from the front of the house than in the back.
6:00 PM: No smoke. 84 degrees, sunny, and windy.
9:45 PM: No smoke. Fresh air! There has been no yard waste or wood burning up to this point.
10:30 PM: The air is not fresh at this time. There is a trace amount of something in it.
11:45 PM: Very faint to faint wood smoke coming in on the wind. Someone has a bonfire going late. Still breezy at this time. The smoke can be smelled more from the front of the house than in the back.
Monday 05/21/2012 Air Pollution
There was no wood smoke in the air this evening that I noticed. But with the trend of burning starting after 11:30 PM, there could have been some late night burning I was not awake to notice. It was 72 degrees and sunny at 8:15 PM. There was a motor vehicle exhaust smell in the air by 8:30 PM. No wood smoke.
Sunday 05/20/2012 Air Pollution
More late night burning in North St. Paul, MN. This happens often and is why we can never open the windows before bedtime.
3:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke coming in on the wind. 54 degrees, cloudy, windy.
6:30 PM: No smoke. 61 degrees, sunny.
8:30 PM: There is a light something in the air that smells like motor vehicle exhaust fumes. I don't know what it is. It could be exhaust fumes or somebody could be burning waste.
10:30 PM: A light pollutant of some type that smells like exhaust fumes continues.
11:45 PM: Faint wood smoke. I don't know why anyone would start using a fireplace at this late hour on a Sunday night. My guess is that someone has a bonfire going or is preparing to burn waste. There is someone around somewhere who likes burning waste on Sunday nights.
3:00 PM: Faint to light wood smoke coming in on the wind. 54 degrees, cloudy, windy.
6:30 PM: No smoke. 61 degrees, sunny.
8:30 PM: There is a light something in the air that smells like motor vehicle exhaust fumes. I don't know what it is. It could be exhaust fumes or somebody could be burning waste.
10:30 PM: A light pollutant of some type that smells like exhaust fumes continues.
11:45 PM: Faint wood smoke. I don't know why anyone would start using a fireplace at this late hour on a Sunday night. My guess is that someone has a bonfire going or is preparing to burn waste. There is someone around somewhere who likes burning waste on Sunday nights.
Saturday 05/19/2012 Air Pollution
1:00 AM: The air is not fresh at this time. 75 degrees.
1:15 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air at this time from distant burning.
2:30 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke continues.
4:30 PM: No smoke here. Asshole frequent burner is burning at this time, producing big clouds of smoke. We can't smell it down here. Lucky for us. 82 degrees, cloudy.
5:15 PM: The air is not fresh. Not smoky, not fresh. Some type of pollutant is in the air.
5:55 PM: No smoke. A severe thunderstorm warning was declared for the Twin Cities area.
7:12 PM: No smoke. Rain starting to fall.
There was no smoke for the duration of this evening. Saved by the rain.
1:15 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air at this time from distant burning.
2:30 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke continues.
4:30 PM: No smoke here. Asshole frequent burner is burning at this time, producing big clouds of smoke. We can't smell it down here. Lucky for us. 82 degrees, cloudy.
5:15 PM: The air is not fresh. Not smoky, not fresh. Some type of pollutant is in the air.
5:55 PM: No smoke. A severe thunderstorm warning was declared for the Twin Cities area.
7:12 PM: No smoke. Rain starting to fall.
There was no smoke for the duration of this evening. Saved by the rain.
Friday 05/18/2012 Air Pollution
The weather forecast called for a chance of a thunderstorm tonight. That may be the reason we had less wood smoke in the air than normal for a Friday night.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 92 degrees, sunny, beautiful.
9:35 PM: Faint wood smoke in the air at this time. There was no smoke prior to this check of the air quality. 86 degrees in the Twin Cities.
9:54 PM: Very faint wood smoke coming and going on the breeze at this time. A rumble of thunder was heard.
11:00 PM: No smoke.
There was a little wood smoke in the air well after midnight.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 92 degrees, sunny, beautiful.
9:35 PM: Faint wood smoke in the air at this time. There was no smoke prior to this check of the air quality. 86 degrees in the Twin Cities.
9:54 PM: Very faint wood smoke coming and going on the breeze at this time. A rumble of thunder was heard.
11:00 PM: No smoke.
There was a little wood smoke in the air well after midnight.
Thursday 05/17/2012 Air Pollution
7:20 PM: No smoke yet. Enjoying that fresh air. 82 degrees, sunny, very nice.
8:45 PM: Faint wood smoke. There it is. Somebody is burning every night in the area.
9:10 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke varying with the breeze with two different types of smoke coming from different directions. The smoke smells like one type of wood with the breeze coming from the east and a different type when it comes in from the south. There are at least two bonfires in the area somewhere.
9:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. It's smoky outside. Can't open the windows.
11:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues varying with the wind. There is no chance of opening the windows tonight.
8:45 PM: Faint wood smoke. There it is. Somebody is burning every night in the area.
9:10 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke varying with the breeze with two different types of smoke coming from different directions. The smoke smells like one type of wood with the breeze coming from the east and a different type when it comes in from the south. There are at least two bonfires in the area somewhere.
9:50 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. It's smoky outside. Can't open the windows.
11:30 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues varying with the wind. There is no chance of opening the windows tonight.
Wednesday 05/16/2012 Air Pollution
3:40 PM: Faint grass and wood smoke around this time. Someone is illegally burning yard waste. Happens all the time.
4:00 PM: No smoke.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 68 degrees, sunny.
5:30 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke is in the air. I don't know what it is. It does not smell like a grill.
6:30 PM: A very faint trace of some unknown type of smoke continues.
7:30 PM: A very faint trace of something continues.
9:00 PM: A very faint trace of some unknown smoke continues.
10:00 PM: The air is clear.
There was no more smoke for this evening.
4:00 PM: No smoke.
5:00 PM: No smoke. 68 degrees, sunny.
5:30 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke is in the air. I don't know what it is. It does not smell like a grill.
6:30 PM: A very faint trace of some unknown type of smoke continues.
7:30 PM: A very faint trace of something continues.
9:00 PM: A very faint trace of some unknown smoke continues.
10:00 PM: The air is clear.
There was no more smoke for this evening.
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