8:00 PM: You guessed it. Somebody is burning wood. It is cloudy and cool, 54 degrees. The air is intermittently moderately smoky. Is it a bonfire or a fireplace? It doesn't matter. The outcome is the same: horrible smoky air.
There is a reason I call North St. Paul the smokiest city in the world. It is a moniker this city has earned and deserves.
9:00 PM: Moderate wood smoke. Burning wood is all you can smell outside. Went for a walk around the block. It was uniformly smoky all around. I could not pinpoint the source. It must be coming from another block somewhere. There isn't much of a breeze to help locate it.
10:00 PM: Wow! Extremely heavy wood smoke! Opening the door, it hits you in the nose like a sledge hammer. The smoke is sickeningly strong. THIS IS INHUMANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:30 PM: Light wood smoke in the air. A few small drops of rain are falling at this time. It isn't raining, not really drizzling, just a few drops.
Why do you make us live like this, dear mayor city council? Why should we endure this pollution day after day, week after week, month after month for doing nothing more than living our lives in this city? Why do you refuse to do anything about this and make us suffer through this smoky hell? Don't you care about the health and quality of life of your residents?