1:00 AM: Air is still smoky. The burner probably did not fully extinguish the fire.
2:00 AM: The air reeks of smoldering logs or the remnants of burnt wood. The air stinks so bad! You can't step outside for a breath of fresh air. You can't open the windows. You can't enjoy life in this damn town!
It is 2 AM as I write this. I would love nothing more than to step outside and look at the sky and enjoy a breath of fresh air. But if I do, I will end up stinking like burnt wood and have to take another shower. Since 5:30 PM, the air has been polluted continuously by burning wood. That's 9 hours of continuous foul air. It would be nice to be able to open the windows and cool down the house. It is 75 degrees inside, a cool 55 degrees outside. But we can't, or else the house will reek of burnt wood.
This wood smoke pollution has to end. Enough is enough!
11:00 AM: No wood smoke at this time. But I can smell the remnants of burnt wood on the breeze coming out of the west. Ick!
4:00 PM: Someone is burning grass. The exhaust fan is on to remove heat from cooking and it's sucking in the smoky air. I'm not sure who is burning, but it is probably the guy who always burns grass and has been doing so for years.
The grass smoke did not last long, not more than 5 minutes.
6:15 PM: Something is in the air. I'm not sure what, but it is irritating my nose. It could be very light wood smoke. Nothing irritates my nose more than wood smoke. It is like pepper spray.
7:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. Unlike 45 minutes ago, you can smell it and know for certain that it is wood smoke.
7:30 PM: Faint wood smoke.
8:30 PM: Light wood smoke.
9:30 PM: Light wood smoke.
I went to bed and woke up around 1 AM. I checked the air. It was faintly smoky. Can't open the windows yet. It would be nice, because it is warm and stuffy in here. But even faint wood smoke is irritating to me. I do not want to smell wood smoke no matter how weak or strong it is when I am in bed, OK?
I woke up a second time around 3:30 AM. The air was fresh and clear at this time. Finally, I can open the windows and cool down the house!