6:30 PM: Faint grass and wood smoke. It did not last more than a half-hour. If people are allowed to burn wood, they think they can burn anything. One sneaky neighbor burns a little wood and throws his grass clippings on top of it. He uses the currently legal wood burning to mask his grass burning. I don't know if he's the one burning at this time. I'd rather have grass burning be legal and wood burning be illegal. I have never seen anyone burn grass for 10 hours like they do with wood. Grass or wood burning, it's all unnecessary air pollution and should be eliminated. 81 degrees and cloudy.
8:00 PM: Short rain shower at this time. This will hopefully put a damper on any recreational bonfires this evening.
10:30 PM: No wood smoke. I love that fresh, unpolluted air! It is wonderful to step outside and take a deep breath and smell nothing. This does not happen often on most Friday nights. Or Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday nights for that matter.
Everybody should have the right to fresh, unpolluted air all seven days of the week. Too bad we don't. I wish the city leaders would stand up for the thousands of North St. Paul residents who don't burn wood instead of protecting the small number who do.
Midnight: The air is still wonderfully fresh!