Monday, June 15, 2009

Sunday 06/14/2009 Burning

6:45 AM: Faint to light wood smoke. At this earlier hour, the air still smells like wood smoke. I noticed it first thing when I opened the window.

I went out and traced the source of this wood smoke. It was from a house in the vicinity of Navajo & 1st. They had a fire Saturday night and must have left it smoldering all night long. I could smell the wood smoke over 2 blocks away. I could see a little smoke rising from the backyard. I did not see anyone in the backyard. It was unattended. Very unsafe. This happens all the time. People do not properly extinguish fires and the wood smoke persists until the morning.

7:30 AM: Faint to light wood smoke.

9:00 AM: Faint to light wood smoke.

10:30 AM: Faint to light wood smoke. They still haven't put the fire out completely.

12:00 PM: No more wood smoke where I live.

It was smoky when I went to bed Saturday night and was smoky when I woke up Sunday morning.

There was no wood smoke Sunday evening. Finally a break from the air pollution in the city of North St. Paul, MN.

It was smoky Thursday night. It was smoky Friday night. It was smoky Saturday night. It was smoky Sunday morning. This is a horrible way to live.