Today is another warm day. But not warm enough to discourage recreational burning in this polluted city. The temperature was 84 degrees at 6 PM. I suspected this evening would be smoky and polluted. Just as I prepared for bed my suspicions were realized.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke up until now.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:15 PM: Very strong wood smoke! The air reeks! The wood smoke is sickeningly strong. Your stomach turns the instant you smell it. Horrible smoky air has returned to North St. Paul. The past three days absent of smoke were only because it rained or was too hot to burn. With the lower temperature, air pollution is back as it always is. 80 degrees at this time.
Good thing the AC is on. The air outside is not fit for human consumption. You could not stand to breathe it.
11:00 PM: Extremely strong wood smoke continues. The wood smoke is so heavy. To give you an idea, a comparison would be to stand next to a large, smoky bonfire with your body downwind so the smoke blows directly into your face. Difficult to breathe? Smoke make you sick to your stomach? That's how strong the wood smoke is at this time. Back to bed.
I do not understand why the city leaders allowed the air pollution in this city to get so bad. Do they take pleasure in our suffering?
People considering buying real estate in the city of North St. Paul should read this blog carefully. Buying a house in a city with air pollution this bad is not something you want to do. Until the city leaders end this air pollution problem (if they ever do), steer clear of North St. Paul, Minnesota. You will be sorry if you don't. You will curse the day you moved to this town every smoky evening.