It's another smoky evening in North St. Paul.
5:05 PM: Moderate wood smoke. Smells a little like grilling. I think someone may be grilling with wood as a primary fuel. This is something new. I did not notice this in prior years. This year is when it seems to have picked up in my neighborhood with one or two households.
Imagine what a smoky hell this city would be if on top of all the recreational fires people started grilling meat using wood instead of propane, natural gas, or charcoal briquettes. The neighbor who grills with wood does not ever put the wood out after he's done cooking. It smolders for hours, smoking up the entire block. He's also a grass burner. Nobody likes him. We wish he would move.
62 degrees, cloudy, with a breeze at this time.
5:45 PM: Light wood smoke.
6:15 PM: Faint to light wood smoke.
7:45 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke.
9:15 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. 62 degrees, cloudy.
It's been four hours of nonstop smoky air this evening with no end in sight. DAMMIT!
10:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. The smoke is strongest when the wind blows out of the east. Could this smoke be from a fireplace? Who would use a fireplace in mid July when the temperature is in the 60s? Someone in North St. Paul would, probably.
11:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues.
Midnight: Light to moderate wood smoke continues.