Thursday, August 27, 2009

Thursday 08/27/2009 Air Pollution

4:25 PM: Faint grass smoke. Someone is burning grass.

4:35 PM: Light grass smoke. Grass smoke has gotten stronger. Lucky us.

4:50 PM: Grass smoke gone at this time.

5:35 PM: Faint grass smoke. Is it the same burner as an hour ago or a new grass burner? I don't know. I think I know the area where it is coming from. If the grass smoke continues for a while I am fairly certain I know who is doing it. I will run over there and check if it lasts long. 80 degrees and mostly sunny at this time. Nice outside. An evening like this just has to be ruined by wood smoke. Any bets?

6:00 PM: No smoke of any kind in the air at this time. The grass smoke at 5:35 PM did not last long.

7:00 PM: No wood smoke.

8:00 PM: No wood smoke, something in the air. The air is not fresh. I can smell something in it. I can't tell what it is.

8:35 PM: Saw a recreational fire at the house on the northeast corner of 19th & 2nd.

9:00 PM: No wood smoke where we are.

9:30 PM: Very faint wood smoke.

10:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke.

10:30 PM: Light wood smoke. It's gotten smokier.

11:00 PM: Faint wood smoke.

11:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke.

Midnight: Light wood smoke. The wood smoke varies from faint to light every few minutes. It is 68 degrees outside, 78 degrees inside this house. I would love to open the windows to let the cool air in. Doing so would make the house smell like wood smoke.

Our city council is the worst. They are the reason we must breathe smoky air every day.

Only a very faint trace of wood smoke remained at 1 AM so I opened the windows.