3:45 AM: Very faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air. The wood smoke started last night before 9 PM and is still detectable.
5:00 AM: Air is fresh!
10:00 PM: No wood smoke yet this evening. Last night was a smoky hell. We may get lucky tonight. I am tempted to leave the windows open when going to bed. It's a cool 68 degrees at this time. But you never know when someone will start burning late at night. It happens often. When your house fills with the stench of wood smoke, you can't do anything about it. You are stuck in a smoky house all night long. Sleeping isn't easy when you smell wood smoke with every breath. You might as well have someone blowing cigarette smoke in your face all night long. It's the same thing.
11:30 PM: Light wood smoke. DAMMIT! Between now and the last check someone started burning. I was hoping we could make it through the night without any wood smoke. Not in this town. Close the windows. Shortly after this time I stuck my head out the door again and heard my next door neighbor's air conditioner running. Who needs to run their air conditioners when it is 68 degrees outside with moderate humidity? People who live in North St. Paul do. The air is smoky almost every night. We can leave the windows closed and sleep in a stuffy house, run the air conditioner and bear the expense, or breathe smoky air as we try to sleep. This is not a good way to live.
When I woke up at 12:30 AM there was a very faint trace of wood smoke still in the air.