Burning wood and some burning leaves. The city of North St. Paul should sell air freshener spray that smells like the air in this city. I know it would be a big seller......
6:00 AM: Very faint stale smelling wood smoke in the air. Have you ever smelled the bottom of an ash tray? This is what the air smells like except it is wood. The air smells like the bottom of a fireplace.
8:30 AM: Faint wood smoke. A little stronger than before.
10:30 AM: Very faint wood smoke continues. We did some shopping over by Maplewood Mall. You could smell a tiny bit of wood smoke over there, too. I guess it is smoky everywhere this time of year.
People concerned about the environment should be screaming at the top of their lungs about wood smoke pollution. Everybody around here has natural gas. There is no need to burn wood and pollute the air for heat. Most fireplace use, I think, is for recreational purposes and not for home heating. Last year, the colder it got the less smoky the air was.
12:55 PM: Faint leaf smoke on the breeze. Somebody somewhere is burning the last of their autumn leaves.
2:40 PM: Very faint trace of some kind of smokiness in the air. I can hardly smell it but enough to know it isn't fresh air.
4:35 PM: Light leaf smoke. Some jackass is burning leaves. I can see smoke rising from a backyard about a block away. They are probably the culprit.
6:00 PM: Light wood smoke. I did not record the temperature. I think it was in the upper 30s.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It's getting smokier.
10:00 PM: Light wood smoke. Last check of the evening.
The air was smoky the next morning when I woke.