Wood smoke returns. The cooler temperature likely encouraged some recreational fireplace use. Fireplaces or bonfires, the air is smoky just about every evening in this town.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke yet this evening. 60 degrees.
8:00 PM: No wood smoke.
At this time I left the city. On my way back, the air was smoky on Lydia in Maplewood near Helen St. I encountered a few pockets of very smoky air in North St. Paul. I literally could not breathe at one point and had to hurry out of the area because the air was so smoky. I was in many smoky bars in my younger years and none of them were as smoky as the air I encountered this evening.
Does it not seem strange that smoking cigarettes is illegal in bars and restaurants but somebody can smoke up an entire neighborhood with a bonfire or a fireplace and that is perfectly acceptable? We can choose whether or not we want to go to a smoky restaurant. We cannot choose whether we want smoky air in our own yards or homes.
9:20 PM: Very faint wood smoke where we live. It is not as bad here as it is elsewhere around North St. Paul.
10:15 PM: Faint to light wood smoke varying with the breeze. 52 degrees.
11:30 PM: Light wood smoke at this time. It got smokier. Lucky us. Last check of the evening.