Sunday, June 27, 2010

Sunday 06/27/2010 Air Pollution

6:15 PM: No wood smoke yet. 84 degrees, sunny, and beautiful.

8:15 PM: There has been no wood smoke yet to speak of. It is a very nice evening. It is a good evening to be alive. The conditions outside are perfect. Sun, a comfortable temperature of 81 degrees, and a nice breeze. I expect this evening to be ruined by wood smoke. We will see.

9:00 PM: Light wood smoke for about 15 seconds before it was gone. It is windy and the wind changes direction often. Somebody is burning wood. I expect it to get heavier. It is a great evening to be outside.

9:15 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke coming in on the wind varying in intensity. It is windy outside. I went out and found out who was burning. I HATE THIS CITY! EVERY F****** DAY THE AIR IS SMOKY! CAN'T SIT OUTSIDE! CAN'T OPEN THE WINDOWS! THANKS A LOT CITY COUNCIL. YOU SUCK!

9:30 PM: No smoke for the moment. When the wind changes direction, the smoke comes our way. I would not want to be downwind from the burner.

10:00 PM: No wood smoke coming our way.

10:30 PM: No wood smoke coming this direction.

11:00 PM: No smoke.

11:30 PM: No smoke.

We were a little lucky this evening. Our air was smoky for only few minutes. When the wind came our direction, we got a burst of smoke before the wind changed direction again. It could have been a lot worse. For the people downwind from the burner, it probably was.