Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Wednesday 06/09/2010 Air Pollution

6:30 PM: No wood smoke yet. It is a nice and cool evening. 71 degrees and sunny with some clouds.

8:20 PM: Very faint grass smoke. I smelled it coming in the window. I went outside and did not smell it.

8:30 PM: Light to moderate grass smoke. I knew I smelled burning grass earlier. I would prefer the burning of grass to be legal and the burning of wood to be illegal. Close all the windows.

8:40 PM: Moderate grass smoke. The yard waste burner cannot be far away. I am not sure of the direction. The wind seems to be changing directions in the backyard. I've smelled grass smoke more than a half mile from its source. It can travel quite a distance. If all that is burned tonight is some grass, we will be fortunate. 67 degrees and a nice evening except for the grass smoke.

8:45 PM: Moderate grass smoke continues.

9:00 PM: Moderately strong wood smoke now. It is very smoky outside. I hate this city and the city council that forces us to breathe smoky, polluted air.

9:15 PM: Light wood smoke. My hunch is that the person who was burning grass also burned wood to hide what he was doing.

9:30 PM: Light wood smoke continues.

9:45 PM: The air is mostly clear.

10:15 PM: Light wood smoke. It did not go away.

10:35 PM: Faint to light wood smoke.

10:50 PM: Very faint wood smoke.

11:05 PM: Light wood smoke.

11:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues.

Smoky air continues past midnight.