Happy Labor Day! Some in this city are making the most of their day off by burning grass and brush. I can think of some better ways to spend the holiday than by burning yard waste. Some people around here cannot.
2:15 AM: A very faint smokiness from last night's burning continues.
5:00 AM: Fresh air!
9:49 AM: Light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. The burner cannot be too far away if the smoke is this strong. Nobody around us is burning at the time. The grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes.
10:20 AM: Faint grass smoke. Maybe somebody else is joining in on the yard waste burning. If it is the same burner as the earlier one, I wish he would burn all his grass clippings at once so we can enjoy some fresh air for a while. This grass smoke did not last more than a few minutes.
12:28 PM: Light wood smoke. I went out and found two households burning tree branches, one of which was a few houses south of city council member Jan Walczak's house. I think that one was burning grass along with brush. So on this holiday we have grass burners and brush burners. What a great way to enjoy the day off.
1:05 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke remains in the air. The brush burners may still be burning.
1:15 PM: Very faint wood smoke continues.
1:30 PM: No smoke, fresh air. Light rain drizzle around this time. Cloudy, 69 degrees.
5:00 PM: No smoke. Dark, cloudy skies. A storm is moving in which will hopefully put a damper on further wood burning and allow us some fresh air this evening. But somebody could start a fireplace and smoke up the air. We cannot win in North St. Paul. The air polluters always win in this town.
5:10 PM: A very faint smokiness of some type is in the air. I'm not sure what it is.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
6:55 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: No smoke. Between the last check and this time it rained. A mild thunderstorm passed through.
9:00 PM: No wood smoke.
10:00 PM: No wood smoke. Off to bed.
When I woke shortly after midnight the air was fresh.