After a run of fresh air the past few days, we are back into the normal North St. Paul smoky air. Extremely heavy wood and yard waste smoke this evening. Do you want to raise a family in a polluted city like this?
11:00 AM: A very faint trace of wood smoke is in the air.
1:00 PM: No smoke.
4:20 PM: Very faint grass or wood smoke.
5:15 PM: Light grass smoke. Somebody is illegally burning grass.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate grass and wood smoke.
6:35 PM: Faint grass smoke.
7:07 PM: Very faint to faint grass smoke.
7:51 PM: Light to moderate wood and grass smoke. Someone may be burning brush.
8:15 PM: Light to moderate wood and grass smoke continues.
8:45 PM: A faint smoke of some type is in the air. I cannot identify it. People in this city burn wood, yard waste, paper, and other waste regularly. There is no telling what type of toxic pollution you and your children are breathing in North St. Paul, MN.
9:37 PM: Moderate wood and possibly brush smoke. The air outside reeks! You cannot breathe this air for long. You will get sick to your stomach and your sinuses will burn.
10:10 PM: Moderate to strong wood and possibly brush smoke. It is extremely smoky outside! Even with all the windows closed (we live like prisoners in our own home in this horrible nightmare city) I can smell wood smoke infiltrating around the windows. I stuck my head out the door for a few seconds and my nasal passages were tingling. A few minutes of this extremely heavy smoke and you will have burning sinuses. You may even suffocate. If you are an elderly person or a person with a respiratory disorder, North St. Paul air pollution could be deadly.
11:55 PM: Moderate wood and possibly some other type of smoke continues. The air reeks! It smells terrible like the bottom of a fireplace or ashtray.
That makes almost 8 hours of continuous smoke pollution. Do you want to live in a city like this? Do you want your babies breathing air this polluted? North St. Paul sucks!