It was a beautiful summer day spoiled by smoky air. What else is new?
I took a walk down by Silver Lake this morning sometime after 6 AM. I found wood smoke. Somebody's bonfire survived last night's rain storm or they started burning late after the rain had ended and left it to smolder itself out.
4:20 PM: Faint wood smoke is coming and going on the wind. 80 degrees, sunny, and it was beautiful until the smoke started.
4:55 PM: Light wood smoke varying with the wind. Must close the windows now and turn on the air conditioner. I went out and found the area frequent burner burning at this time.
5:45: Light wood smoke comes and goes with the breeze.
6:15 PM: No smoke at this time.
7:00 PM: No smoke.
7:45 PM: Light wood smoke at this time.
8:00 PM: A faint to light wood smoke at this time.
9:00 PM: No smoke.
10:55 PM: Light grass smoke. Someone is illegally burning yard waste. It could be the frequent burner from earlier. He likes to burn grass under cover of darkness. But he is not the only one who does that. I really don't know who is doing it.
11:30 PM: A very faint smokiness lingers in the air. No chance of opening the windows tonight.
North St. Paul sucks!