Friday, July 15, 2011

Wednesday 07/13/2011 Air Pollution

The air was very smoky after midnight this morning. It smelled like wood and possibly other types of waste were being burned. It did not smell like burning logs as much as it smelled like lumber for construction. I really cannot say what was being burned. I can say without any reservations that North St. Paul sucks!

1:30 AM: Moderate wood and possibly waste smoke at this time. The smoke is very heavy outside. Who the hell needs to burn at 1:30 AM Wednesday morning? Late night burning has not been as bad this year as it was in prior years. North St. Paul is a horrible place to live.

2:20 AM: Light wood and possibly waste smoke continues. I hate this city.

The air was fresh and clear when I got up later in the morning. Thank God.

5:20 PM: No smoke. 75 degrees and cloudy. There is rain in the forecast for after 11 PM tonight.

7:00 PM: No smoke, fresh air.

9:15 PM: Still no smoke yet.

9:40 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. This is North St. Paul. Somebody is burning in this shitty city almost every evening.

11:10 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke lingers in the air. No chance of opening the windows tonight because we don't know how heavy it may get. Last night we had heavy wood smoke after midnight. Anyone around these parts who left their windows open last night woke to a house reeking of smoke.

The rain that was forecast for tonight never materialized. While we did not have much smoke, there was still smoke in the air as usual in this horrible city.