This morning, I had high hopes for fresh air tonight when I saw the weather forecast calling for rain. Now it appears that it will not rain tonight in the Twin Cities area as earlier forecast. That means smoky air again!
4:35 PM: No smoke where we live. The asshole frequent burner in the area is burning at this time. I saw clouds of smoke rising from his backyard as I came home. His smoke is not coming our direction for now. Others are not so lucky. 76 degrees, cloudy, and pretty nice.
5:00 PM: No smoke.
5:30 PM: No smoke.
6:00 PM: No smoke.
6:15 PM: A very faint trace of wood smoke was in the air at this time.
6:25 PM: Very faint wood smoke at this time. I went out and saw that the asshole frequent burner is still burning. That's almost 2 hours he has been burning so far this evening. Clouds of smoke are still rising from his backyard. We are lucky that most of his smoke has not come our direction. We have not had to close the windows yet. If it gets any smokier, we will have to close them and be prisoners in our own home once more. North St. Paul sucks! It is a nice evening. It would be nice to spend some time enjoying the outdoors before bed. I do not think we will get a chance.
6:30 PM: We can smell a trace of wood smoke in the house. We may have to close the windows soon.
6:35 PM: Faint wood smoke. It is getting stronger and now we must close the windows. North St. Paul is a horrible place to live! It is sunny at this time.
6:40 PM: Faint to light wood smoke. The shift in breeze brings more smoke to our property. The smoke comes and goes with the breeze.
7:25 PM: Faint wood smoke coming and going.
7:40 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke. Pretty smoky now. If the windows were left open the entire house would reek of wood smoke.
8:00 PM: Light wood smoke at this time.
8:30 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
9:00 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
9:50 PM: Light wood smoke continues.
11:15 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time. No chance of opening the windows to cool the house tonight. The temperature must be down in the 60s by now. We hope for fresh air in the morning.
The air was fresh when I woke at 6 AM Saturday morning. It was raining at the time.