Saturday, August 27, 2011

Friday 08/26/2011 Air Pollution

It was an extremely smoky hell of an evening in North St. Paul!  To put it another way, it was a normal Friday night.

4:20 PM:  Very faint wood smoke coming and going.  The asshole frequent burner is burning again, the third time this week.  I don't need to drive behind his house to see that he's burning because it's that distinctive smell of whatever he burns, and you can smell it blocks away.  84 degrees, sunny, a little humid.  The air conditioning was turned on because of the warmth.  If the windows were open, they would need to be closed. 

4:25 PM:  Light to moderate wood smoke coming and going from the asshole frequent burner.  If the smoke is this heavy a distance away, how heavy would it be living next door?

5:05 PM:  No smoke.

5:50 PM:  No smoke.  87 degrees is the official Twin Cities temperature at this time.

6:30 PM:  No smoke.

7:00 PM:  No smoke.

7:30 PM:  No smoke.

8:00 PM:  No smoke.

8:30 PM:  No smoke.

9:00 PM:  No smoke.

9:20 PM:  No smoke.  Where is it?

9:42 PM:  Very faint wood smoke in the air.  It's starting to build.

9:56 PM:  Light to moderate wood smoke.  It is very smoky outside at this time.  You don't want to breathe this polluted air.

10:15 PM:  Moderate wood smoke.  The air pollution has gotten heavier.  This is North St. Paul.  This is how you will live if you buy a home in this horrible shitty city.

10:49 PM:  Moderate wood smoke continues.  How many hours will the air be heavily polluted tonight?  The temperature has dropped.  The outside air has a pleasant coolness to it.  We should be able to shut the air conditioning off and allow the house to cool overnight.  But we can't!  North St. Paul sucks!

11:15 PM:  Moderate to strong wood smoke.  Extremely smoky air at this time!  You can't breathe this air!  You'll get sick to your stomach pretty quick if you breathe this polluted air!  I still can't believe the idiots on the city council make us breathe this air pollution.

11:35 PM:  Moderate to strong wood smoke continues.  There is no chance of opening the windows tonight.  Last check of the night.

When I woke Saturday morning the air was clean and fresh!  We can finally open the windows and enjoy the cool air!  North St. Paul sucks!