Monday, August 29, 2011

Sunday 08/28/2011 Air Pollution

It was another smoky as hell Sunday night in our area of North St. Paul, MN.  I don't know what was being burned tonight, but it smelled terrible.  Yard waste smoke in the afternoon, some strange stuff being burned at night.

12:45 AM:  A very faint trace of wood smoke from Saturday night's burning continues.

6:30 AM:  A very faint smoldering wood smoke smell is in the air.  Nobody near us was burning last night.  I don't know where this smoldering smoke is coming from.

12:15 PM:  Faint rass and what smells like wood being burned along with it.  I smelled the smoke coming in the windows for a minute then it was gone.

1:43 PM:  Light grass smoke.  An illegal yard waste burner is doing his thing.  The smoke lasted a minute then it was gone.

2:15 PM:  Light wood and grass smoke.  Is this the same yard waste burner as earlier or a different one?  So many people burn yard waste these days you don't know.

2:30 PM:  Faint grass smoke continues.  It's been a continuous 15 minutes of grass smoke.  The windows were closed.  I hate this city.

3:00 PM:  No smoke.  Windows reopened.

4:00 PM:  No smoke.  76 degrees.

5:15 PM:  No smoke.  74 degrees, partly cloudy.

6:30 PM:  No smoke.

7:30 PM:  No smoke.

8:40 PM:  Moderate, really terrible smelling smoke.  Something strange is being burned.  It could be wood or tree branches with something else.  I can't say what it is.  It's a shame that we have to close the windows on a nice, cool summer evening like we usually do.  The city of North St. Paul sucks!

8:45 PM:  Light strange smoke continues.

9:15 PM:  Faint strange smoke continues.

9:45 PM:  Light to moderate strange smoke continues.

11:15 PM:  A light smoldering strange smoke continues.  No chance of opening the windows tonight.

There was a faint smokiness in the air when I woke around 3:30 AM Monday morning.  Does North St. Paul sound like a good place to live to you?  North St. Paul sucks!