It was another very smoky evening in North St. Paul. It's smoky like this more evenings than not. Do you want to buy a home in a city like this? When we came to this city, the air was fresh every evening. Had we known North St. Paul was going to get as polluted as this, we would have never moved here.
4:15 PM: No smoke. It is a beautiful evening sure to be ruined by smoke pollution. We know it is going to be smoky because it almost always is when it is nice like this. 79 degrees, sunny, and beautiful at this time.
5:10 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke was in the air for a little while before disappearing. I don't know what was being burned. 80 degrees, sunny.
6:30 PM: No smoke. Beautiful fresh air! Spending time outside at this time enjoying the little fresh air before the smoke starts.
7:30 PM: No smoke. This is a perfect evening to be outside.
9:00 PM: There is an odor in the air. I don't know what it is.
9:30 PM: Light to moderate wood and some other type of smoke. It smells like wood, charcoal, and something else. The air is smoky. Too smoky to leave the windows open.
9:50 PM: Moderate wood and some other type of smoke. Someone may be burning some household waste along with the wood. The smoke is heavy at this time. I don't know where the burning is coming from. None of our nearby neighbors appears to be burning. It could be blocks away. The smoke travels wherever the wind blows it.
10:00 PM: Moderate wood and some type of waste being burned. It could be paper. I don't know what it is. The air reeks! North St. Paul is hell on earth!
10:30 PM: Faint wood and maybe waste smoke continues. It is 69 degrees at this time. We should be able to have our windows open to enjoy the cool evening air. But we can't! North St. Paul is the worst place to live! I can hear my neighbor's air conditioner running at this time. Why should someone have to run the air conditioner with a temperature of 69 degrees and comfortable humidity? Because the air is so damn smoky they can't open the windows!
11:00 PM: A very faint smoke lingers in the air. There is no chance of opening the windows before bed.
11:20 PM: A faint wood smoke is in the air. It is a different smell from earlier. Somebody else may have started a bonfire.
North St. Paul sucks!