Saturday, June 2, 2012

Saturday 05/12/2012 Air Pollution

Another North St. Paul nightmare from hell!  Yard waste smoke all afternoon with extremely heavy wood smoke at night.  This is normal in North St. Paul.

1:15 PM:  Faint to light wood and grass smoke coming in the windows.  Close the windows.  64 degrees, sunny.

1:37 PM:  Light wood smoke.

2:45 PM:  Faint to light wood smoke coming and going on the wind.

3:05 PM:  Faint to light wood and grass smoke continues.

3:15 PM:  Light to moderate wood smoke.  The smoke pollution is getting heavier.  Just what we need.

4:45 PM:  Light wood smoke continues.  67 degrees, sunny and breezy.

6:00 PM:  No smoke.  The fresh air will not last long.  69 degrees, sunny, and beautiful.  Another beautiful evening soon to be spoiled by North St. Paul's nightly wood smoke pollution.

6:10 PM:  Faint lighter fluid smell on the breeze.  Asshole frequent burner must be preparing his pile of wood for burning.

6:45 PM:  A very faint smoke of some type is in the air.  I don't know what it is.

7:50 PM:  Light to moderate wood smoke.  Very smoky air at this time.  No chance of having the windows open this evening.

8:55 PM:  Moderate to strong wood smoke.  Extremely smoky air at this time.  You cannot stand to breathe this air.  North St. Paul sucks!

9:15 PM:  Strong wood smoke.  This is about as heavy as wood smoke pollution can get.  With all the windows closed tight the smoke still makes its way into the house.

10:00 PM:  Strong wood smoke continues.  This smoke is even stronger than before!  I would have to add another category to describe how heavy this smoke is.  The wood smoke is off the charts.

11:00 PM:  Strong wood smoke continues.

The air was still smoky at 5 AM the next morning.  Do you want to live in a city like this?