We were treated to heavy smoke from burning waste this evening. Burning plastic and what smelled like burning oil or some other type of chemical substance filled the air.
6PM: No smoke.
8:40 PM: Light to moderate wood and grass smoke. It's pretty smoky outside from illegal yard waste burning. What people often do is start a bonfire and rake their grass clippings into the firepit. It happens often here in nightmare North St. Paul. 55 degrees.
9:15 PM: Moderate very stinky wood and possibly grass smoke. It is very smoky outside. You don't want to breathe this heavy North St. Paul air pollution!
9:27 PM: Moderate to strong burning plastic and possibly some other types of waste. People burn anything they can get their hands on here in North St. Paul. If it is combustible, it gets burned in this town. 50 degrees.
9:50 PM: Moderate to strong chemical smell. It smells like burning motor oil or something. It is possible someone is burning empty bottles of motor oil.
10:32 PM: Moderate to strong wood and waste smoke continues. I cannot describe how terrible this smoke smells. I have no idea what types of toxic waste are being burned and are entering the homes and lungs of everyone around here.
Midnight: Moderate waste smoke continues.
The waste smoke continued after midnight with a light waste smoke in the air at 1 AM. That makes four hours of smoke from burning waste tonight. This is how we live in North St. Paul. Do you want to live in a city like this?