It is crisp and sunny today. The air is clear, and our house is fully open to the outside air.
However... And it seems to never fail near my neighborhood... Someone decided to burn a large pile of oak leaves or yard-debris, and thoroughly pollute the neighborhood's atmosphere. The air inside the house is acrid and choking. If it gets any worse, we will be forced to close the house up and run the AC.
Folks in my neighborhood are entitled to have the ECUA come and pick up their yard debris. It is included with their monthly garbage fee. But, some have it ingrained in their heads that they must burn their yard debris instead of having it picked up.
This reminds me of the time when garbage pick up was not mandatory for my neighborhood... Back before 1992, I had neighbors who burned their household garbage in barrels in their back yard. That seriously hurt the air-quality index for about a square mile around their burn-barrel. Some people are just stuck in the 19th Century, I guess.
Right now, I just wish the wind would shift and blow these yahoos' smoke at someone else's house.
However... And it seems to never fail near my neighborhood... Someone decided to burn a large pile of oak leaves or yard-debris, and thoroughly pollute the neighborhood's atmosphere. The air inside the house is acrid and choking. If it gets any worse, we will be forced to close the house up and run the AC.
Folks in my neighborhood are entitled to have the ECUA come and pick up their yard debris. It is included with their monthly garbage fee. But, some have it ingrained in their heads that they must burn their yard debris instead of having it picked up.
This reminds me of the time when garbage pick up was not mandatory for my neighborhood... Back before 1992, I had neighbors who burned their household garbage in barrels in their back yard. That seriously hurt the air-quality index for about a square mile around their burn-barrel. Some people are just stuck in the 19th Century, I guess.
Right now, I just wish the wind would shift and blow these yahoos' smoke at someone else's house.