QUITE A BIT. SURE IT HAS, INDEED. IN FACT, THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP HERE OF THE LANDFILL HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST FRIDAY. IT’S BEEN RESHAPED, BASICALLY ELIMINATING ALL THE SMOKE FROM THIS SECTION, DELIVERING SOME LONG AWAITED RELIEF FOR NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS. FOR THOSE LIVING AROUND THE SMOLDERING SINCLAIR COUNTY LANDFILL FIRE. THE LAST TEN WEEKS HAVE BEEN A BREATHING NIGHTMARE. I HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING. AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT’S MY HEART. BUT I DON’T REALLY BELIEVE IT IS. I BELIEVE IT’S JUST FROM THAT SMOKE BECAUSE MY LUNGS SEEM LIKE THEY’RE JUST FULL. PATRICIA HOLLIS LIVES DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE LANDFILL, IN FACT. THE EPA HAS PLACED ONE OF ITS AIR MONITORS IN HER YARD OVER THE LAST 12 DAYS. THE LEVEL OF SMOKE PARTICULATES ON HER PROPERTY HAS DROPPED NEARLY 90%, AND OFFSITE READINGS OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS ARE IMPROVING. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EXCEEDANCES IN BENZENE COMING OFF SITE OVER THE LAST WEEK. THE REASON THE EPA IS HOLDING MORE THAN 6500 CUBIC YARDS OF DIRT TO SMOTHER THE UNDERGROUND FLAMES. THAT’S MORE THAN 13 POUNDS MILLION OF SUFFOCATING SOIL. WHEN WE HAVE A DRY DAY, WE CAN, ON THE AVERAGE, RUN ABOUT 150 TRUCKLOADS AT ROUGHLY, I’D SAY, 12 CUBIC YARDS OF COMPACTED MATERIAL. THIS MAP ILLUSTRATES THEIR OVERALL PROGRESS. MORE THAN HALF OF THE SECTORS ARE BEING GRADED OR CAPPED WITH DIRT. FIVE OF THEM IN GREEN OR CONSIDERED COMPLETE SECTORS, WHICH ARE A STONE’S THROW FROM HER CLOSEST FRONT YARD. YOU HAVE NOTICED AN IMPROVEMENT? YES. THERE’S BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT. IT’S NOT AS BAD. THE SMOKE IS NOT. BUT DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS, HOLLIS SAYS THE SMOKE’S ODOR STILL WREAKS HAVOC. WELL, ADAM ACTUALLY IS GIVING US SOME MORE GOOD NEWS. THEY CLAIM THEY’VE BEEN TESTING THE WATER RUNOFF AT FOUR LOCATIONS IN AREA STREAMS. AND SO FAR, SO FAR HAVE FOUND VERY LITTLE IMPACT I