Posted on 10/28/2005 6:52:39 AM PDT by Calpernia
(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) The calls and emails started coming into the 1010 WINS newsroom late last night and they all wanted to know the same thing - what is that odor hanging over the city?
Most described it as smelling like maple syrup, although at least one person thought it was more like peanuts.
So, what is it? The official answer at this hour is we don't know and neither apparently does anyone else. There's speculation that whatever it is drifted over from New Jersey.
The NYPD, the City Office of Emergency Management, the City Department of Environmental Protection, even the Coast Guard investigated. The air was tested, but nothing sinster was found and the search for the source continues.
One listener who emailed from Cliffside Park, NJ said he's been smelling the same aroma in his neighborhood for the past 14 years, but it seems more pervasive lately. He did not know the source.
Keep it locked in to 1010 WINS for the latest.
>>>>There's speculation that whatever it is drifted over from New Jersey.
The turnpike?
I do believe our garbage retires to Florida ;)
:))
Ahem. What did you have for dinner last night?
Get ready for the Jersey jokes
If it's syrup or peanuts they're smelling,it certainly ain't coming from Newark.
Friday they usually do have an official silly thread. This one is SCREAMING for jokes ;)
a)Which exit.
b)...Because NJ had first choice.
Me thinks you have never been on our Turnpike. ;) It has a sickly sweet smell.
::cough::
Coming past monsanto in Springfield on the mass pike late late at night will get you a sweet smell like plasic and apples. I'm sure it's very healthy.
My first job was at a Perkins Pancake House working as a busboy. If that Maple Syrup smell they're talking about hits my part of Jersey, I may slit my wrists.
Be thankful the technology hasn't be created yet to link smells like wav files ;)
My late brother-in-law worked at that very plant.He told stories that were,shall we say,quite interesting.
And speaking of smells...we used to vacation in Bradenton,FL near a huge Tropicana plant.If you were lucky while driving down SR 64 near the plant,you'd get a rather pleasant aroma of citrus.
It sure beats driving through Newark.
Wow. May your weekend be more pleasant than that comment.
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