Posted on 10/28/2005 8:48:38 AM PDT by kinghorse
Strong, Sweet Smell Reported in Manhattan Oct 28 10:24 AM US/Eastern Email this story
NEW YORK
New York City has many odors, but when the city began to smell a little too good, New Yorkers became alarmed.
Residents from the southern tip of Manhattan to the Upper West Side nearly 10 miles north called a city hot line to report a strong odor Thursday night that most compared to maple syrup, The New York Times reported Friday.
There were so many calls that the city's Office of Emergency Management coordinated efforts with the Police and Fire Departments, the Coast Guard and the City Department of Environmental Protection to find the source of the mysterious smell.
Air tests haven't turned up anything harmful, but the source was still a mystery.
"We are continuing to sample the air throughout the affected area to make sure there's nothing hazardous," said Jarrod Bernstein, an emergency management spokesman. "What the actual cause of the smell is, we really don't know."
Although many compared the smell to maple syrup, others said it reminded them of vanilla coffee or freshly-baked cake. All seemed to agree that it was a welcome change from the usual city smells.
"It's like maple syrup. With Eggos (waffles). Or pancakes," Arturo Padilla told The Times as he walked in Lower Manhattan. "It's pleasant."
Hello Deli must have opened their kitchen's doors..
It's subliminal advertising by IHOP.
Alright whos driving the old pick up truck thats overheating in downtown Manhattan?
Sweet? That rules out Ol' Crusty.
Hitlery and Schumer must have left the area....cleared the stench from the air.
Antifreeze has a strong sweet smell........Overheated car or blown radiator...........
Maybe Zsa Zsa Gabor finally exploded.
Probably one of the commercial bakeries downtown...
I know its more fun to be a hysterical drama queen, but if you had bothered to search, you'd find a news story from 1010 WINS that this has already been investigated. Even though they don't yet know the source, the air quality checks revealed no problems, and one resident was quoted as saying he's been smelling it off and on for more than a decade.
sorry to offend. no drama queen. just thought it interesting for a post. you must live in NYC. In that case I understand nothing funny in this.
No, it's still funny.
Ummm...Honey, is that a new Strawberry scent?
See what happens when you get used to that stale urine subway smell.....
I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
The fact that New York can actually smell good is what makes this news.
Aunt Jemima farted?
Everybody know about the Great Molasses Flood here in Boston??
http://edp.org/molasses.htm
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