There was a large storm in the desert last night which is causing the sulfur odor to be released from the Salton Sea. It is becoming quite strong in the Coachella Valley today. I think the Salton Sea theory is probably spot on.
MIB says it was swamp gas from a weather balloon.
We’re in Sierra Madre/ Monrovia and we’re smelling it too. Also reported in San Fernando Valley ~ 15 miles west of here. We are a good 100 miles NW of Salton Sea. We also had a big thunder and lightning storm last night.
I’d like to know references, though, to the ‘this always happens before a huge earthquake’ quotes. Is this an ‘earthquake weather’ National Enquirer sort of scientific theory, or something taken from scientific studies?
( I do need to sleep tonight). Salton Sea is also part of the Rift Zone.
I lived in Los Angeles for half a century, and don't ever recall any sulfur smell in town after a big desert storm. I spent a lot of years growing up in the south bay region, and definitely remember the smell of the oil fields, but even that isn't exactly a sulfur smell.