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LAFD: ‘Rotten Egg’ Odor Reported Across San Fernando Valley
CBSLA.com) ^ | September 10, 2012 11:13 AM

Posted on 09/10/2012 2:31:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin

STUDIO CITY (CBSLA.com) — Authorities on Monday investigated widespread reports of a foul odor detected across the San Fernando Valley.

Shortly after 5:00 a.m., a “rotten egg-type” smell was reported “widely across (and possibly beyond) the north San Fernando Valley and Foothill communities of Los Angeles”, according to Brian Humphrey with the Los Angeles Fire Department.

No illnesses or any specific hazard has been associated with the odor, Humphrey told KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO.

The sulfur-type odor — which Humphrey said “appears to be organic in nature” — had been reported as far west as Simi Valley and as far east as Cathedral City and Perris in Riverside County.

While officials worked to investigate the source of the smell, officials did acknowledge the smell could be affecting a wider swath of Southern California.

Stephen Harrison with the National Weather Service office in San Diego told KNX 1070′s Vytas Safronikas that whatever the source or sources of sulphuric odor, wind currents have been moving in an east to west direction from the Salton Sea into parts of the Greater Los Angeles area.

“It’s always possible to get some kind of odor coming from the Salton Sea up through the Coachella Valley through the Banning Pass and into the Inland Empire,” said Harrison.

Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Monica Carazzo said the odor is affecting schedules at some local schools, including Osceola Street Elementary.

“Some schools are implementing a rainy day schedule, meaning that once kids get their lunch, they go inside of the classroom, recesses are inside, that type of thing,” said Carazzo. “But that’s school by school.”

Residents do not need to call 911 to report the odor unless they are experiencing a medical emergency, Humphrey said


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: hydrogensulfide; losangeles; losangelos
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To: BenLurkin

Dude, that’s BRIMSTONE. From you know where...


161 posted on 09/25/2012 5:47:36 PM PDT by Little Ray (AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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To: winoneforthegipper
You have to learn how to read these graphs and become the Freeper expert....lol

Who me? I only wish I had the time! LOL


162 posted on 09/25/2012 5:50:48 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant

Is that a photo of the source of the “Rotten Egg Oder?”


163 posted on 09/25/2012 5:52:42 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (If there is a war on women, the Kennedys are the Spec Ops troops.)
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To: Rides_A_Red_Horse

LOL!


164 posted on 09/25/2012 5:53:20 PM PDT by Errant
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To: machogirl
in the thoughtful Barry way

Don't tell anyone, I like him too... ;)

165 posted on 09/25/2012 5:55:10 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant

lol, the seismo is still jiggling like jello on a plate.


166 posted on 09/25/2012 5:57:55 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: machogirl
Quite active below that location:

MAP 4.8 2012/09/26 00:17:55 24.637 -110.346 9.8 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.6 2012/09/26 00:05:30 24.510 -110.270 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 6.2 2012/09/25 23:45:26 24.835 -110.152 10.1 GULF OF CALIFORNIA

167 posted on 09/25/2012 6:05:26 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant

It is. A lot of mid size quakes lately. That seismo-paper looks like one big smudge today. Something looks like it’s boiling.


168 posted on 09/25/2012 6:07:58 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Errant; machogirl

It will be interesting to see if this clears up the seismograph....?


169 posted on 09/25/2012 7:32:10 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Errant

When you get a chance could u post that earth image you have that clearly shows the actual shape?

AS for the ARRAY charts.....oh come on that stuff is way over my head....lol


170 posted on 09/25/2012 7:40:29 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper
The potato? At the link, you can use the slider at the bottom of the image to rotate view.

The link to the seismic array crashes my max'd Dell 830 IE at about 1100 stations loaded out of the 5596. So, I went to the HQ page and have to tell ya, I'm impressed! Boggles my mind with possibilities for displaying what's going on with the earth, geologically. NSF funding with deep pockets - I wonder why?

What have you learnt so far? Shoot me a PM if you need to. ;)

Maybe it's time to find time. Who can resist the BIG picture?!

Thanks!

171 posted on 09/25/2012 10:21:24 PM PDT by Errant
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To: winoneforthegipper
Interesting: IRIS DMC Restricted Data
172 posted on 09/25/2012 10:31:29 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Talisker

bfl - I need to bookmark that on another machine.


173 posted on 09/26/2012 3:49:54 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Errant
Thanks that exactly the link I wanted!

As for the Array....neophyte would not adequately describe the limited knowledge I have of using the system.

However....it is highly impressive. I read all the instructional that's available save for a few pdf’s I came across but I have yet to find tutoring on the exact charts that IRIS are using...lol

174 posted on 09/26/2012 4:32:23 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper; machogirl
Sumatran earthquakes in April were part of tectonic plate breakup


175 posted on 09/27/2012 6:24:52 AM PDT by Errant
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To: winoneforthegipper; machogirl

Note the plate breakup region above and its relation to the area of least gravity in the potato image.


176 posted on 09/27/2012 6:27:51 AM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant

Yeah....seems to me gravity is certainly the key or at least a key to tectonic movement!

Thanks for the ping!


177 posted on 09/27/2012 6:40:30 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

I just had a thought that it would be interesting to see the gravity image in reverse, so that the areas of least gravity appear as high points and high gravity areas appear as darker, lower areas. :)


178 posted on 09/27/2012 6:47:49 AM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant

Yeah that would be perfect...would be much easier to compare to recent and potentially future quakes...@!


179 posted on 09/27/2012 6:53:33 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Errant

Thank you for that! Fascinating.


180 posted on 09/27/2012 8:01:39 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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