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
It’s in the article. PM’ed Jim and John Robinson. We can do without free republic for a while. We cannot do without them.
Besides, they are friends.
Unsupported affirmation by Talisker, here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2929117/posts?page=1
Historically, hydrogen sulphide gas has often been forced out of the ground in areas because of the pressure created by an immanent large earthquake. This was noticed in the Sausalito area the day before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and in various European earthquakes going back as far as the 1700s, and before the New Madrid earthquake in the 1800s in Missouri.
Citation from historical observation: http://trilogymedia.com.au/Thomas_Gold/eyewit.html
This was observed in the 1900’s two days prior to the Big One in San Fran.
If this was localized, I could rest easy. Apparently it’s happening all over the basin.
Second citation, the 1811 quake: The earthquake was at night. There was a smell of sulphur in the air before the shock. There as a wave of the land accompanied by a roar, then the most frightful ....
http://www.danielhaston.com/places/caney-fork/crouch/07-earthquake.htm
Holy cow. I’ve never heard of that before.
First I heard of it too, but when I heard ‘sulphur smells over very wide swaths of CA’ alarm bells went off in my head. A few seconds of internet research confirmed my suspicions. We may be without FR for a while. There’s a rallying point on Facebook.
Has anyone seen Lex Luthor around any of the local real estate offices?
We are best of buds, bro, and you know I love ya, but you are going to feel awful if you are joking and millions end up injured or die. If you have family in CA, get off FR and call them!
PHEW!!! OMG That scared the crap outta me.....
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We'll manage. My only concern is our wonderful California FReepers.
Thanks for the info, Laz.
Yeah...I had also heard about those types of odors preceding earthquakes. Hopefully the fish story isn’t bull!
(I’d still roll out for a few days, just on the off chance the LA times was instructed to lie by authorities to prevent clogged roads)
Hell, it might be outgassing that’s killing them. To be safe, I’d roll out for like 3 days or so. Just because the big one THESE days will kill and injure MILLIONS.
Seems too likely a coincidence...doesn’t it?
Somebody up thread was claiming that the wind was not blowing east to west.....in any event The Slaton sea is about 150 miles form eh SImi Valley.
That’s a long way for fish smell to spread!
If the LAT is lying, and a quake strikes, they will have the blood of millions on their hands.
OK, kids....open up your favorite map site and find Salton Sea. Now tell me how the HECK do rotting fish odors reach that large of an area???
Apparently the same kind of smell occurred in the bay are back in August 2009 without it precursor a major quake.
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