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Houston Area Petrochem Upset Event??
Posted on 08/22/2004 8:06:42 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion
Any Houstonians in the Southeast part of town step outside tonight? It smells NASTY. I know, I know, smelling up the news sounds funny, but you would have to smell it. I've lived in houston 30 of my 35 years, and about ten of those down here in the Clear Lake/Pasadena area, and I know what stenches can issue from the chem plants.
I've never smelled THIS - it's almost like someone detonated a city-sized rotten mango down here! Really, it has me concerned. It literally took my breath away.
Does anyone know what it might be?
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Texas; Your Opinion/Questions
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To: Rockingham
If you're talkng about the additive one smells when a gas stove runs unlit, then no. Very different stink.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:36:21 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Could be a number of things, I doubt you are in danger though unles you are next door to a plant.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:36:48 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(Maybe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure what I said is what I meant_John Kerry)
To: TruBluKentuckian
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:37:12 PM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(I am almost convinced Kerry will lose his home state. I think Unca Teddy hates him.)
To: Frank_Discussion
Call your local Police station and ask if they know, or a radio or TV station.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:37:36 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
To: Dawgreg
Pasa "get down" dena! Yes, it still gets a good dousing of "funk", on frequent intervals.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:38:20 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: potlatch
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:38:30 PM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(I am almost convinced Kerry will lose his home state. I think Unca Teddy hates him.)
To: Judith Anne
That's not a bad idea. Thanks again.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:39:01 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Please post what they say. Saying a prayer for your (and others') safety.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:41:05 PM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(I am almost convinced Kerry will lose his home state. I think Unca Teddy hates him.)
To: SShultz460
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:41:09 PM PDT
by
hoot2
To: EUPHORIC
THAT is an interesting thought. I've been noticing a "burning wood" smell lately, and have attributed it to burns in Mexico being blown up here. It's happened before. I wonder if you may be right. It's amazing how far stuff can be wind-borne.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:41:34 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Gee, I don't suppose it might be related to the salt dome 1,000 foot flare not that far from you? Be glad most of it is pyrolized or it would really reek.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:41:42 PM PDT
by
barkeep
To: Judith Anne
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:43:18 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Judith Anne
I hadn't thought of that!
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:43:56 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
To: Frank_Discussion
"Mercaptan" also refers to a class of naturally occurring sulphur containing compounds that often have to be removed from petroleum. They are usually described as having a rotting smell, especially rotten eggs. A noxious discharge from a refinery or other petroleum facility could be due to natural mercaptans. Sewers and swamps can also release such smells due to natural decomposition.
To: Frank_Discussion
Frank, step away from the computer and CALL NOW! You don't want to fall asleep without being sure you are safe.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:44:21 PM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(I am almost convinced Kerry will lose his home state. I think Unca Teddy hates him.)
To: barkeep
It is reeally far from me, and the wind is in the wrong direction.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:46:10 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Rockingham
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:48:03 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
"THAT is an interesting thought. I've been noticing a "burning wood" smell lately, and have attributed it to burns in Mexico being blown up here. It's happened before. I wonder if you may be right. It's amazing how far stuff can be wind-borne."
First their unwashed masses - now their STINK too?
Time for Texans to annex Mexico and make some changes pardner.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:48:07 PM PDT
by
EUPHORIC
(Right? Left? Read Ecclesiastes 10:2 for a definition. The Bible knows all about it!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Call now. You're wasting time. If there is an emergency, you need your wits about you. Do it.
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:48:38 PM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(I am almost convinced Kerry will lose his home state. I think Unca Teddy hates him.)
To: Frank_Discussion
"........ the smell, the Bigfoot odor. Some people smell rotten fruit, rotten eggs, rotten meat, and wet dog. "
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posted on
08/22/2004 8:48:46 PM PDT
by
concerned about politics
( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
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