[SShultz460]

Not H2S? Living in Houston you probably know what thats about

[commish]

Sorry, I promise I'll never eat Bean Burrito's and drink PBR again.

[Vision Thing]

it's almost like someone detonated a city-sized rotten mango down here!

Where's the barf alert?

[vetvetdoug]

Are you downwind from Sheila Jackson-Lee?

[mingusthecat]

Hillary doing out-door yoga?

[xrp]

Everything smells fine up here in Minneapolis. Did you flush?

[concerned about politics]

Kerry campaigning in the area?
Democrats are not known for their cleanliness.

[mewzilla]

Broken sewer line?

[potlatch]

Is the wind from the South? I grew up in Texas City and you get used to the smell after awhile!

[I got the rope]

Sounds like H2S. Be thankful that you can smell it. You are getting from 1 to 3 ppm. If it goes much higher than that it could make you dizzy and give you headaches. You could even pass out an die.

Sucks to be you man.

[isom35]

do you have white castles near there?

[woofie]

Michael Moore is in town

[Rockingham]

Is there a natural gas storage or processing facility upwind? A noxious smelling chemical called Mercaptan is added to natural gas in order to make leaks detectable. Sometimes, it gets vented accidentally. Its very nasty stuff.

[Dawgreg]

Well Frank, "Stinkadena" hasn't changed much has it? You may want to have the media check it out. You ought to know if the smell is different and I would certainly want to know what it is. Good luck.

[EUPHORIC]

"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..."

Wow... We live in Southwest San Antonio not too far from Lackland and we had a similar stench here about 8:00 PM on Sunday night.

I promise never to eat at a Rudys BBQ again... NOT! Just kidding about the BBQ - not about the STINK. We did get something similarly ugly with the surge associated with the second nasty T-Storm we had here today. Nobody could ID that stink for sure but I likened it to 1/4 the Gulf of Mexico going rancid. Not sure how any stink like that could also affect Houston unless something totally bizarre is going on with the weather patterns in the Lone Star State.

[barkeep]

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.

[Rockingham]

"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.

[concerned about politics]

Moose urine smells like rotten fruit.

(LOL. That's no joke. It really does!)

[CindyDawg]

I came thru there about 6 this morning and didn't notice anything. I only rolled down the window at Shipleys though:')

[Ptarmigan]

Welcome to Houston. The petrochemical capital of the world. Speaking of that, there is a large gas fire in Liberty County that has been burning for four days. It lights up the night sky.