Massive area "gas smell" in Manhattan, 2-3 mile area affected. Being reported on FOX news now.
Anybody else notice this horrible natural gas smell everywhere in the Herald Square area?
34 minutes ago
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yes, that natural gas smell around times square is horrible.
30 minutes ago
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S&*t. I smell it in the village this morning.
30 minutes ago
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I smell it on 21st street in my building too.
28 minutes ago
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mysterious gas smells by w. houston st & hudson too...
25 minutes ago
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west village, morton and 7th avenue south, very strong. i thought it had something to do with construction outside, that they hit a gas line or something... where do we report this? i'm going to call 311 right now
25 minutes ago
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Totally reeks down in West Village. They made an announcement about it inside my office building.
21 minutes ago
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Horrid gas smell in midtown! Also smelled it when I got on the train in the East Village. Ugh! Nasty!
18 minutes ago
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i called 311. it originates at west 10th street, they say, and "con edison are on the scene" but won't tell me what it is and why the hell it's permeating all the way up to times square. jesus. i live three blocks away.
18 minutes ago
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really strong gas smell in 23rd st R station
18 minutes ago
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CONNED is reporting that it's "throughout the city" but not reporting the cause.
17 minutes ago
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On the fifteenth floor of a Times Square office building, pretty intense in here, too. What the hell?
11 minutes ago
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The smell is very strong Around 34th, main Post Office bldg. We're getting dizzy and not kidding
3 minutes ago
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http://www.gothamist.com/labs/contribute
FOX news reporting they themselves were getting nauseous.
Be careful!
Thanks for the heads up. Did they say what area of Manhattan? I'm on 53rd & Lexington.
Thanks for all your updates.
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To: Diddle E. Squat
From Wikipedia:
Methanethiol (also known as methyl mercaptan) is a colorless gas with a smell like rotten cabbage. It is a natural substance found in the blood, brain, and other tissues of people and animals. It is released from animal feces. It occurs naturally in certain foods, such as some nuts and cheese. It is also one of the main chemicals responsible for bad breath and the smell in flatulence. The chemical formula for methanethiol is CH3SH; it is classified as a thiol.
Methanethiol is released from decaying organic matter in marshes and is present in the natural gas of certain regions in the United States, in coal tar, and in some crude oils.
In surface seawater, methanethiol is the primary breakdown product of the algal metabolite dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)....
Methanethiol is also manufactured for use in the plastics industry, as a precursor in the manufacture of pesticides, and as a jet fuel additive. It is also released as a decay product of wood in pulp mills.
On December 26, 2005, dozens of people at a St. Petersburg, Russia Maksidom home supplies store were sickened when gas suspected to be methanethiol was released. The store had received letters threatening to disrupt business during the holiday gift-giving season. Three other stores belonging to the same chain found boxes with glass containers and timers that also might have been rigged to release the gas.
358 posted on 01/08/2007 10:17:30 AM PST by sanchmo (If we wish to learn what was going on in Europe in 1938, just look around - V.D. Hanson)
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