It’s either a HAZMAT spill, or somebody is cremating Smurfs...
The Robert C. Byrd Blue Haze.....everything else in that state is named after him...why stop now????
BTTT Curious...
Ya sure it’s not a purple haze?
Is the Kanawha River in Nitro on fire?
Haze and Chlorine Smell Reported over Charleston
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=34027
A strong smell of chlorine and a heavy haze has been reported in Charleston and South Charleston.
According to a release from Kanawha County Metro 911, industrial sources of hazardous material are required to notify Metro 911 when they have a release of such product.
As of 4 p.m., county emergency officials have not received any notification, the release said.
Emergency officials do not know the source of the smell, what the product is or its origin.
The public is being advised that if you are in any form of distress, stay inside and do hesitate to call 911.
I suspect a color-blind Jimi Hendrix cover band is at work here....
More...
Odor, haze linked to power plant emissions, DEP believes
http://wvgazette.com/News/200801250495
A chemical odor and hazy cloud that moved across the Kanawha Valley Friday afternoon appears to have come from a combination of coal-fired power plant emissions, state Department of Environmental Protection investigators believe.
John Benedict, director of the DEP Division of Air Quality, said his agency’s inspectors flew over the region in a state helicopter to try to pinpoint the cause of the problem.
Those investigators narrowed the source of the haze to an area “in and around” American Electric Power’s John Amos Power Plant, across the Kanawha River from Poca, Benedict said.
“By helicopter observations, it appears the plume from some of the power plants to the northwest of John Amos are kind of lining up and then interacting with the John Amos plume, and causing the pollutant to concentrate,” Benedict said late Friday. “I suspect these plumes are lining up and touching down generally in the Charleston area.”
AEP spokesman Phil Moye said his company did not believe that the Amos plant was having any operational problems that would have caused the haze.
Moye said company officials believe it is more likely that a “unique water condition” led to the odor and the haze. AEP officials are cooperating with the DEP investigation, Moye said.
How long before WorldNetDaily starts claiming there’s a massive angel in West Virginia?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58665
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Blue Ridge Mountains?
Cold river, strong inversion, collected exhaust fumes from plants, cars and myriad sources lead to these conditions, it’s possible that there are chlorine leaks that have remained undetected but I doubt there is anything sinister here.
Is the Blue Man Group in town?