Posted on 01/08/2007 6:45:42 AM PST by dogbyte12
YORK -- People all over a large part of New York City are smelling a gas, and it's not clear where it's coming from.
Numerous people have called 911 concerned about the odor. Con Edison, the Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating.
PATH service has been suspended into the 33rd Street station. Service is still going into the World Trade Center station.
Macy's department store has been evacuated, according to reports.
There also are unconfirmed reports of a similar smell across the river in New Jersey.
People between Midtown and Battery Park are reported to be smelling it. At NBC headquarters in Rockefeller Plaza, the odor is very strong. One person who works on the sixth floor at 30 Rockefeller Center says it's so strong people are leaving the building.
At one major office building at 37th and 7th, employees have been told that Con Edison is looking into a smell, and they should remain inside until they hear otherwise.
Mayor Bloomberg is expected to be asked about it at a 9:30 briefing with the media.
Amen. There just aren't enough details to make it worth speculating. It could be just about anything.
Well, I'm going to scoot. No sense hanging around talking about stinky air. LOL
And today is different??
Explosive danger depends on concentration of leaking gas (chemical?).
Anyone have L.E.L. meter handy?
DHS is monitoring the situation....
Maybe that scent(chemical) stored in some warehouse is the culprit..
A few dozen. They did close off a few blocks on Congress just to make sure it wasn't a gas leak that did it.
yuk, yuk, yuk. :p
I wouldn't worry about it....Mayor Bloomy had a brain fart....
Per Fox- NYC Police is saying whatever it is- it isn't harmful.
Fox News saying air is not harmful but can't say why it's not harmful -
I've been inserviced that some bio-chemicals smell but since everyone seems ok......Wasn't there a thread months back where people were reporting this and then nothing.
could be, but it smells like natural gas - not methane etc.
not good enough for me, but I just told my friend in New York and so she is going back to work and not worry about it.
Uh-huh..........
what a bunch of nit-wits - all of them.... Fox, EPA, etc
No terrorism connection this time
Perhaps there was some airline fuel dumping this morning.
Dear Lord.
LOL! That is like explaining why you did not get hurt yesterday.....
The question is stupid....The substance is not harmful. There is no logical answer to the question of why. It simply is not.
Well, it's always a good idea to open the windows first, especially if the "natural" gas turns out to be ...natural gas.
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