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.
The smell over that part of NY and NJ is caused by the death of the NFL season yesterday in the NYC area, as both NY teams lost.
Not global warming?
A swamp gas phenomenon?
This is a very interesting thread.
We are not all scientists, but the curiosity, knowlege dispensed and yes, the comic relief are why I visit FR.
ARRRRGGGGG!!! You beat me by 54 seconds!
You all are CRUEL this early Monday morning..........LOL.
I grew up in that area and lived there the better part of 50 years. Catching a nasty odor from the refineries? That's a lot more common than seeing a rainbow...or a good snowfall for that matter.
Could be a release of methane hydrates.
You ought to smell what smell daily........... Feed Lots!!
But out here in Texas we call it $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Quick, someone light a match.
Live stream for cubicle bound:
http://www.wnbc.com/videostream/5822189/detail.html
Actually the effect is over such a large area that inversion makes scents as an explanation. There simply isn't anything human that is likely to raise such a stink.
Somebody should check though to see if there was a Mexican Festival in the City attended by Sharpton and Nadler.
New York said "pull my finger."
LOL! They were saying to the smokers in our office not to go outside and smoke (jokingly of course)!
ROFL! Exactly!
On a more serious note- where the HE double L is the mayor? Say what you will about Rudy...I somehow think he would be front and center now keeping people informed- even IF he didn't know all the facts- he would say that..
Airline fuel has a pretty distinct smell. Anyone who's walked through an airport terminal can tell the difference between natural gas and airline fuel.
Someone's not fessing up. It's probably some industrial outfit getting its ducks in a row before publicly admitting they almost ground the NY morning to a halt.
One interesting item to me, and something to bear in mind if an attack anything such as this ever really does happen, the original news story for this thread was on their web site at 9:13 AM.One hour and twenty-seven minutes from then there has been NO official word on this whatsoever.Official being someone in authority I can see or hear on tv or radio.
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