Posted on 01/08/2007 9:40:02 AM PST by presidio9
Mayor Bloomberg said the city does not know what the puzzling odor wafting over Manhattan and N.J. is, but "it does not appear to be dangerous."'
Hundreds of calls came in about the smell beginning at about 9 a.m. from as far south as Battery Park and east to Union Square and all the way through the West 80s on the Upper West Side. The odor also could be detected in New Jersey.
The smell disrupted some PATH transit service and prompted office buildings to evacuate.
"Our sensors do not show any high concentration of natural gas that would give us cause to be concerned," Bloomberg said at a morning press conference.
"We don't know what it is. It does not appear to be dangerous ... it may just be an unpleasant smell," he said. "The one thing we are very confident of is that it's not dangerous."
Bloomberg said investigators from the Office of Emergency Management, FDNY, NYPD, Coast Guard and other departments are probing the cause of the odor.
The mayor noted that natural gas is odorless and colorless. However, a chemical called mercaptan is added to the substance to make sure it can be detected. He said just a small amount can create an odor.
One small gas leak has been detected at Bleeker Street and Sixth Avenue, Bloomberg said, adding that it is too insignificant to have caused the widespread odor that has put the city on edge.
Consolidated Edison officials said they have more than 60 workers checking for leaks after the company received more than 700 calls about the smell, from as far north as Washington Heights to as far south as Greenwich Village
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If they don't know what it is, how can they say it's not dangerous?..........
"We don't know what it is. It does not appear to be dangerous ..."
What an ass - how you can access something as 'not dangerous' if you don't know what it is?
This thread calls for photos of famous gaseous liberals.
Because they said so.
::blank stare::
This story is the joke that just keeps giving, isn't it.
Brilliant commentary from Blooming-idiot. Told everyone to just wait till the gas passes.
Too early in the day.
The three Middle-Eastern men, two of whom were hiding in the the cab of an 18-wheeler, questioned at the Port of Miami yesterday were probably trying to enter the port area to pick up something. Then this strange gas smell that covered the island of Manhattan today. Someone is rehearsing, and I certainly hope the feckless DHS doesn't believe its press releases that say in essence: "Move along, folks. Nothing to see here..."
We do... the odor is Mercaptan.
This smell has been around longer than my existance on earth. What it is....illegal dumping.
Why parade the smell out now?
Because NYC and Northern NJ were lumped in for homeland security funds.
They each want their own check, not shared.
So, the smell does have almond quality. Hell, it may be dangerous, maybe that is why we glow at night...but, this may get them their own federal check.
Let the whining begin.
Anybody got an update on the dead birds?
Mayor Bloomberg resolves gas problem with new ordinance.
How could they hear the mayor with that gas mask on his face?
Only if it's cyanide or hydrogen sulfide.
This smell is nothing new.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=njfarts
Absolutely, you are on point.
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