wnbc.com — 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. People between Midtown and Battery Park are reported to be smelling it. At NBC headquarters in Rockefelle
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elroyJan 8, 2007
NEW YORK STINKS.
nervebandJan 8, 2007
Ignore please.
cybieJan 8, 2007
Ooops... my bad.. I knew I shouldn't have eaten that burrito.
hiscityJan 9, 2007
It took a while to find the story (thought it was S. America) -- but it was Mexico. <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=guadalajara+sewer+blast">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=guadalajara+sewer+blast</a>re: chemical leaks sewers that blow up (1992 -- 200 dead, 1984 -- 400 dead, many more injured). Hexane, or gasoline, or cooking oil...=quote=By Peter Eisner NE WSDA YPemex, the government-run oil monopoly, refused comment Thursday on the source of Wednesday's explosions. But rescue workers throughout the shattered zone said many survivors had spoken of the distinct smell of gasoline, indicating it might have flowed into the sewage system.The director of the Municipal - Water and Sewage Systems, Guadalberto Limon, said the cause of the explosion had not been determined, saying hexane was "a possible cause" and a gasoline leak was another possibliy.Shortly after the explosions, Pemex blamed a cooking oil company, La Central, saying the firm had allowed volatile hexane gas to enter the sewer system. Thursday, however, the company's owner denied the charge, saying La Central was closed for the Easter holiday and had not lost any stocks of its chemical supply."I've spoken with the attorney general's office and told him we don't understand how (Pernex) canl be blaming us," said Jesus Hemnan Morales Doria. On Wednesday, fire chief Jose Trinadad Lopez Rivas said thousands of gallons of gasoline had spilled into the sewer system.Pernex said it has no pipelines anywhere near the blast area. The governor of the state of Jalisco, Guillermo Cosio Vidaurri, accompanied Salinas on his tour and said his government was investigating possible negligence by three city officials, for minimizing local residents' complaints about the gas smell emanating from the sewers.After Salinas left the neighborhood, eventually returning to Mexico City, survivors in Reforma, looked on blankly as workers picked through rubble before signalling earthmovers, to begin pushing tons of brick and steel strewn through affected streets.The rescue effort, run with military precision, combined anny and police units, Red Cross officials, students and local volunteers. Local doctors also participated in setting up a series of field hospitals. Officials said 15,000 people were left homeless by the blasts and perhaps 1,000 dwellings were affected. Rescue teams did not report finding new victims or survivors in the rubble.=unquote=
pumpedvideoJan 9, 2007
I live in Brooklyn and i can't smell jack
axoxJan 10, 2007
g30phgo f**k yourself
samuraighostMar 10, 2007
Did anyone ever figure out what the heck caused this?