New York gas

[mossy]

I heard on the news this morning about some kind of gas going off in new york
Any of you guys heard of this?

[Cuaresma1971]

Yes. It's found on the yahoo!news "New York gas smell not dangerous"
Mon Jan 8, 1:02 PM ET



NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mysterious, powerful smell of natural gas throughout much of Manhattan forced evacuations of some buildings and a temporary suspension of a commuter train service on Monday morning as authorities scrambled to determine the source.

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But there were no immediate reports of injuries and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the odor was not dangerous.

"It may just be an unpleasant smell, but at this point we do not know any more than that. The one thing we are confident about is, it is not dangerous," Bloomberg told a news conference.

"The city's air sensors do not report any elevated level of natural gas," he said.

The smell permeated lower Manhattan and was detected as far north as Central Park, across the width of the island, and in New Jersey across the Hudson River. It had largely dissipated by midday.

The wide extent of the odor provoked jitters in a city that is constantly reminded of the September 11 attacks. Police and fire sirens sounded throughout much of the city.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesman said "there is no indication at this time of a terrorism connection."

Four schools in Manhattan were briefly evacuated, and the smell chased people out of landmarks such as the Rockefeller Center and Macy's department store.

"It was really, really bad then, so bad it gave me a headache," said Kate Browne, who lives in the West Village neighborhood and said she could smell the gas when she took her daughter to school.

"The emergency services turned up at my daughter's school looking for the leak then," she said.

COMMUTER TRAIN TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN

Part of the New York-New Jersey PATH commuter train system, which carries 225,000 passengers a day, was shut down temporarily as a precaution but normal service quickly resumed.

Several office buildings were evacuated and their air conditioning systems shut down, but city officials soon told building managers that people could return to work.

"There have been no abnormal changes in gas flow in our gas transmission lines," a spokesman for power utility Con Edison said. He declined to answer questions.

Bloomberg reported a small gas leak in lower Manhattan but said that was not nearly enough to account for the wide range of the odor.

The city was blanketed with low clouds and there was light rain and little wind.

Natural gas is odorless and has added to it a chemical called methyl mercaptan so that people can detect leaks. The chemical adds an odor similar to rotten eggs or sulphur, which was what people smelled during their morning commute.

The huge Macy's department store at Herald Square briefly evacuated its employees before the store opened and would not let arriving employees inside for a few minutes, said Myrna Hendricks, who works in gift-wrapping.

"They wouldn't let us in the store," she said, adding that the smell could be detected all the way up to the store's 8th floor.


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If somebody had out of neglegence lit up a match . Seriously,if someone blew digestive gas and lit up a match facing their rear end simuteanously....their behind would be scorched.

[Cuaresma1971]

Thinking of it,the body has natural sulphur in the bile that digests food located in this same digestive system. That is why when you fart it smells like rotten cheese.
But in this recent case,happening in NY....some natives could be easily subjected into fear of another terrorist attack. With a stench of visible gas ordor lingering so strong,it could be inspected by city workers inside a sewer treatment plant. Worst could happen if some utility worker lit up a match for a cigeratte inside.... sponteanous combustion for Manhattan.

[Cuaresma1971]

invisible.

[mossy]

Thats a relief.
When i firdt heard it i thought it was some kind of terrorist attack

[Sapphire]

mossy said:

I heard on the news this morning about some kind of gas going off in new york
Any of you guys heard of this?

They were probably trying to kill me, I work at downtown Manhattan.

The air was unbearable. I escaped in time.

[mossy]

what did it smell like?
i dont even know why i want to know really

[Sapphire]

mossy said:

what did it smell like?
i dont even know why i want to know really

It smelled like gas, man.

[mossy]

[Cuaresma1971]

Two isolated incidences this week alone. The gas ordor in New York and yesterday's bomb explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Athen,Greece. It was a good thing nobody was injured or killed. Yesterday was the 11th. Sounds like some copy cat or failed terrrorist was trying to duplicate a 3/11 (Spain 3-11-04) and 9-11 in N.Y. It was understood that Monday's gas ordor also was smelt in other states.

[kentucker4]

[king arthur]

I hate the terriosts. If this is happening on other dimensions, will be very easy to be taken care of.