In all of Manhattan, probably coming from New Jersey, if I heard correctly on Fox News for over 3 hours earlier today...the smell of Natural Gas permeated the air, making some folks sick - feeling dizzy.. triggering asthma attacks. I was in and out of the room, talking to Papaw, then going back to watch some more, and after a while Mayor Michael Bloomberg did a press conference.. (cocky little man, that one, he got all hateful with one reporter, I wanted to throw a tomato.. but alas it wouldn't have hit him, it would have only pissed Mom off as it would have made a mess on her TV screen) anyway...Bloomberg insisted that while the smell was that chemical they put in Natural Gas to let you know there's a leak.. but he wasn't sure of the source, and he was sure it wasn't dangerous.
When asked how he was sure, he said something to the effect that if the Gas was leaking, it was dissipating and couldn't be ignited, and since it was open air it wasn't going to kill anyone.
Odor In New York Not Dangerous
I just sat there listening, watching all those people coming and going on the television...thinking I'd be scared shitless to be there while something that was unidentifiable to the government was all stinking like a big Natural Gas leak.. there where the terrorists wreaked havoc and we know would just love to wreak havoc there again...but...Don't panic folks, it's not dangerous, it's just...stinky around here today.
Why didn't Bloomberg just state the obvious? There's a GIANT hidden somewhere below the subway system, and occasionally he eats a bad baker or rotten Natural Gas CEO and it bloats up his tummy and he FARTS and they smell it all over the blasted city! Two cities, even!
Odor Reminds New Yorkers of Earlier "Pancake" Smell in 2006
You thought I was kidding about the bad Baker, didn't you?
Posted by juel at January 8, 2007 09:55 PM