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New York probes 'gas-like odour' |
2007-01-08 |
"Hey, y'all! Try some o' this chili! I think it's the best Cooter's ever made!" Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor Monday that stretched across a large part of Manhattan, including Rockefeller Center. The Fire Department began getting calls about the odor around 9 a.m. Monday, said spokesman Tim Hinchey. Consolidated Edison was investigating, utility spokeswoman Joy Faber said. Across the Hudson River, Jersey City, N.J., mayor's spokeswoman Maria Pignataro said officials there were told the odor was due to a gas leak in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, just north of Greenwich Village. "The smell was very strong. It was very scary," said Yolanda Van Gemd, an administrator at ASA, a business school near the Empire State Building that was evacuated as a precaution. |
Posted by:anonymous5089 & Fred |
#10 You can't smell natural gas, but they add something to it which smells a bit like onions. So, That substance may have been released.....testing, 1, 2, 3. Why ? Jihad with a deadly gas coming to NY ? |
Posted by: wxjames 2007-01-08 19:47 |
#9 Damned high-fiber diet. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-01-08 18:34 |
#8 They sent us home about this! |
Posted by: Free Radical 2007-01-08 16:06 |
#7 Lessee.../Moonbat rumor mill... US government on orders of President Bush and CIA/Illuminati conducts tests of deployment system for airborne psychological mind control gas in NYC. Millions exposed... /Moonbat rumor mill |
Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-01-08 15:44 |
#6 I'm betting on a Jets or Giants fan that made a NY in-your-face statement regarding his team(s) stinking up the field. |
Posted by: Phineter Thraviger 2007-01-08 14:50 |
#5 Testing, testing...... |
Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-01-08 14:49 |
#4 "It may just be an unpleasant smell," Mayor Bloomberg said. "Our suggestion is that people should do their best to ventilate areas, open their windows or turn on any fans until this gas passes." He sounds like my wife. Glad I've got the dog to blame it on... |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-01-08 14:37 |
#3 Any dead grackles lying around? |
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2007-01-08 13:17 |
#2 "The smell was very strong. It was very scary," yalls been there. |
Posted by: RD 2007-01-08 13:13 |
#1 Sorry about that. Shouldn't have gotten a red-hot from a street vendor. |
Posted by: Jonathan 2007-01-08 12:59 |