Early this AM a cloud of Mercaptan spread all most of Manhattan and parts of New Jersey – yet, no trace of natural gas that contains the Mercaptan chemical so natural gas can be detected. The smell drove hundreds of New York workers into the streets form their high-rise office buildings that had become inundated with the smell through the HVAC systems.
No source for this amount of natural gas. No sources in New Jersey ort New York that make the gas. But maybe it’s not natural gas. Maybe it’s a test of a terrorist WMD. The Jihadists like to test their tactics before deploying their attack. Perhaps the Jihadists want to see just how far and under what conditions a poisonous gas or bio-weapon would spread when released?
How dangerous is Mercaptan itself? Back in December of 2005 the peak of the Russian holiday shopping was disrupted for a St. Petersburg retail chain today when two of its stores were struck by devices that emitted foul-smelling gas. At least 77 people were sickened by the odor, though none seriously.
The police said the gas appeared to be a form of mercaptan, a group of malodorous compounds, often with an intense sulfuric smell, that includes a form commonly added to odorless natural gas to make fuel leaks detectable. The gas, while capable of producing an almost unbearable stink, is largely harmless, they said. The devices were placed in all four stores of the Maksidom chain - a group of home improvement and department stores in St. Petersburg. Only two released their clouds of offending gas. The others failed to activate and were defused and removed by special police units. The devices included gas-filled glass ampoules or canisters, which had been rigged with timing devices and placed inside the stores, Vyacheslav V. Stepchenko, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry's off in St. Petersburg, said in a telephone interview.
Authorities better start thinking about not what the gas is but how was it dispersed because this could be a test for a real WMD attack.
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You are spot on my friend....and trust me, US security and Intel officials have drawn the same conclusions!
WC,
Great post.
What's your source on the nature of the gas and the fact that there is no trace of Natural Gas?
Plus several blocks of Austin were shut down this morning while authorities try to figure out what the deal is with the dozens of dead birds found on the streets overnight.
Last report I saw indicated they were looking at the intersection of 6th Ave. and Bleecker St. which is were I used to live. Believe me, it does not normally smell that bad until about mid-August. (Mayor Bloomberg said they were waiting for the gas to pass. Everyone's a comedian.)
Bleecker & 6th turned out to be a small unrelated leak. If that odor is present from there up to Rockefeller Center and across to Jersey, which is quite a large area, and is strong enough for them to close subway stations and evacuate buildings, I hope they are looking very, very seriously for the source.
Pastorius
My source was Fox News. They were all over the story this AM. Yes there was a small leak detected in south Manhattan but authorities said it could not spread the smell of gas all over much of Manhattan.
There's something fishy here. Especialy since the gas entered the high rise buildings from the top of them where much of the HAVC machinary and vents to the outside air are located.
Also what is the coincidence of the recent events at the airports sited in my other post.
Ate the Jihadists probing?
I believe they are probing and they are getting very brave about it too, aren't they?
By the way, watch for that story that Fox put out about the kind of gas, and the fact that natural gas could not be detected, and the fact that the gas entered from a height, watch for all of that story to disappear by tomorrow.
revereridesagain, it is also significant that this odor is dispersing in this damp, cool drizzly weather.
New Jersey has a large chemical industry with a growing ethnic diversity which serves the American food industry. A lot of chemicals come and go from the Jersey ports.
Recall the 'maple syrup' odor events of 12/28/2005, early 2006. The same geographical areas were affected.
The chemical that may have been involved with the maple odor is an FDA food additive called methyl cyclopentenolone, or MCP a volatile solid at room temperature. ('Volatile' meaning it evaporates readily hence the odor but not explosive.)
The frequency and penetration of these odors is very concerning. Something definitely stinks.
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