Weather mystery: A stinky fog envelops Seattle area

[Emily]

Sounds like the smell was hanging over the whole Seattle Fault zone. I smelled it this afternoon - disgusting like sewer gas or a failing septic system.

http://www.komonews.com/weather/blog...287821991.html

Weather mystery: A stinky fog envelops Seattle

By Scott Sistek Published: Jan 7, 2015 at 11:36 AM PST Last Updated: Jan 7, 2015 at 1:42 PM PST

 

[Emily]

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/whats-that-smell-blame-it-on-the-weather_69647306

[h=1]What's that smell? Blame it on the weather[/h] Steve Gardner 4:36 PM, Jan 7, 2015
4:42 PM, Jan 7, 2015
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People variously described the smell as that of eggs, sulfur, sewage and Tacoma. Whatever it was you were smelling in the outside air on Wednesday, you were not alone. And the smell might linger into the weekend.
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Elaine Valencia, executive assistant to the Bremerton mayor, first noticed the smell in her sixth-floor office at the Norm Dicks Government Center. ?I was searching all over the office to see who put rotten food in here,? she said.
Burg said his office has heard reports of ?sulfur? and ?sewage? smells. As to what the actual smell is, ?We have many guesses, but we don?t know exactly what it is.?...

 

[Emily]

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2015/01/stink-fog-returns-and-hits-new-victims.html

[h=2]Friday, January 9, 2015[/h] [h=3]Stink Fog Returns and Hits New Victims[/h]

Stink fog has returned and expanded it range, driving trash-talking against Seattle, particularly by Panther's fans and Tacoma residents. And new insights into the origin of the mysterious odors are now available...
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But this mysterious odoriferous phenomenon is back and has expanded its range. Today, many residents of Bainbridge Island were greeted by the now familiar stench. Biking home this evening I was hit by it in north Seattle. And most importantly, large number of Victoria residents were disturbed by the sulfurous smell, as did some residents of Lopez Island...

If an inversion is the problem, why don't we smell this when smoke particulate levels are high? We have many wood smoke pollution events during inversions during the winter, but never a widespread sulfur smell like this.

http://www.kveo.com/news/smelly-fog-engulfs-seattle

[h=1]Smelly fog engulfs Seattle[/h] POSTED: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 7:00pm
UPDATED: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 7:06pm

[h=2]Experts work to determine source of unusual odor around Puget Sound. John Langeler reports.[/h] (KING) A lingering, unpleasant smell engulfed areas in and around Seattle, Washington Tuesday night.
Air quality experts believe the unusual odor that lingered over parts of the Puget Sound is tied to recent flooding and air inversions.
"It's pretty unknown why it smelled last night," said Erik Saganic with the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. "We could be seeing odors of bogs and general mucky areas that could be emanating odors."...