[kj] OT: Please pass the pancakes

[The Stranger]

Did any other New Yorkers smell this? The sweet smell
of impending doom?  Or just syrup?

I'm hungry,

Adam


Strong, Sweet Smell Reported in Manhattan Oct 28 10:24
AM US/Eastern
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NEW YORK


New York City has many odors, but when the city began
to smell a little too good, New Yorkers became
alarmed. 

Residents from the southern tip of Manhattan to the
Upper West Side nearly 10 miles north called a city
hot line to report a strong odor Thursday night that
most compared to maple syrup, The New York Times
reported Friday. 

There were so many calls that the city's Office of
Emergency Management coordinated efforts with the
Police and Fire Departments, the Coast Guard and the
City Department of Environmental Protection to find
the source of the mysterious smell. 

Air tests haven't turned up anything harmful, but the
source was still a mystery. 

"We are continuing to sample the air throughout the
affected area to make sure there's nothing hazardous,"
said Jarrod Bernstein, an emergency management
spokesman. "What the actual cause of the smell is, we
really don't know." 

Although many compared the smell to maple syrup,
others said it reminded them of vanilla coffee or
freshly-baked cake. All seemed to agree that it was a
welcome change from the usual city smells. 

"It's like maple syrup. With Eggos (waffles). Or
pancakes," Arturo Padilla told The Times as he walked
in Lower Manhattan. "It's pleasant." 



		
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