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发帖数: 1084 | 1 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/foul-stink-likely
Authorities said the foul smell reported by thousands of Southern California
residents from Palm Springs to Ventura County was mostly likely caused by a
fish die-off at the Salton Sea combined with strong winds overnight that
pushed the smell into the Los Angeles area.
Officials investigating stressed that they have not determined an official
cause — and added they've never heard of the Salton Sea die-off smell
spreading so far. But they say the sea is now the focus of the probe.
The general manager of the Salton Sea Authority said he’s not sure if the
sea is the source of the foul odor, and is being inundated by telephone
calls — including inquiries from the South Coast Air Quality Management
District.
“We really don’t know whether it’s the Salton Sea or not,’’ said Andy
Schlange. “The best answer I can give you is that we’re looking into it.’’
Schlange said a major weather pattern whipped through the Salton Sea area
Sunday night, with winds blowing north into the Coachella Valley topping 40
miles an hour.
Catching a whiff of the “Salton Sea odor” happens occasionally in the Palm
Springs area about 35 miles away, but Schlange said he’s never heard of
the smell traveling all the way to the Los Angeles Basin.
Schlange said there was a recent “fish kill” on the Salton Sea, a common
occurrence when fish populations explode and oxygen is depleted. But it was
not a major enough event to explain a foul smell traveling across Southern
California.
Bill Meister, who works at a nonprofit agency that runs the Salton Sea
visitor center and assists with preservation of the area, said the strong
winds that came through the area yesterday may have been churned of smelly
gases from the bottom of the shallow desert sea.
“The winds could have stirred up the water,’’ said Meister, president of
the Sea and Desert Interpretive Assn. “Because the lake is so shallow, and
there is 100 years worth of decayed material at the bottom, you’d get that
rotten-egg smell.’’
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told The Times that his
department has received hundreds of phone calls about the odor.
"We are not aware of any specific hazard associated" with the odor, he added.
The smell was most pronounced in parts of the Inland Empire, which is upwind
from the Salton Sea.
Winds could be blowing the odor from the Salton Sea into the Los Angeles
area, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist. There is a low-
pressure system around Baja California, which has led to winds blowing in a
counter-clockwise direction, potentially pushing smells from the Salton Sea
into the city, said Carol Smith.
“With the wind pattern, it seems possible,” she said. | a***s
发帖数: 1084 | 2 不会是要地震了吧。
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【在 a***s 的大作中提到】
: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/foul-stink-likely
: Authorities said the foul smell reported by thousands of Southern California
: residents from Palm Springs to Ventura County was mostly likely caused by a
: fish die-off at the Salton Sea combined with strong winds overnight that
: pushed the smell into the Los Angeles area.
: Officials investigating stressed that they have not determined an official
: cause — and added they've never heard of the Salton Sea die-off smell
: spreading so far. But they say the sea is now the focus of the probe.
: The general manager of the Salton Sea Authority said he’s not sure if the
: sea is the source of the foul odor, and is being inundated by telephone
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发帖数: 3197 | | a***s
发帖数: 1084 | 4 臭鸡蛋味在南加蔓延，有说法说是两百mile外Salton Sea的死鱼造成的。
【在 m******r 的大作中提到】
: 太长
: 有总结么
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