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Sulphur Odour Under Investigation

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 @ 11:04 AM

Prince George,BC – Ministry of Environment officials are trying to pinpoint the source of a strong odour of sulphur in Prince George.The probe has been complicated by the fact air quality measuring equipment on the roof of the Plaza 400 has been knocked out by the overnight storm.Ministry staff confirm they have received several calls from the public as well as Northern Health but at this moment cannot positively identify the source.

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Maybe this will just be another “instrument error” and they’ll ignore the smell until it goes away and then pretend it never happend just like the last time there was a higher than usual gas concentration.

The smell by Superstore is sooooo bad. If you live in the area the headaches are really bad as well as pluged up sinuses. The little girl I have CANNOT breath from her nose and I am very worried!!!!!!!

I guess the “no- idle zone” at the Civic Centre would be the best place to avoid this smell.

Perhaps it’s fire and brimstone and Vacouver is of course first to burn so we’re getting the fumes.

I have heard that some think it is the sewage plant which it not too far from the Superstore I was told

Russians !

Blame the dog!

For all of us who are sick and tired of listening to all forms of government misinforming BCers you must listen to raidio CKNW 980 at 7:00 pm this evening to haer the TRUTH let all Lieberals Hang their heads in shame!!

Lets see……Pulp Mill? Oil refinery? Shouldn’t be too hard to figure out!

Well, I would think it could be a good idea to check with CN to see if they had a sulfur train go through town. When sulphur burns it burns with a light blue flame and is almost impossible to see it burning during the day time and almost as difficult to see at night. It wouldn’t be the first time CN has pulled a burning sulfur car across country without it being noticed.

Sulfur doesn’t burn like a match head does, in a pile or rail car it burns in trails or in fingers through the pile. It’s difficult to put out a sulfur fire, you need to literally flood the pile with gallons of cold water to put the fire out. Not so much putting out the fire but actually dropping the temprature enough that the sulfur falls out of it’s ignition range.

When it burns (actually more like melts then burns) it will generate the a typical sulfur smell we can notice. Just a thought.

Ask the pulpmill or the refinery if everything is OK?!? hahahahahahahahahahaah! Good one.

lol Denaljo. I picture someone sitting with a list of potential sources. Dial the office…. ring ring “good afternoon, Husky”
“Yes good afternoon. ummm – Is everything ok there?”
“yes it is”
“ok thank-you”
scratch scratch scratch off the list.

One man’s sulphur odour is another man’s T.R.S. (totally reduced sulphur) odour coming off a pulpmill settling pond. But I would suspect the refinery first.
metalman.

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