Submitted by byzvntine t3_11daxs4 in pittsburgh
Is this possibly due to Ohio? I woke up and it smelled like rotten eggs. And I don't think we live near a plant/factory. Could this be due to the winds coming from Ohio?
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James19991 t1_ja7tc0b wrote
They get more ridiculous by the day too.
Cootie_Mac t1_ja8379w wrote
💯💯
ktxhopem3276 t1_ja7iwsd wrote
No. Pollution from the mon valley steel mills is really bad this morning and the wind is blowing it to the west towards bethel park which usually doesn’t happen.
https://www.alleghenycounty.us/uploadedfiles/east_palestine_train_derailment.pdf
https://map.purpleair.com/1/mAQI/a10/p604800/cC0#9.49/40.348/-79.9135
Friggin t1_ja8f6cg wrote
This site makes it is easy to see wind direction. And right now, the wind is pretty much blowing directly from Clairton to BP.
Tako-Jerome t1_ja965l9 wrote
can we just acknowledge that wind blows in different directions all the time? I understand there are prevailing patterns but I feel like a lot of people on the sub lean hard into the idea that the wind never blows east in this region. It's WIND for goodness sake...
ktxhopem3276 t1_ja98rph wrote
In Pittsburgh, the wind usually blows west to east with a slight northern tilt. This is called the westerlies and only applies to certain latitudes. The us steel pollution is more likely to blow north up the mon valley and blast squirrel hill with the the odor of the steamy fart instead of blowing east up over the river valley and over Jefferson hills into bethel park,
https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/winds/Wx_Terms/Flight_Environment.htm
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>Atmospheric circulation is the large-scale movement of air and together with ocean circulation is the means by which thermal energy is redistributed on the surface of the Earth. The Earth's atmospheric circulation varies from year to year, but the large-scale structure of its circulation remains fairly constant. The smaller scale weather systems – mid-latitude depressions, or tropical convective cells – occur chaotically, and long-range weather predictions of those cannot be made beyond ten days in practice, or a month in theory (see chaos theory and the butterfly effect).
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arguchik t1_ja7uzqi wrote
When the air smells like demons, blame the coke works.
It might be helpful to remember that vinyl chloride doesn't smell like sulfur because it doesn't contain any sulfur. When vinyl chloride is concentrated enough to smell, it smells sweet.
Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_ja957tk wrote
demon balls
arguchik t1_jaam21m wrote
Nether bits from the netherworld.
Redditmedaddy69 t1_ja7jndz wrote
'The internet will bring the greatest minds of the world together'
The internet:
Graphics_Nerd t1_ja7lwms wrote
"I heard a loud sound just now! What was that?!"
"Anyone else smell that?"
"Did I just see a flying dumpster?!"
chad4359 t1_ja7md1g wrote
Arby's McKnight Road
nonymiz t1_ja86t5l wrote
>And I don't think we live near a plant/factory.
You live only a few miles from the Mon Valley which has three U.S. Steel facilities. The likely culprit is Clairton Works which is merely 5 miles east of you. They burn coal to make coke that is used to make steel. The burning of coal releases tons (literally) of sulfur dioxide which is what you're smelling.
mmphoto412 t1_ja8hd4f wrote
But yea…. Its probably that thing in Ohio that happened 3 weeks ago, and at least 40miles away
James19991 t1_ja7t7nx wrote
It's been three weeks.... How the hell are people still asking crap like this?
NoSwimmers45 t1_ja8gw60 wrote
I’m sure it has nothing to do with the social media chemical engineers and the hogwash that continues to be posted without a shred of fact.
James19991 t1_ja8lkd8 wrote
I don't think it's a stretch to say this might be the most misinformation filled news event in the history of the internet.
byzvntine OP t1_jaad390 wrote
Did you forget about COVID?
swisslard t1_ja7iyh0 wrote
No.
ks99 t1_ja80ktz wrote
That happened A MONTH AGO ffs
HomicidalHushPuppy t1_ja7l2r4 wrote
It happens often enough that if this is the first you're noticing it, then you must be new to the area or super oblivious.
bearsharkbear3 t1_ja7lf4r wrote
It’s probably Russia stirring the pot.
ktxhopem3276 t1_ja7sr3p wrote
A specific post about bethel park is not a troll bot. But ewwww op is an eagles fan.
bearsharkbear3 t1_ja9pbn2 wrote
That’s what they want you think.
ktxhopem3276 t1_ja9pfd8 wrote
Those Russians are good at 3d chess…
ktxhopem3276 t1_ja7seow wrote
the amount of news and social media covering a specific event makes people more aware of the broader issue. Not everyone has the time or expertise to follow every issue. Tracking air pollution became is a hobby of mine after seeing family members suffering of asthma have trouble breathing. I gave OP some resources for understanding and monitoring air pollution in the future
byzvntine OP t1_ja7svbz wrote
Thank you for the resources!
burritoace t1_ja8q1m7 wrote
Lol OP is the local crime poster. This is a nice change of pace!
Showerbeerz413 t1_ja8o7dq wrote
I live in millvale and the air stinks today
Possible_Squash8854 t1_ja8l05y wrote
Great, I just saw a beautiful sundog this morning in Bethel park, probably from pollution?
Jazzlike_Leading5446 t1_ja96cfw wrote
Rotten eggs odor can indicate H2S presence, extremely dangerous and deadly.
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Jazzlike_Leading5446 t1_jaaugi2 wrote
If you can smell it it means it's in lower concentration but it's still pretty fuckin deadly
chad4359 t1_ja7mano wrote
It's never gonna end. Every time a dog takes a shit outside we are going to have posts asking if it's from Ohio. What a world.