Gothamist: The Night of the Maple

My Two Cents

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:48:59 -0500

I thought I was hallucinating that smell! Wow, funny to know that other people smelled it too...

Dirty Uncle Bob

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 05:59:41 -0500

The terrorists have the sugarbomb and are trying to make us all diabetic.

craig

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:31:55 -0500

I read a post on Metafilter in which one guy posted some solid evidence that it related to a steam boiler treatment that ConEd would have used to clean the millions of steam pipes that run below manhattan. No MeFi's reading gothamist?

Paul

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:00:58 -0500

I think I can call the first "smelling" at NYU around 7:30pm

Middle Browser

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:31:44 -0500

I smelled it Hoboken around 8:00 pm and on the way home to Jersey City around 8:45. I do suspect it came from my side of the Hudson, but cannot think of where. Is there a large Belgian population in New Jersey? MB

Jesse

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:23:38 -0500

Am I the only person who smelled it up on 33rd Street around 9:30? Everyone else seems to say downtown and Brooklyn.

Jen W

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:55:35 -0500

Don't they make lots of artificial flavorings over in Jersey? That's my pet theory.

jake

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:20:47 -0500

i like the boat idea-- because the smell started north on the river, and seemed to move south along the island, and then was smelled towards redhook and pslope. so if a boat was headed down the river from 8pm, that might make sense.

mr.dennis

Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:13:25 -0500

check with ConEd. Or any utility. Lots of poisonous emmisions smell like maple syrup, it could have been a release spike.