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WABC says that many buildings in the Financial District were evacuated due to a gas leak at a New Jersey power plant. Firefighters started evacuating people this morning at 11AM at some buildings, and then some buildings started to evacuate themselves (including 116, 180 and 200 Water streets, 5, 7 and 10 Hanover Square, 111 and 116 John streets, 40 and 49 Fulton Street, 70 Hike Street). When we mapped Linden, NJ - where the plant is located - and 5 Hanover Square (where the smell was first detected), it looks like there's at least 15 miles between them, which makes us wonder if other parts of NJ, like Jersey City, were evacuated. Or did the gas somehow rise so high that only tall building workers were aware.
Streets were closed by the FDNY - we're not sure if they still are.
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Hmmm, the announcement we got inside 5 Hanover was that it was coned work down over at pearl and Bway.
If the smell came from Jersey, maybe it was carried aloft in the upper air, but was forced down when it hit the tall buildings of the financial district.
"NJ Makes Lower Manhattan Smell Gassy"
I've been saying that for years and only now it gets attention?
It wasn't a gas leak- it was the additive ConEd puts with the gas. There was an info booth set up on Water and Wall to let people know that- also, the streets are open again.
We just got an all-clear e-mail from our building management, after we got a warning e-mail earlier today. They didn't evacuate my building, they just warned us about it. But we're near the WTC site, north of Hanover Square and the affected area. Maybe the gas pipes with the problem don't come up this far.
strange, i'm at 55 water st and our building didn't notify us of anything. i did see several police cars parked in front of my building this morning and people in bomb squad like clothing....
whoever smelt it dealt it.
It's amazing what that stink from Jersey can do.
martha, it wasn't the gas you smelt (since it's oderless), but since the additive is part of the gas, if one leaks doesn't the other?