Newbie Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I haven't found any news about it yet but there is a weird smell all around Downtown (well at least Place des Arts, lower Main and Concordia). The smell resembles that of dead animals (trust me, I know), but no dead animal could smell that far, so it's probably industrial. Any guesses? Same thing appears to have happened in Toronto a couple of weeks ago: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1368017 A similar (yet less disgusting) mystery was solved in New York in 2009 by mapping 311 calls: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/nyregion/06smell.html Montreal is a much less dense city though and most people here don't call 311 for these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I was smelling something weird on the Metropolitan around 1600 today... between the two 15's. I thought it was a truck I was next to but it was a container not a tanker or anything. Dunno if I'd call it animals, it reminded me of long-stagnant water. Might just be something in the sewers. Downtown Montreal is finally making it in the rarefied world of downtown metropoliii, by being stinky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malek Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Its the smell of Montreal turning to the NDP hippies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctezuma Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I haven't found any news about it yet but there is a weird smell all around Downtown (well at least Place des Arts, lower Main and Concordia). The smell resembles that of dead animals (trust me, I know), but no dead animal could smell that far, so it's probably industrial. Any guesses? Same thing appears to have happened in Toronto a couple of weeks ago: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1368017 A similar (yet less disgusting) mystery was solved in New York in 2009 by mapping 311 calls: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/nyregion/06smell.html Montreal is a much less dense city though and most people here don't call 311 for these things. Est-ce ton premier printemps au Québec !? Comme on disait par chez nous (rive-nord) :"ça sens Ste-Anne !" (pour Ste-Anne-des-Plaines) Peut-être qu'habituellement, les odeurs de fumier ne se rendent pas jusqu'à Montréal, mais le vent de ce soir est peut-être du nord vers le sud et ainsi, l'odeur du fumier se rend jusqu'à Downtown. Bref, à chaque printemps, les fermiers étendent le fumier sur leurs terres. Maintenant que ça fait deux jours qu'il ne pleut pas (incroyable!) il y a moins de risque de ruissellement dans la nappe phréatique, c'est donc probablement safe d'étendre le fumier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoMtl Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 À Rosemont en tout cas ça sent le fumier ce soir!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 It's the smell of the dead separatist mouvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 The West Island smells like manure right now, really really strong too. Reminds me of my days at the cottage as a kid, "pee yew!" I am wondering if you can drive your car around and burn less fuel by burning the methane in the fumes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFrosty Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 It's the smell of artistic and cultural diversity dying under the Harper government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malek Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I just smelled it too here in Laval... weird this afternoon it didn't smell anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxiK Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Je trouve que ça sentait les Corn Flakes qui ont passé deux jours dans un bol de lait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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