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Some people have sick days, today, I got a gas day!

NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York officials evacuated a number of buildings and shut down some trains after a mysterious gaslike odor was reported Monday.

A New York Police Department spokesman said an air quality test determined that the air is not hazardous, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said there is no indication terrorism was involved.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the smell "unpleasant" but said it posed no harm.

"One thing we are very confident of, it's not dangerous," Bloomberg said. "How long and what the sources are, we just don't know."

The pervasive odor was reported throughout Manhattan and as far away as Newark, New Jersey, 10 miles west of the Big Apple. In New York, the smell was reported from Midtown to Battery Park City.

Authorities are investigating the source of the smell. Several buildings were evacuated, and the PATH commuter trains along the Sixth Avenue line were temporarily suspended. The odor had no effect on subway service in the city.

New York police initially said no gas leak was reported, but a spokesman for Mayor Jerramiah Healy in Jersey City, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River, said the odor was emanating from a leak near Manhattan's Greenwich Village.

Bloomberg later confirmed a "small gas leak" near Sixth Avenue and Bleecker Street but said the smell appears to be a natural gas additive. Natural gas has no smell, so an additive, mercaptan, is included to give it a detectable smell in the event of a leak.

However, Bloomberg said that he didn't believe the Manhattan gas leak could account for the smell being reported in New Jersey.

"We're all working together to pinpoint the nature of the leak," he said. "So far, the city's air sensors do not report any elevated level of gas."

The mayor said that "these things are normal, happen all the time."

The police said utility provider Consolidated Edison told officials there's been no drop in gas pressure in the city.

No injuries have been reported, according to the Office of Emergency Management.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/08/nyc.odor/index.html

GM, you in NYC today?

That stinks.

I heard about that (on Sirius, they're supposed to evacuate, but not everyone has and some shows are based out of LA).

I swear, I'm with DM on this one....GM are you in NYC today?

I told her not to invite GM over for lunch today. She never listens.

Sorry, I just had the urge to invite GM over. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Oh, you just wanted the day off work....

That too. Looks like I still have to do some work tho, even from home. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

You just had a little bit of poor planning. Shoulda have done this tomorrow! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

If I had my way, it would be every day <img src="/images/graemlins/naughtydevil.gif" alt="" />

NO <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />




But I plead the 5th on being there this morning <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

were the steelers in town for any reason? that happens for a couple days a year in cleveland too

Well there is a lot of construction going on in Lower Manhattan with the Staten Islnad ferry terminal and the WTC stuff so this is not all that surprising if someone nicked a gas line. Did they break ground on the WTC transportation center yet Couch Girl??

KING

Couchgirl, what did you eat for breakfast???? <img src="/images/graemlins/rofl.gif" alt="" />

Transportation center? There is a subway/PATH station that is built and looks pretty nice.

I was wondering the same thing.

Right that is right directly under the WTC. About a block east of the WTC site just south of the church they are buying up propertys to build a huge WTC transportation center that all the PATH lines and Subway lines will converge at.I am not sure but I think even the commuter trains may come thorugh their too on their way up to grand central. When I was there in Sept they had all the properties they needed purchased and some of the places were moving out to get ready for demo.

KING

Little info I found

World Trade Center Transportation Hub « back
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By 2011, Lower Manhattan will offer one of the most well-connected transportation networks in New York thanks to the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. Designed by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, the $2.2 billion hub will be home to the PATH, connect to 13 subway lines via the Fulton Street Transit Center and other terminals, and link pedestrians to the World Financial Center and its ferries through an underground concourse.

Work on the hub officially began in September 2005. For more details about the groundbreaking click here, or visit the Looking Ahead page to read more about the landmark structure.

Click here to view a slide show featuring the latest renderings of this project.

Here is a pic I took a few weeks ago of what is there now



This is the memorial and above the subway and PATH.