Post in odd odor

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>From: Bob Von Sternberg <>
>Sent: May 7, 2008 5:11 PM
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>Subject: [Mpls-StanEric] odd odor
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>A question for you all, stemming from an odd event that occurred last Friday.
A neighbor, whose house fronts on 43rd just above Hiawatha golf course came
home and walked into her tucked-under garage to discover what she described as
an overwhelming "bizarre sweet anti-freeze kind of smell" that immediately gave
her a headache. More than a little freaked, she called Centerpoint; the tech
came by and immediately determined it wasn't gas (and said he'd never
encountered anything like it). When she mentioned it to an acquaintance who's a
contractor he said he'd heard (apocryphally) that sometimes manufacturing
companies dump waste into the storm sewers of Friday -- and her house is
positioned right above one of the big storm outlets that lead into the lake.
>The smell dissapated in a few hours and hasn't recurred.
>The question: Anyone else ever encountered something like this? Heard of it?
>(The address line if for identification purposes only -- I'm not necessarily
trolling for a story for the Strib here.)
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>Bob von Sternberg
>Staff Writer
>Star Tribune
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>Bob von Sternberg
>Standish-Ericsson, Minneapolis
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