Can You Smell That Smell

[RStar]

Oh, sorry....

[CoasterMatt]

At least you aren't talking about this smell - Texas Town Faces Skunk Infestation

[Morrigoon]

Could be worse... there's a landfill or something in Irvine and about 1 in 3 days the smell blows across the 5 fwy

[RStar]

Going down Valley View/Bolsa Chica in HB there is often a bad odor from one of several things.

1) Lots of skunks on the west side where the Armory land is, and they try to cross the road. Why do skunks try to cross the road? I don't know but they make smelly road kill!

2) There is a dranage ditch along the road, and things tend to rot down there.

3) HB use to be a swamp, and they filled in with dirt. This left a lot of organic matter rotting down below and pockets of rotten egg gas burst forth like a rancid fart.

Due to the constant bad odors in this area, you'd think property costs would take a nose dive. Yes, pun intended. I know I wouldn't live there!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Maybe there's a flavor/scent additive factory nearby?

[Betty]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Maybe there's a flavor/scent additive factory nearby?

I wondered that myself. It's funny - now when I drive by I roll down the window a bit to smell if there's a smell today. I sometimes look around and wonder if other people notice it -they sure don't show it if they do.

[Not Afraid]

I miss the days when Irvine had strawberry fields and orange grove. At certain times of the year, my drive to work involved orange blossom and ripe strawberry scents.

[Betty]

I remember when they'd fertalize the fields it would all smell like poo too.

Corona used to be that way though - with the oranges. I would drive the kids to the sitter and we'd all roll down the windows as we passed the lonely little orange grove back in the hills.

They're all gone now though. They pulled them all up last year then ground them up into piles. It was cold out and the piles were hot from decomposing and you could see huge plumes of steam coming up from them.

But I love the smell of orange blossums. Does anyone know a perfume based on that smell?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Betty

Corona used to be that way though - with the oranges. I would drive the kids to the sitter and we'd all roll down the windows as we passed the lonely little orange grove back in the hills.

They're all gone now though. They pulled them all up last year then ground them up into piles. It was cold out and the piles were hot from decomposing and you could see huge plumes of steam coming up from them.

This made me sad. I grew up in Corona in the sixties, there was an orange grove at the end of our street. Lots of orange and lemon groves everywhere. I think, because of this, orange blossoms are one of the things that set off my allergies. I remember on cold mornings, they would light "smudge pots" in the groves to keep the frost off the oranges. I suppose the people who watched empty land being turned into citrus groves felt sad about that, as well.

As for the vinegar/salt potato chip smell, last night, on the iPod, here comes Sandra Tsing Loh with her explanation of sodium acetate! Apparently, this is the stuff used to make that flavor. It also has all kinds of industrial uses, including as an additive to concrete, and the active ingredient in portable hand-warmers! So, Im thinking that at that fork in the freeway, there must be some company neutralizing a sulfuric acid waste stream. Mmm, vinegary!

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Betty

I remember when they'd fertalize the fields it would all smell like poo too.

Corona used to be that way though - with the oranges.

When I lived in Corona, it smelled of the chicken farms.

She said "Kiss me where it's hot and stinky!"

so he drove her to Corona......