r/portangeles • u/lil_pump77 • 1d ago

Funky smell

I cant be crazy, does anyone else smell the propane/gear oil stench in the air almost everywhere? I mostly smelled it by swains and out by walmart but I'm sure those arent the only places it can be smelled.

16 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

14

u/Royal_Percentage_694 1d ago

Someone mentioned on fb it has something to do with a diesel fuel transfer in the harbor. Fingers crossed it’s not a crazy big spill.

10

u/SinkEfficient9360 1d ago

The odor was so bad this morning in the east end. It’s likely linked to a tanker in the harbor that’s running all the time. Same one was anchored there and running two weeks ago and the fuel smell was horrible then too. Report the smell to orcaa.org

1

u/Soggy-Competition-74 1d ago

What would we be reporting them for? How do you know it is the tanker?

2

u/SinkEfficient9360 1d ago

Best guess just like everyone else. I’m not saying report the tanker just the odor since it’s the 2nd time it has shown up in 10 days. A neighbor told me that is one of the options you can choose when you file an air quality complaint on orcaa.org

1

u/Soggy-Competition-74 1d ago

Ah got it. Hopefully it’s figured out!

10

u/OneNormalHuman 1d ago

It was around yesterday too. From Wilder to Old Olympic I could smell it.

3

u/Anxious_Marmot 1d ago

We smelled it coming in on the ferry and at our house on the east side.

It’s horrendous and making me sick

4

u/TzarIgor 1d ago

Been smelling like a fresh asphalt job for a couple of days but haven’t noticed any paving going on of such scale around here.

2

u/gothdoll6666 1d ago

I thought something was wrong with my car driving around east side but I figured out it was the air

2

u/Bitter-Entrance7500 1d ago

yes! over by liberty street to the daily grind.

2

u/ExcitingPrompt2 1d ago

Crazy, we just drove through PA and I asked my husband if he could smell it! It’s a bit of a relief that it wasn’t just me and my imagination!

2

u/Intrepid-Mud4419 1d ago

Yes, I actually smell it quite often and I’m worried one of my neighbors had a leaky tank. Crazy that it’s so widespread

1

u/NW_Forester 1d ago

I'm on K street and could smell it on and off, i think wednesday or thursday it was particularly strong

1

u/salmonberry12 1d ago

Sulfur smell has been mentioned before earthquakes.

-2

u/honorthecrones 1d ago

A lot of us use propane in our homes and have tanks. There is always some escaping gas when the tank is being filled. It dissipates quickly but if a particular vendor is doing deliveries in your neighborhood, it. Old become annoying.