© Associated Press Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Bill GrossResidents of Maryland and West Virginia smell rotten eggs.
People in Montgomery, Prince George's and Frederick counties began calling in reports Wednesday that they had smelled mercaptan - a substance added to otherwise odor-free natural gas. Maryland officials then alerted the office of Jimmy Gianato, West Virginia's state director of Homeland Security and Emergency management, about a possible gas leak.
Gas facilities and pipelines in West Virginia were checked out by the state Department of Environmental Protection, Gianato told WBALTV, with no luck in finding a source. Md. state officials will continue to monitor the reports.
Are you dealing with a funky smell in your neighborhood? We hate to ask, but what does it smell like?
For weeks before the New Madrid quake in 1811 - 1812 the smell of rotten eggs was everywhere, and no one connected it to the potential for a massive series of earthquakes. Quakes so strong they changes the course of the Mississippi River, and created a inland lake that still exists today.