Source of SoCal stench identified (no, not the Dodgers)

[KamaAina]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-salton-stench-20120911,0,499149,full.story

Southern California awoke Monday morning to a foul odor that wouldn't go away.

Residents clogged 911 lines with calls, prompting health officials from Ventura County to Palm Springs to send investigators looking for everything from a toxic spill to a sewer plant leak.

The prime suspect, however, lay more than 100 miles away from Los Angeles. The leading theory is that the stink was caused by the annual die-off of fish in the Salton Sea. Officials believe Sunday evening's thunderstorms and strong winds churned up the water and pushed that dead-fish smell to points west overnight.

Officials from the Air Quality Management District and other agencies said they have never dealt with a stench quite like this. Although the fish die-off usually causes foul odors in parts of the Inland Empire, officials cannot recall it traveling this far.

[Duer 157099]

1. Well the Dodgers are in Arizona so I'll have to agree with you

Fish in the Salton Sea? I never knew there were fish there. Apparently really stinky fish. That's a long way for a stench to travel.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. I was in Arizona all day, too... so don't START with me.

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