Longjumping-Tap-6333 t1_j8xdvj8 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Reply to comment by thesbaine in Weird smell outside last night after rain by darthduder666

I'm no expert and just did some quick googling, but it seems like this chemical plume would have hit us 3-5 days after the incident?

Typical atmospheric air currents, clouds, weather move at an average of 12 mph or ~290 miles per day as the crow flies roughly west to east. This plum would of course by carried by natural air currents towards us. Maybe the density of the chemical plume is making it move more slowly? Not sure.

thesbaine t1_j8xeedt wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:09 PM

I think I misread the original article and it has more to do with the water/Ohio River. That said what I mentioned still stands as the prevailing winds would have brought it south via WV then east until the coast, then a northerly wind would have picked it up and moved it out.

I could be wrong, however.