Maddening weather this time of year

Every day it's something different.  One day the highs are in the 80s, the next they're in the 60s only to shoot right back up again the day after that.  One day a deluge, the next day it's bright and sunny.

Light fog in the morning Heavy Hydrogen Sulfide cloud in the afternoon.

The smell in NOLA yesterday was likely due to a benzene and hydrogen sulfide release in Chalmette, according to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The culprit, Chalmette Refining, revealed that there was a leak in a pipeline that contained the two toxic chemicals, and there is an ongoing investigation to determine whether there are any other leaks in the facility.

In a few weeks it will be marshfire season.  That comes right after exploding house season is up.

BAYOU CORNE — Explosive concentrations of gas were found this week in soil underneath two homes and a shed built on concrete slabs in the Bayou Corne community near a large swampland sinkhole, officials said Wednesday.

You're welcome

Usually have to oil your car every 3,000 miles anyway, right?.

Dozens of St. Bernard Parish residents woke up on Sunday morning to crude oil splattered on their vehicles from the ExxonMobile Chalmette Refinery, according to several homeowners who live near the refinery on St. Bernard Highway. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality confirmed Tuesday that the department estimates that the Chalmette Refinery had a 36-barrel spill.

“Sunday morning, it was just completely covered, completely in oil,” said Steve Stewart, who lives at 2121 Montesquieu Street in Chalmette, just a couple blocks from the refinery. “I took it to the car wash, which was packed, more people there than I’d ever seen.

“All of them had oiled cars.”

Unfortunately the car wash was already out of Corexit. Residents are reminded they may be able to manifest a school of  "magic microbes" to eat the oil off of their cars provided they clap loudly enough.