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Strange fumes cancel dance class

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:43 pm
by silvercamaro
No dance points for me tonight. We were supposed to have an all-ages Irish class to rehearse for an upcoming performance. When the studio doors were opened, however, a pungent chemical odor was obvious. The smallest girls, aged about 6 to 8, started coughing almost immediately, followed by announcements from a couple of them that they had headaches. It seemed prudent to get everyone back outside as quickly as possible.

I have no idea what might have caused the smell, whether it could have been some kind of gas back-up from the sewer, an unusual kind of cleaner, or a chemical spill in the grooming parlor next door. I can't even describe what it smelled "like." Other than certainty it was not natural gas from a malfunctioning furnace, I have absolutely no frame of reference. I'm just happy not to be there.

Re: Strange fumes cancel dance class

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:48 pm
by christie1111
silvercamaro wrote:No dance points for me tonight. We were supposed to have an all-ages Irish class to rehearse for an upcoming performance. When the studio doors were opened, however, a pungent chemical odor was obvious. The smallest girls, aged about 6 to 8, started coughing almost immediately, followed by announcements from a couple of them that they had headaches. It seemed prudent to get everyone back outside as quickly as possible.

I have no idea what might have caused the smell, whether it could have been some kind of gas back-up from the sewer, an unusual kind of cleaner, or a chemical spill in the grooming parlor next door. I can't even describe what it smelled "like." Other than certainty it was not natural gas from a malfunctioning furnace, I have absolutely no frame of reference. I'm just happy not to be there.
And I didn't use my elliptical today.

But I gave blood today so they said not to.

So it was for a good reason.

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:06 pm
by Flatulence
I wonder what the smell was.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:28 am
by peacock2121
It wasn't me.