Unidentified Fog

My car has been in the shop the past couple of days. Isn't it funny how you feel trapped when your car is not available to you. I haven't been trapped because hubby's truck has been sitting on the driveway and I could drive it if I needed to.

The repair shop, which is located in South Charleston (about 30 minutes away) called late this afternoon and said it still isn't fixed, but I could come and pick it up because the part will not be in until next week. The car is less than 2 years old, and they have replaced an axle and the transmission. It shakes when I get up above 60 miles an hour. Ok, I could drive slower, but that's not me.

On with my story. As hubby and I were approaching South Charleston we heard on the radio that an unidentified fog was sweeping the Kanawha Valley and alerting people if they began to feel bad to call 911. They were saying officials were checking all the plants, but could not find where this fog was coming from. Then we saw the haze. It looked like early morning fog, but this had a chlorine smell to it. It really looked eerie!

At one time, South Charleston, WV was known as the chemical capitol of the world. It has Dow Chemical (formerly Union Carbide), DuPont, FMC, Monsanto and another one I can't think of. Remember the disaster that occurred at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India in 1989 where thousands of people lost their lives from a leak at the plant. The chemical was methyl isocyante (MIC) and it was also made at the Union Carbide plant in South Charleston, WV. The South Charleston plant experienced a very small leak of MIC that was contained after the horrific disaster in Bhopal.

This is all hubby and I could talk about as we drove on into the dealership to pick up my car. I stopped at Walmart on my way home. The Walmart is half way between South Charleston and where I live. It took me over an hour to do my grocery shopping and when I left I could smell the chlorine from South Charleston. By this time it was dark and if the fog was there I didn't see it. When I got home I asked hubby if he had heard any more about this unidentified fog. He said nothing new had been reported.

I just checked our on-line newspaper and the officials are calling this an "unique weather condition". RIGHT!!!!

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