Steve Shanafelt - 26 April 2009 12:11 PM
I understand that if you live there for a while, you don’t notice the smell. I’d hate to have so much olfactory fatigue that I didn’t notice the air around me smelled like a wet fart.
I spent most of my childhood years living in Enka. Back then, to outsiders, it was known as Stinky Enka, due to the fumes from American Enka Corporation’s smoke stacks (now demolished). The only time I ever noticed any smell was when I had been away for a while and was approaching the area again. I’m not sure if any lack of smell notice while there was due to just getting used to it, or perhaps the air and the wind somewhat deflected the fumes from the stacks, so it didn’t really settle directly within the local area.
Not sure of the situation with Canton, but whenever I’ve been there, I’ve noticed the smell was very noticeable directly in the middle of the area, and always wondered how people could possibly live there. Of course, local residents there may have always wondered how people could have possibly lived in Enka back when it had the strong odor.
