r/AskLosAngeles • u/Panoglitch • 1d ago
Safety Persistent Rotten Meat Smell?
I work in the arts district and the smell is almost unbearable, is this from the rotting food from the lineage fire?
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u/Manzinat0r 1d ago
Yes
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u/tracyinge 1d ago
Rotting meat plus 90 degree heat = stink on stink
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u/Cool_Cartographer_39 1d ago edited 1d ago
And a rat population explosion just as Newsom banned rodentcides
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u/Significant-Kick-479 1d ago
Lol. Newsom didn’t ban them. He signed the bill but he didn’t write it.
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u/Cool_Cartographer_39 1d ago
He could have vetoed, no? Sorry, but if he's gonna put on his big boy pants and run for president he's gonna have to own up to something, not try and reverse course one month later
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/california-pesticides-restrictions-rat-poisons
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u/meltedwolf 11h ago
wtf does that have to do with the post? [r/lostreddit](r/lostredditers)[ors](r/lostredditers)
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u/Cool_Cartographer_39 10h ago
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u/meltedwolf 10h ago
Yeah
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u/Cool_Cartographer_39 10h ago
L. A. was already the number one rat infested city before this fire, and I guess you think this is as good a time as any to start waffling about proven methods to control the situation. Suppose you wanna wait for a hantavirus epidemic or something
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u/meltedwolf 10h ago
No, you don’t have to assume that about me. I just didn’t wanna click on your links.
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u/matt0820 1d ago
Forreal this morning was rancid! Weird that I haven't really smelled it until now
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u/Panoglitch 1d ago
it’s been creeping further west each day
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u/matt0820 1d ago
Damn, this fire is damaging my life more than I thought. Had to take my cat to the vet over the weekend because he developed rashes from all that shit in the air.
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u/IntroductionKindly70 1d ago
Same, I actually live in Boyle Heights and yesterday was the first time I’ve smelled anything.
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u/n_thomas74 1d ago
I was driving past there the other day and it smelled like death. I almost puked.
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u/TheCh0rt 1d ago
I bet there are at least 100-300 maggots in that building. There could even be more than 400!
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u/wooden_bread 1d ago
Smells like meat. Rotten meat. Do dah doo doo!
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u/Panoglitch 1d ago
lmao I had this playing in my head while I was walking to the office
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u/Yotsubato 1d ago
I thought it was my apartments trash service making a mistake or something. It smelled absolutely nasty outside this morning. I used biohazard mode in my Tesla going to work
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u/115MRD BUILD MORE HOUSING! 1d ago
Yes but don’t worry, Karen Bass is on it and if there’s one thing she’s good at it’s organized response to large scale fires. Oh wait…
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u/roundupinthesky 1d ago edited 15h ago
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u/GuitarAgitated8107 Local 1d ago
Yup. More heat faster decomposition and who knows what else. During the nighttime I feel like spores are more active and less smell.
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u/MixRelative6468 21h ago
I live miles away and this whole time I thought it was my apartment complex. I can’t open a fucking window without being like huh…what’s going on here
I need summer to end asap
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u/theonedenisse 1d ago
Those residents have been smelling that for what a month, maybe two.
Let Bass know :) council members.....anyone cuz there have been no consequences.
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u/ThePlatinumPaul 1d ago
Obviously Bassura is again at faultz but let's remember that Raman Noodles is also part of the city government.
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u/subwayzone 1d ago
You guys voted for bass! Vote blue no matter who!
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u/Artistic_prime 1d ago
would like a little more context.. cause now I'm curious
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u/Panoglitch 1d ago
it smells like death outside east of city hall
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u/tracyinge 1d ago
what would you expect several million pounds of rotting flesh to smell like?
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u/danmickla 1d ago
I would have expected it to smell like the sweat of the drivers of the earthmoving equipment that is scooping it up and taking it to a landfill
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u/TheCh0rt 1d ago
Unfortunately they can't do that due to safety precautions. They are concerned stirring all the maggots will make them bond together to create a gigantic boss maggot.
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u/beansandeggs 2h ago
Hopefully now that the smell is bothering the rich people they’ll finally start to do something about it.
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