Why does iowa smell

Clinton, Iowa is home to 24, residents according to the U. Many residents have called Clinton home including some pretty famous people. Clinton has been called "home" by many wealthy people too.

During the lumber industry boom from the s to the s, Clinton was known as the "Lumber Capital of the World" which brought many wealthy people. In the s and s, there were 13 millionaires living in Clinton which meant Clinton had more millionaires per capita than any other town or city in the U.

Clinton has some pretty cool things about it too! I know you came for the smelly part about Clinton, not a history lesson, but I have to brag about my hometown a little. The reasons behind the gross smells in Clinton are simple.

There are three factories that really contribute to the smell of Clinton. But you have to remember one thing, those smells mean money. ADM is a multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation.

They take cereal grains and oilseeds and process them into products used in food, drink, industrial, nutraceutical, and animal feed markets around the world. Basically, they take corn, soybeans, and many other crops and plants and term them into oils, food, feed, fuel, and other products. You can read more about what they do here. It also creates a byproduct called hydrogen sulfide. And yes, it stinks.

An atmospheric condition can be blamed for the rest. There was a malfunction at the plant, but a condition called inversion didn't help matters.

That is when gets higher in the atmosphere and traps the colder air closer to ground level. Actions Facebook Tweet Email.

Why it stinks outside before it snows. By: Susan Gonzalez. No, you didn't step in dog droppings. It's not you that smells — it's the air. No, really. But temperature inversions can and do also happen in spring and summer. Posted by vaudvillain on Jul 26, AM. The speed cameras—ruled unconstitutional at some point? When the Quaker plant makes the sweet, surely-naturally-colored breakfast treat, the whole city is overtaken by a powerful waft of sugary air—so great that Raygun has immortalized it in a postcard.

Waking up to the smell of crunch berries in Cedar Rapids! I only got one ticket. I moved to Fort Dodge and they have a moving speed trap that I got hit with 3 times before I knew it was a thing. I have caught a Crunchberry Day. I also like the day they process oats as I enjoy the smell of cooking oats much more so than actually eating them.

I have lived and worked in many foul smelling cities to the point that I am somewhat a connoisseur of nasty odors. I grew up in the town that had the largest hog slaughter plant in the world at the time.