En route to Schutzhund practice in Calgary last Sunday I saw some flaring on the horizon. As I got closer I realized it was at the sour gas plant in Crossfield. Flaring is the way they get rid of waste gas. The H2S gas is that stuff that smells like rotten eggs. It is the same smell you encounter at hot springs although in extremely high concentrations it can make you pass out of cause death (as with any gas it is toxic). Being new to Alberta, I am learning all these things and getting used to seeing flaring stacks on the horizon and at night - and not worrying it is a fire all the time! 
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