Thursday, August 23, 2007

My Worst Nightmare

48,000 pounds of cream spill from truck on I-80


"Workers hurried to clean up 48,000 pounds of cream Wednesday after a truck carrying the liquid tipped on its side on Interstate 80 in Shenango Township. The cream, which isn’t hazardous to humans, can cut off oxygen to fish if not properly cleaned up from a stream, the Department of Environmental Protection said."
Jason Kapusta/The Sharon Herald

(Isn't hazardous to humans? I beg to differ.)


"A stream of milk flows from the accident scene at mile marker 5 on Interstate 80."
Jason Kapusta/The Sharon Herald
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8 comments:

  1. BeckAugust 23, 2007 9:25 AM

    Ew! Can you imagine how it would smell as the sun came out?

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  2. NowheymamaAugust 23, 2007 9:46 AM

    No kidding. How is it possible to clean it all up?

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  3. wenatAugust 23, 2007 12:18 PM

    I dropped my husband's (cow's) milk carton on the floor this morning, and spilled a few ounces on the floor. It's a weird headspace: treating a simple milk spill as a hazardous waste situation.

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  4. SaraAugust 23, 2007 12:40 PM

    How can they just arbitrarily say that it's not hazerdous to humans? Sheesh!

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  5. ShannonAugust 23, 2007 12:50 PM

    Ew!

    I never thought of cream as cutting off oxygen to fish, but it makes sense!

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  6. Vivian MahoneyAugust 23, 2007 10:34 PM

    That would be my nightmare too. It would be tough to remain calm.

    Were you around this accident and does the contaminated stream go into a public water source? Probably not, but just wondering.

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  7. BeckAugust 24, 2007 8:13 AM

    I tagged you!

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  8. NowheymamaAugust 24, 2007 8:51 AM

    HWM - No, we weren't there, thank goodness. The cream went into a local stream that isn't part of a public water source. The state Department of Environmental Protection came to help with clean up.

    Beck - Ooh! Thanks!

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