February 1, 2008
Sewage Spill Dumps 2.7 Million Gallons Into the Bay
Oh shit.
After an alert system SNAFU failed to notify workers at a Marin County treatment facility about a sewage overflow on Thursday night, the San Francisco Bay is now the proud recipient of 2.7 million gallons of both "raw and treated" sewage. Lovely.
Although sunbathers are few and far between this time of year, signs are posted all over Crissy Field, Baker Beach, Aquatic Park, and China Beach to keep people from swimming in the water. According to the Gate, "[c]ommercial fishing is not affected, authorities said, and officials said it is safe to swim in Contra Costa County waters." (Yeah, between the Cosco Busan spill, that mysterious goo found on the shore the other day, and now Marin residents' fecal matter, we'll hit the Y instead, thank you.)
Just how the spill happened is still under investigation.
Image: CBS5
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Now we'll learn if the $h@t stinks if you are a rich vegan raw foodie spirit rock attending hot tub wine swillin' marinite.
Kinda serves Marin right for outsourcing critical infrastructure to a private answering service.
Some minimum-wage privatized flunky (halfway around the world) leaves a voicemail message about the plant alarms going off rather than continuing to dial up the phone tree to the general manager, mayor, etc.
I wonder what that message sounded like? "Hello, um, Sewage Agency of Maine, I have a report here that, um, your sewer is flooded with plants. Thank you and havagoodnight."
Been there, done that....
No swimming?
Oh come on. I waded in shit for two weeks in New Orleans. Why can't I do that here?
elihu: they hate us for our freedoms
No need to fear, everyone knows that nobody's shit stinks in Marin. It's just like lots of little rose petals slowly drifting out sea...