Two missing after Tennessee sewage plant wall collapses

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(Reuters) - Rescuers combed a Tennessee wastewater treatment plant and nearby river on Tuesday for two workers missing after a basin wall collapsed, spilling up to 1.5 million gallons of sewage water.

 

A broad search and rescue effort continued along the Little Pigeon River for the missing workers after the collapse of the basin that held sewage and rainwater, said Dean Flener, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

 

The Veolia Water North America facility where the incident happened is in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on the eastern side of the state near Knoxville. The city is at the gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

 

"A wall at this sewage plant came down," Flener said. "We don't know why it came down. We don't know what caused it to come down."

 

A statement from the city of Gatlinburg said a mudslide had occurred early Tuesday about a mile from the plant, but the cause of the collapse at the facility was unclear.

 

Rescuers were prepared to continue an extensive search and rescue operation for the missing workers into the night. The city said it was in constant contact with the families of the missing workers and would not release their names.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/05/us-tennessee-sewage-idUSTRE7347VZ20110405

well, shit.

this whole story stinks to high heaven.

I bet someone will sew

  On 4/6/2011 at 2:06 AM, Cryptowen said:

I bet someone will sew

in this age? shit a sure thing.

what a shitty way to go

It would have been an open-and-flush case but all their evidence went down the drain....

was it terrorism? a disgruntled plumber? or did someone just flush too many paper towels ?

you could say that sewage shit and piss toilets

was there names John?

It must have been a shitstorm when their friends and families got the news.

no pics???

Show some respect for the victims, watmm, I don't want to have to wade through all of this disgusting shit just to find out what happened to them.

I think the reporter was merely being fecesious with this article.

but it's their duty

too bad they weren't floaters.

Look, turning this into a pun thread was an excrement idea at first, but now it's just getting pooposterous.

you could say that piss is a shit sewerage urine turtles. *wink*

this news definitely soured my day. i don't think i can stomach anymore turducken.

*really tried*

SHIT

rambo is killing my thread, why are you so violent rambo ;_;

i hope it didn't hurt, but that wall must have just rectum

...

What an abturd situation.

i was having trouble visualizing the physics of the situation, but this clarified it for me

jesus christ you guys are awesome