March 29, 2007: Sewage Tsunami in Gaza

Undertoad · 03-29-2007, 11:12 AM

This is from a BBC image gallery of a disaster in Gaza yesterday. It killed at least 5, injured at least 15, and left 70% of the village, of 3000 residents, buried in raw sewage.

Bleh.

They also had to clear out their livestock. Some goats made it...

And some didn't.

another full story

elSicomoro · 03-29-2007, 11:14 AM

Talk about being buried in shit...

Sheldonrs · 03-29-2007, 11:18 AM

WoW!!! I wonder how big the fan was!

freshnesschronic · 03-29-2007, 11:22 AM

Shoot, i wonder how it happened, but i dont have time to click the link.

Cyclefrance · 03-29-2007, 11:23 AM

Just goes to show - shit happens

Shawnee123 · 03-29-2007, 11:25 AM

I'm in ur sewerz
Spewin' forth shitz

Undertoad · 03-29-2007, 11:34 AM

It turns out to have been the result of dirt farming. I shit you not!

Quote:

The tragedy occurred when an earth embankment around one of the seven holding basins collapsed.

Some reports said the embankments were weakened by rain.

But Gaza City mayor Majid Abu Ramadan blamed the collapse on local residents digging dirt from the structures and selling it to building companies for US$70 a truckload.

The collapse of the sewage reservoir will force officials to divert the waste into the other six basins, putting those in danger as well.

barefoot serpent · 03-29-2007, 11:45 AM

down Shit Creek -- no paddle

Dypok · 03-29-2007, 12:57 PM

Ah...dirt farming. Thus is the fate of unrestrained enterprise. Idiots.

HungLikeJesus · 03-29-2007, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dypok

Ah...dirt farming. Thus is the fate of unrestrained enterprise. Idiots.

The ones selling the dirt lived in the other 30% of the village.

Snapple · 03-29-2007, 01:28 PM

Had five people died, fifteen people been injured and a town for the most part destroyed in the good ole USA i wonder how many of you jokers would still find amusement in it.

Undertoad · 03-29-2007, 01:35 PM

All of us?

HungLikeJesus · 03-29-2007, 01:36 PM

All but 5.

Sundae · 03-29-2007, 01:40 PM

I don't find amusement in it. But I totally respect the right of other people to make light of an awful situation.

How do you think people keep going in a world where revolting and tragic things happen globally on a daily basis?

glatt · 03-29-2007, 01:41 PM

Dude with the beard and hat in the second picture has his mouth clamped damn tight there.

This tragedy reminds me of robbing the pillars in coal mining. Stupid greed. Plain and simple.

03-29-2007, 11:12 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	March 29, 2007: Sewage Tsunami in Gaza This is from a BBC image gallery of a disaster in Gaza yesterday. It killed at least 5, injured at least 15, and left 70% of the village, of 3000 residents, buried in raw sewage. Bleh. They also had to clear out their livestock. Some goats made it... And some didn't. another full story

03-29-2007, 11:18 AM	#3
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	WoW!!! I wonder how big the fan was! __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-29-2007, 11:23 AM	#5
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Just goes to show - shit happens __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

03-29-2007, 11:25 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I'm in ur sewerz Spewin' forth shitz __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-29-2007, 11:45 AM	#8
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	down Shit Creek -- no paddle __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

03-29-2007, 11:14 AM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Talk about being buried in shit...

03-29-2007, 11:22 AM	#4
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Shoot, i wonder how it happened, but i dont have time to click the link.

03-29-2007, 12:57 PM	#9
Dypok Fuel the body, build the muscle, burn the fat, free the mind Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 27	Ah...dirt farming. Thus is the fate of unrestrained enterprise. Idiots. __________________ There follows an untranslatable play on words with the use of local idiomatic expressions.

03-29-2007, 01:28 PM	#11
Snapple Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: in the t dot oh dot Posts: 16	Had five people died, fifteen people been injured and a town for the most part destroyed in the good ole USA i wonder how many of you jokers would still find amusement in it.

03-29-2007, 01:35 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	All of us?

03-29-2007, 01:36 PM	#13
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	All but 5. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-29-2007, 01:40 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I don't find amusement in it. But I totally respect the right of other people to make light of an awful situation. How do you think people keep going in a world where revolting and tragic things happen globally on a daily basis? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-29-2007, 01:41 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Dude with the beard and hat in the second picture has his mouth clamped damn tight there. This tragedy reminds me of robbing the pillars in coal mining. Stupid greed. Plain and simple.

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