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Crews wash hundreds of fish off I-40 after Florence flooding recedes
WATE ^ | 9/23/18

Posted on 09/23/2018 5:09:33 PM PDT by Libloather

WALLACE, N.C. (WNCN) - - It's no secret that Interstate 40 between Raleigh and Wilmington has been covered with floodwaters since Hurricane Florence hit.

But, crews got a surprise Saturday when they went to areas where the waters had receded and found -- a highway covered in dead fish.

The Penderlea Fire Department had to hose down a stretch of I-40 on Saturday because of what appeared to be hundreds of dead fish that were left behind by the flooding.

"Well, we can add 'washing fish off of the interstate' to the long list of interesting things firefighters get to experience!" the fire department wrote on Facebook along with video of them washing away the fish.

(Excerpt) Read more at wate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fish; flooding; florence; hurricane; localnews
Dinner is served! Pic @ the link. There is video out there.
1 posted on 09/23/2018 5:09:33 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

That must smell good.


2 posted on 09/23/2018 5:13:18 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

my first thought, as well.


3 posted on 09/23/2018 5:21:53 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Libloather

Folks, USE THE MARKED CROSSWALKS!!!


4 posted on 09/23/2018 5:28:00 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Good fertilizer, plant some maize.


5 posted on 09/23/2018 5:30:30 PM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: Libloather

Will they be added to the hurricane death toll?


6 posted on 09/23/2018 5:35:54 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: 17th Miss Regt
What did Stevie Wonder say when he drove by?


7 posted on 09/23/2018 5:36:02 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Libloather

I can just about hear my Dad say - get out there and pick up as many as you can to bury in your garden. Great fertilizer.


8 posted on 09/23/2018 5:41:03 PM PDT by MomwithHope
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To: Libloather

If you have not seen photos of the I-40 flooding, here is a drone view of some of it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHo0fe78KWo


9 posted on 09/23/2018 6:02:14 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek

And if you ever think your day is going bad, realize that the buildings in the video are part of a chicken farm. And someone has to clean that mess up.


10 posted on 09/23/2018 6:07:56 PM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: RightGeek; AT7Saluki

Wow. Someone took a boat down I-40.


11 posted on 09/23/2018 6:09:55 PM PDT by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: VanShuyten

“Will they be added to the hurricane death toll?”

Gawd, how I ADORE Freepers, LOL! Thank you! :)


12 posted on 09/23/2018 7:39:34 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: MomwithHope

So true! When my boys were coming up and we fished a lot, we always saved the heads and guts when we were fileting them.

You pay Big Money for fish emulsion now-a-days! ;)

Can you imagine a mix of composted fish entrails and mule droppings for the garden?

*SWOON* LOL!


13 posted on 09/23/2018 7:43:06 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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