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Sewage backup causes United Nations evacuation
Reuters ^
| 12/21/2010
Posted on 12/21/2010 10:42:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
(Reuters) - A sewage backup caused a big stink at the United Nations on Tuesday, forcing diplomats and their staff to evacuate the Security Council and General Assembly.
Spokesman Farhan Haq said the evacuation was a precautionary measure after a strange smell was noticed in parts of the U.N. secretariat building. He said the odor was due to sewage backup possibly caused by high tides in the nearby East River.
"There were gases released from the sewage but they're not harmful," Haq said. Firefighters and hazardous materials experts had been called to the scene. U.N. management officials were working to deal with the sewage problem, he said.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; fecalmatter; napl; sewage; stink; unfailures; unitednations; unitednationssewer; usoutofunnow
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To: Responsibility2nd
Well, if somebody would just tell the delegates to press on that chromy looking lever thing instead of throwing shovelfuls of dirt down the toilet....
81
posted on
12/21/2010 12:33:36 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Responsibility2nd
Noxious gasses and a sewer clog at the United Nations ...
Who says God doesn’t have a sense of irony?
82
posted on
12/21/2010 12:35:13 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Responsibility2nd
They can’t hide it anymore.
83
posted on
12/21/2010 1:06:05 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
To: Responsibility2nd
The place has always been a sewer, now it is just obvious.
84
posted on
12/21/2010 1:09:19 PM PST
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: Responsibility2nd
Uh oh. Better tear the building down and move to a new one in say ... Mexico?
85
posted on
12/21/2010 1:12:10 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Humor or not, it must be shut down.
Really.
Truly.
It must be...
...eliminated.
86
posted on
12/21/2010 1:20:59 PM PST
by
unspun
(It's the Sovereignty, Stu... um... art. | We are Gulag Bound)
To: Kirkwood
‘Joe the Plummer’ - Great post. I knew I was going to enjoy this thread.
To: Responsibility2nd
The UN produces so much sewage that it’s at least knee-deep in there 24/7. I wonder why they’re just getting around to noticing it now.
To: All
PLEASE!
All you witty FReepers are killing me!
I am laughing so had I am crying!
To: Responsibility2nd
For the first time in its history, sewage backup causes the UN to shut down....
90
posted on
12/21/2010 1:36:28 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(It's just another day in Obamaland.)
To: Responsibility2nd
The irony speaks for itself.
91
posted on
12/21/2010 1:43:56 PM PST
by
teletech
(Say NO to RINOS!)
To: 444Flyer
Ha!! That’s a fitting picture for the U.N. It was built on an old ‘farm’ site with slaughter houses and run down tenements......A cesspool. It’s returning to it’s natural state.
To: Responsibility2nd
If the sewage backed up into the UN building how would they even notice it?
93
posted on
12/21/2010 1:52:24 PM PST
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: DarthVader
94
posted on
12/21/2010 1:53:32 PM PST
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: grey_whiskers; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
"You can't spell 'unethical' without the U.N."
--Frank J., imao.us
95
posted on
12/21/2010 2:00:39 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: No Socialist
Well, here's your problem. You have a little ahmadinejab stuck in here.
96
posted on
12/21/2010 2:14:34 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Slings and Arrows
97
posted on
12/21/2010 2:15:12 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
To: Responsibility2nd
It's just Mr Hanky, The Christmas Poo making an early appearance.
98
posted on
12/21/2010 2:20:13 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
To: Responsibility2nd
“Sewage backup causes United Nations evacuation”
I didn’t know that Mymood Imonajihad or Hugo Chavez were addressing the U.N. again.
/sarc
99
posted on
12/21/2010 2:26:43 PM PST
by
2CAVTrooper
(For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected shall never know.)
To: dfwgator; paulycy
Post 97 and 98
lolol
GMTA.
100
posted on
12/21/2010 2:27:43 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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