Tuesday, August 4, 2009

When Worlds Collide

I love it when PC meets NIMBY in a head-on collision. “Green” recycled sludge or olfactory nuisance? SuperFund remediation or intolerable stink?

Heh. Pass the popcorn.
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3 comments:

  1. ElizaAugust 5, 2009 at 5:37 AM

    This another good mysterious mega-smell, though the exact source has not been uncovered. Perhaps it was Poison?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8175759.stm

    Goes to show the psychosomatic effect smell can have...(Although if there was a PA announcement at my place of work inviting me to go home, it'd be hard to resist).

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  2. Avery GilbertAugust 5, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    Eliza:

    Some people will always take advantage. When I was in graduate school in Philadelphia there was an accident involving a SEPTA subway car that could hold maybe 50 people. About 350 people eventually filed injury claims. This being Philly, no one was particularly surprised . . .

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  3. Avery GilbertAugust 6, 2009 at 7:13 PM

    BTW there's a detailed followup story here.

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