House blasted by 3,000 gallons of sewage (North Carolina)

Kansas City Star ^ | April 21, 2006 | Associated Press

[Graybeard58]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Utility workers trying to blast out a grease clog from a sewer line forced 3,000 gallons of raw sewage into a couple's home, forcing them to abandon their house while hoping that the city makes good on a promise to clean up and repair the damage.

Mac and Meg McCormick say city leaders have also promised to pay for their stay in a hotel until the repairs are complete. The couple doesn't have any of the agreement in writing, and city officials have declined to discuss the case because it's ongoing.

"We feel we have no choice but to put our trust and faith in the hands of the city," Meg McCormick said this week as movers hauled damaged furniture from her house. "And I'll be honest, that's a little scary."

Scott Denham, the risk manager for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, declined to discuss the details of the sewage backup, but did say, "There's no question of the severity of this event."

City officials don't even know how much the repairs and cleanup will cost, Denham said. Meg McCormick said she has received estimates of $75,000 to $150,000. The house has a tax value of $101,300.

[Slings and Arrows]

Now we know where the Dems get their talking points.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I would get a lawyer and try to get the city to get me a new house all together. I don't I could ever bring myself to eat in the crapped house again, no matter how well they cleaned it.

[Echo Talon]

gross...

[King Prout]

"Oh. Oh-ho-ho-ho... Ohhh agh! Oh, $#!+!!!"
"We're all in it together, brother"

name the source, for Bonus Points

[Xenophobic Alien]

Craptacular!

[backhoe]

Hell, I used to treat 5,000,000 gallons a day at the plant I worked at...

[muir_redwoods]

"House blasted by 3,000 gallons of sewage"

Did they save any for the Senate?

[Miss Behave]

Dear God, man, flush it down fast...whatever it is. Sully, HOLD me. :-/

[Miss Behave]

caramels coffee.

There, better. I'm a stickler for details.

[Miss Behave]

Don't be a hater.

[F.J. Mitchell]

UGH! Gasp....Barf, barf, barf and barf again. My mistake Sully, bring back the over flowing commode, please!

[Echo Talon]

Don't be a hater.

all I said was "gross..."

[Miss Behave]

I was being funny, ET. :-)

[sully777]

Would you like help and consoling? (Click for Thunder peal)

[Miss Behave]

{Running for my ever-lovin' life even though I'm in my undies and my hair's messy and I'm brushing my teeth and I have a piece of TP on a pimple.}

[F.J. Mitchell]

You've got a mean streak in you Sully.

[HairOfTheDog]

That's a bad scene.

[TwoSue]

Beware of anything from the Charlotte area that shows up on Ebay.

[MilspecRob]

This is interesting, of course the city should make good with this family but what woud that really mean?

[Echo Talon]

I was being funny, ET. :-)

:)