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House blasted by 3,000 gallons of sewage (North Carolina)
Kansas City Star ^ | April 21, 2006 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/21/2006 8:24:43 PM PDT by 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.


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1 posted on 04/21/2006 8:24:46 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

crap, that's awful


2 posted on 04/21/2006 8:26:13 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: satchmodog9
Ages ago there was a somewhat similar case in what was then USSR. A jilted ex-boyfriend drove a septic tank truck to the house where his ex was celebrating her wedding - and at night pumped all the tank contents into the newlyweds' window. IIRC from the newspaper accounts, he got a few years for "aggravated hooliganism".
3 posted on 04/21/2006 8:32:18 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: Graybeard58
Like Rodriquez sez, "Chit Happens"
4 posted on 04/21/2006 8:32:38 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: Graybeard58
I had a miniature version of that disaster hit last week - I used a !@#$%&*! contraption called the "Kleer Drain" which uses a pressurized CO2 cannister to blast through a clogged sink drain pipe... You guessed it, crap all over the bathroom (floor, walls, ceiling, door)... Took days to clean up...
5 posted on 04/21/2006 8:34:31 PM PDT by Zeppo
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; EveningStar; Millee; Dashing Dasher; BJClinton
Poopy ping



6 posted on 04/21/2006 8:36:20 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: Graybeard58

Pics Please....


7 posted on 04/21/2006 8:36:27 PM PDT by Global2010
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To: Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim

WTFIIWNC Ping


8 posted on 04/21/2006 8:43:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro (I got squirrelly nieces & nephews)
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To: Graybeard58

Good grief!


9 posted on 04/21/2006 8:49:30 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: sully777

YUK! That makes one long for a picture of Helen Thomas.


10 posted on 04/21/2006 8:52:43 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (The tree never falls far from the apple.)
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To: Graybeard58
That's a sh!tload of crap...or is it a crapload of sh!t?

It's a lotta poopy.

"I got the poopies on me. Dang, how much is in there? When's it gonna stop? You, over there, show me your boobies."*

*David Spade--Joe Dirt

11 posted on 04/21/2006 8:54:16 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: Graybeard58
forced 3,000 gallons of raw sewage into a couple's home,

Ok I'd want a whole new house... that's just too much crap to wash off.

12 posted on 04/21/2006 8:59:12 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: Graybeard58
I hope that couple hires a lawyer and gets there " Promised " repairs in writing and notarized.
The least the city could do is condemn the house and build a new house little farther down the road from that sewage swamp.
13 posted on 04/21/2006 9:02:00 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: sully777

And everyone says " EEEEEEEEWWWWUUUUUUU "


14 posted on 04/21/2006 9:03:17 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: EveningStar
Meg and Mac

under spew attack

order room service

15 posted on 04/21/2006 9:04:22 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: martin_fierro
WTFIIWNC Ping

Ahem..

This IS a family forum...

16 posted on 04/21/2006 9:04:51 PM PDT by Experiment 6-2-6 (Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
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To: Graybeard58

I've seen this a couple of times, the house can fill for several inches and the doors to the outside need to be opened.

I've never seen the after effects, so I don't how much restoration is needed to make the house inhabitable.


17 posted on 04/21/2006 9:11:22 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Graybeard58
A couple in North Carolina
Thought that life couldn't be fina
Then one day a spew
Made them say Eeew
Now they recline in hotel reclinas
18 posted on 04/21/2006 9:12:34 PM PDT by starbase (Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
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To: sully777
And up through the ground come a bubblin' crude. Turds, that is. Brown butt-stuff, North Carolina caramels.

WEEEEE DOUGHgies.

19 posted on 04/21/2006 9:20:11 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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20 posted on 04/21/2006 10:06:25 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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