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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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KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; fecalmatter; napl; sewage; stink; unfailures; unitednations; unitednationssewer; usoutofunnow
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To: Responsibility2nd
The smell was probably better than that of some of the foreign diplomats.
To: paulycy
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posted on
12/21/2010 2:42:01 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Never stopped them before.
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posted on
12/21/2010 2:48:46 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
To: Jim Robinson
Watch these folks, If they don’t belong below decks, they do not belong here.
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posted on
12/21/2010 2:52:08 PM PST
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: illiac
bttt... full of shiite... mega shiite
To: Responsibility2nd
So? Nothing unusual here....
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posted on
12/21/2010 4:37:25 PM PST
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: Responsibility2nd
All kidding aside. I met a woman who works at the UN. From Baltimore, lives in NYC. Her salary is tax free!
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posted on
12/21/2010 4:39:25 PM PST
by
Vision
("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
To: Vision
I believe that is true for American citizens working for the IMF, World Bank, AID and other “global” bureaucracies here in WDC. It is only fair.
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posted on
12/21/2010 4:42:35 PM PST
by
hal ogen
(1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
12/21/2010 7:20:36 PM PST
by
goat granny
(Great dad's are a blessing to son's but more so to daughters...)
To: Responsibility2nd
Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make it permanent.
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posted on
12/21/2010 7:59:56 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Responsibility2nd
There were gases released from the sewage but they're not harmful Please please please!
Let there be a methane explosion and blow out all the windows.
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posted on
12/21/2010 8:09:36 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month)
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