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Title: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: Brandon on February 20, 2015, 12:29:25 PM
File this under the Pooing is Very Cold file.

Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp (http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/19/frozen-fecal-matter-closes-interstate-exit-ramp/23718553/)

QuoteA load of excrement forced the closure of an interstate exit ramp in Indiana on Thursday.

Apparently a tanker accidentally spilled about 300 or 400 gallons of raw sewage onto the southbound Interstate 65 exit ramp to Indiana Highway 19, Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley said, noting that the waste was 6 to 8 inches deep in places on the ramp.

As if that wasn't bad enough, the pooling excrement froze, causing a toxic poopsicle, as well as a traffic hazard.

Riley said troopers tried to find the driver of the truck but were unsuccessful. It is likely the driver won't even realize he lost the load until he gets to a wastewater treatment plant.

Meanwhile, crews from the Indiana Department of Transportation, Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the White County Health Department were on scene to supervise the cleanup of the mess.

By 5 p.m., DOT crews with a front loader were scraping the excrement off the road and loading it into a dump truck to cart away. But before the front loader could begin its work in earnest, the ramp had to be salted and sanded because the liquid waste had turned to ice.

The ramp re-opened a couple of hours later, Indiana State Police said.

See the story for the photographs.
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: NE2 on February 20, 2015, 12:30:35 PM
You said load. heheheheheheh
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: 1995hoo on February 20, 2015, 12:47:54 PM
Now that would have been interesting to capture on dashcam, as long as I weren't exiting there at the time!
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: Brian556 on February 20, 2015, 02:58:53 PM
Talk about "slick as shit"!
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: 1995hoo on February 20, 2015, 03:19:03 PM
You know, I'd be very amused to hear how the local traffic reporters described that incident. I sent the link to three local traffic reporters here for just that reason. (Reminds me of the time local NBC anchor Doreen Gentzler had to report a story about a snake that got silicone poisoning after biting a model's augmented breast.)
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: DeaconG on February 20, 2015, 06:06:35 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on February 20, 2015, 02:58:53 PM
Talk about "slick as shit"!

This. So much this :-D
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: Alps on February 20, 2015, 06:21:30 PM
Pooing is cooler than cool: Ice Cold.
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: thenetwork on February 20, 2015, 06:33:15 PM
Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp (http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/19/frozen-fecal-matter-closes-interstate-exit-ramp/23718553/)

QuoteA load of excrement forced the closure of an interstate exit ramp in Indiana on Thursday.

Apparently a tanker accidentally spilled about 300 or 400 gallons of raw sewage onto the southbound Interstate 65 exit ramp to Indiana Highway 19, Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley said, noting that the waste was 6 to 8 inches deep in places on the ramp.

As if that wasn't bad enough, the pooling excrement froze, causing a toxic poopsicle, as well as a traffic hazard.

Riley said troopers tried to find the driver of the truck but were unsuccessful. It is likely the driver won't even realize he lost the load until he gets to a wastewater treatment plant.


I dunno.  The driver might have lost his load after he realized he lost his load well before he got to the treatment plant.
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: slorydn1 on February 20, 2015, 06:51:33 PM
I hate to state the obvious, but this thread really stinks!! :happy:
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: tdindy88 on February 20, 2015, 06:54:46 PM
Not to sound "anal" but Indiana 19 does not meet Interstate 65 at all. Indiana 18 does however.
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: Takumi on February 20, 2015, 07:01:30 PM
Jalopnik is making crappy puns about it too. (http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/giant-asshole-dumped-400-gallons-of-poop-on-highway-wit-1686996571) (NSFW)
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: hbelkins on February 20, 2015, 11:43:32 PM
When I first saw the story, it initially registered as "I-65 in Indiana at Exit 18." My first thought was, "that's close enough to Louisville to make it very appropriate."  :bigass:
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: triplemultiplex on February 22, 2015, 01:19:45 PM
Road conditions are shitty....
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: KG909 on February 22, 2015, 01:43:52 PM
What a shitty story
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: Stephane Dumas on February 22, 2015, 02:59:03 PM
Talk about "road apples". ;) (image from http://roadapplesservices.com/ )
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstylenet.com%2Ffiles%2F11939%2F270332-logo.png&hash=6935e3042b6d9cc40e0872ba5c896ed8f5c2145a)
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: US71 on February 22, 2015, 03:02:13 PM
If you get a priest to bless it, do you get Holy Shit?  :hmm:
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: SSOWorld on February 22, 2015, 07:15:20 PM
Ok, enough of that shit.




















J/k :awesomeface:
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: DeaconG on February 22, 2015, 08:58:59 PM
So they got it cleaned up? No shit? :-D :poke:
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: freebrickproductions on February 23, 2015, 11:30:07 AM
Oh come on guys! Those are some really crappy pun's y'all've made. ;-)
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: Brandon on February 23, 2015, 12:05:38 PM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on February 23, 2015, 11:30:07 AM
Oh come on guys! Those are some really crappy pun's y'all've made. ;-)

They're a bunch of real turds.
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: kphoger on February 23, 2015, 02:20:14 PM
poo
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: US71 on February 23, 2015, 02:32:57 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 23, 2015, 02:20:14 PM
poo
-ing is cool (if you ask Bandit)
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: kphoger on February 23, 2015, 02:36:38 PM
Poking was already cool.
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: Pete from Boston on February 23, 2015, 06:02:37 PM

Quote from: kphoger on February 23, 2015, 02:36:38 PM
Poking was already cool.

But now it's ice cold.
Title: Re: Frozen fecal matter closes interstate exit ramp
Post by: adventurernumber1 on February 23, 2015, 10:00:34 PM
The second I saw the title for this thread, I burst out laughing at the oddity of it. Even funnier, I've actually driven that section of I-65 before going to Chicago in 2012. Good thing I wasn't on it when this kind of crap was happening.  :-D