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From the summary of the LA Times article Most Beaches Set to Reopen After Huge Sewage Spill:
"Environmentalists and elected officials are asking why an apparent power failure caused the release of 2 million gallons of affluent."
Affluent what?! Inquiring minds want to know!
"Environmentalists and elected officials are asking why an apparent power failure caused the release of 2 million gallons of affluent."
Affluent what?! Inquiring minds want to know!
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Date: 2006-01-19 06:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-19 09:04 pm (UTC)2. You've seen MY language in this journal, right? Totally pardoned.
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Date: 2006-01-19 06:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-19 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-19 06:56 pm (UTC)Of course, the Green Mountains are not large piles of dirt; they are barely-eroded chunks of granite. The gray water did not seep into a large spongy receptacle; instead, it trickled and streamed down the mountainside.
Thus, many Vermonters slapped a bumper sticker onto their cars which read:
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Date: 2006-01-19 07:47 pm (UTC)Can't have been all gray water, I would think. You need a lot of water for snowmaking, especially at an area the size of Killington with near-100% coverage.
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Date: 2006-01-19 09:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-20 06:44 am (UTC)