31 January 2012

A shitstorm in Charlotte and a troubling question

How else do you call a discovery of human excrement in a storm drain that is supposed to contain only rainwater run-offs? Anyway, watch this:



And read this:

City workers who had been cleaning the area noticed toilet paper on top of a storm water grate that drains into a nearby creek. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and city officials believe some protesters have been using the drain as a toilet. "We're looking at the environmental impact on the stream down there with the wildlife, and things like that," said Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Dulin.

"Plus the water goes downstream for other people to drink further down. But again, we're just trying to cover all our bases, and make sure that if there is any type of environment impact, that we're able to identify that and then correct that and make sure there is no further environmental impact downstream," he added.
I wonder whether the above mentioned unfortunates who drunk the contaminated water will become occupiers as a result?