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July 02, 2007
Another reason to avoid the Edens
They say laws are like hot dogs, as in you don't want to see either of them being made. After reading this story, I've come to another conclusion: I also do not want to see how the hot dog stuff gets to wherever it is that hot dogs are made.
The Sun-Times had this to say:
This wasn't your average overturned truck spill on the highway.
Pig hooves and ears, greasy cooking oil and other unknown parts slimed up the outbound Edens Expy. on Sunday, shutting it down and diverting traffic for more than seven hours.
Sand didn't clean it up. A round of foaming, industrial-strength degreasing chemicals didn't do the trick, either.
Hazardous-materials crews had to be called in by the Illinois Department of Transportation, as multiple rounds of special solvents had to be used to scrape the mucky mess off the road south of Old Orchard Road in Skokie.
The Tribune poured the gross on a little bit more:
Northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway were closed for more than seven hours Sunday after a dump truck carrying greasy pig parts toppled and splattered its load across the highway.
A sudden shift in the load caused the truck to fall onto its side about 7:30 a.m. while entering the Edens at Dempster Street, said Mike Claffey, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Pig ears, feet and grease covered all three northbound lanes of the Edens, he said.
"This is obviously something that's really hard to clean up," Claffey said.
Who wants to wager on how exceedingly gross Skokie smelled right after this accident?
entry no. 899
Posted by oz115 at July 2, 2007 02:50 PM