GROSS!! I live in this town! BARF!

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:01 am

THIS IS MY HOME TOWN!!!!!!!!!

Flesh chunks found in Iowa water lines

Copyright Ã‚© 2005 AP Online

This story was published Monday, April 25th, 2005

The Associated Press

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - City officials are perplexed over the discovery of mysterious chunks of flesh that have been clogging up city water lines. A month ago, city officials sent a hunk of meaty-fatty tissue to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for identification.

As they wait for those results, three similar chunks of fleshy material were found on Thursday in another water main during routine flushing, Public Works Director Randy Krauel said.

A city worker discovered the blockage when a diffuser on a fire hydrant became clogged, Krauel said.

Additional flushing removed two other chunks from water mains, he said.

"Again, we're really not sure what it is," he said. "The pieces kind of looked like the first one. There was no hair and no real bone. There were varying degrees of the substance, whatever it is."

He speculated that the flesh likely belonged to an animal that crawled into a water main somewhere.

The new chunks also were sent to a state lab for identification.

Krauel said drinking water was not affected by the blockages and is safe to drink.

Chlorine levels have been temporarily increased as a precaution, he said.

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Information from: Daily Times Herald

I am thinking that I am drinking bottled water from now on!!!!!!!! :yh_sick

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:03 am

Does Tombstone live in those parts?

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:06 am

abbey wrote:

Does Tombstone live in those parts?Tombstone lives in Idaho...............obviously someone cut up a body and flushed the chunks. :wah: ...at least it didn't end up in the local chili.

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:08 am

Maybe the finger came from IOWA!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LC your gross!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:12 am

mominiowa wrote: Maybe the finger came from IOWA!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh LC your gross!not gross....pragmatic

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:53 pm

It wasn't me!

I just had one chunk.

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:05 pm

Ok I called my friend at the water dept. and she said they sent it away - the last time and nobody ever heard anything back......you can not tell me that the water can be cleaned out with chemicals when there is a CHUNK of SOMETHING in there..ohhhhhhh if ya lived here u would almost throw-up reading that..

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:34 pm

mominiowa wrote: THIS IS MY HOME TOWN!!!!!!!!!

Flesh chunks found in Iowa water lines

Copyright Ã‚© 2005 AP Online

This story was published Monday, April 25th, 2005

The Associated Press

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - City officials are perplexed over the discovery of mysterious chunks of flesh that have been clogging up city water lines. A month ago, city officials sent a hunk of meaty-fatty tissue to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for identification.

As they wait for those results, three similar chunks of fleshy material were found on Thursday in another water main during routine flushing, Public Works Director Randy Krauel said.

A city worker discovered the blockage when a diffuser on a fire hydrant became clogged, Krauel said.

Additional flushing removed two other chunks from water mains, he said.

"Again, we're really not sure what it is," he said. "The pieces kind of looked like the first one. There was no hair and no real bone. There were varying degrees of the substance, whatever it is."

He speculated that the flesh likely belonged to an animal that crawled into a water main somewhere.

The new chunks also were sent to a state lab for identification.

Krauel said drinking water was not affected by the blockages and is safe to drink.

Chlorine levels have been temporarily increased as a precaution, he said.

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Information from: Daily Times Herald

I am thinking that I am drinking bottled water from now on!!!!!!!! :yh_sick

Hey, it's not every city that has protein in it's water supply. Think of it as a supplement.

devist8me · Post by **devist8me** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:44 pm

YUCK! The word "chunk" grosses me out every time they say it, and they said it like 6 times! Even if it is just a animal, I don't want its "chunks" in my water (gag). I don't know much about chemicals and water but I wouldn't want to drink/cook with it.

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:17 pm

I would not drink or cook with it either! YUCK! I would boycott the water department and refuse to pay my water bill until it was dechunked. Enough people do it, they would find the source much faster.

Der Wulf · Post by **Der Wulf** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:48 pm

"chunks" are biodegradable, right? :yh_sick

john8pies · Post by **john8pies** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:50 am

Things could be even worse. You could live in Kingston-upon-Hull, which was voted `Europe`s worst town`, or even down alongside the open sewers in some of the underdeveloped countries in the world......

smithy87 · Post by **smithy87** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:38 am

Florrie wrote: Who is kidding who?

If ye only knew!!!! :sneaky:

I have a relative in the UK who is 'water board' staff.

Should hear the stories he has to tell about THINGS they find in the water system which eventually gets drunk.

Dead sheep fermenting for days.....shall I go on..........?

Believe the officials, it don't do ye any harm. What ye dont know ye don't worry about......unless ye opt to take Environmental Health as a subject.

Cannabals don't die, just get fatter, unless get squitters and wither away.

:yh_sick

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:25 am

Not the best news in the world for the vegetarians in Iowa

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:56 pm

Ohh Snooze - I can't believe this got bumped..Can you believe we never heard anything else about it......just that it was a hunk of BEEF..the city made shirts for their Relay for Life team before we found out it was beef and sold them.they looked like this...LOL

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Dizz · Post by **Dizz** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:13 pm

I don't drink 'treated water'. I can see the neighborhood well from my house and it's only my neighbors that get it.

No yuckies here!

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:29 am

Whenever I travel into continental Europe, I only ever drink bottled water, no ice in a drink etc. The only place I've had tap water outside of the UK is in the US.

Now I'm hearing that there's more bacteria in bottled water (but less chunks).

No wonder W.C.Fields didn't drink the stuff

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:24 pm

mominiowa wrote: THIS IS MY HOME TOWN!!!!!!!!!

Flesh chunks found in Iowa water lines

Copyright Ã‚© 2005 AP Online

This story was published Monday, April 25th, 2005

The Associated Press

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - City officials are perplexed over the discovery of mysterious chunks of flesh that have been clogging up city water lines. A month ago, city officials sent a hunk of meaty-fatty tissue to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for identification.

As they wait for those results, three similar chunks of fleshy material were found on Thursday in another water main during routine flushing, Public Works Director Randy Krauel said.

A city worker discovered the blockage when a diffuser on a fire hydrant became clogged, Krauel said.

Additional flushing removed two other chunks from water mains, he said.

"Again, we're really not sure what it is," he said. "The pieces kind of looked like the first one. There was no hair and no real bone. There were varying degrees of the substance, whatever it is."

He speculated that the flesh likely belonged to an animal that crawled into a water main somewhere.

The new chunks also were sent to a state lab for identification.

Krauel said drinking water was not affected by the blockages and is safe to drink.

Chlorine levels have been temporarily increased as a precaution, he said.

---

Information from: Daily Times Herald

I am thinking that I am drinking bottled water from now on!!!!!!!! :yh_sick

My ex worked at a pillow place that had a lot of leftover foam rubber that had to be shredded on weekends. A man would come there with his kids and do it. The shredder clogged up so he opened a small hatch and got it unclogged and turned it on and saw it was spinning ok and as he went to close the hatch his thumb went inside and sheared if right nof into the bin of foam. He told his kids to hunt for it but they could not find it and he was bleeding a lot so he chose to go on and get his hand fixed. I have often wondered if that thumb showed up in someones pillow. I guess it would smell real bad soon.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:35 am

I wonder how you equate the water is fine with chunks of blubbery flesh in it ? Politicians ! They're so silly.