Main Street “ICE” Chemical Spill Scandal Brewing
TOXIC LEAKAGE REPORTED FROM GOVERNMENT-FUNDED ICE SKATING RINK Remember “Main Street Ice?̶You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
TOXIC LEAKAGE REPORTED FROM GOVERNMENT-FUNDED ICE SKATING RINK Remember “Main Street Ice?̶You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Streets are all clear…super hush-hush routine evidently.
What a marvelou$ example of inve$tigative journali$m Will!!!
Quantity?
Source?
Evidence that the Ice Rink had anything to do with it and it wasn’t just a car with a bad radiator return hose?
Picky, picky. If it was Feb 17 we could attribute it to an old barrel of stuff from Sherman’s army.
“were”
Quantity? In excess of 250 gallons, residue present in the manhole access at Hampton and Main and Hampton and Assembly.
Source? Employees of Main Street ICE on the scene who provided the MSDS sheets and pointed out where their leak entered the storm drain.
So apparently someone has the facts…
They use a form of antifreeze in the coils that “refrigerate” the ice so it makes some sense.
Exactly! That’s why we come here, for the news the so-called “real” news sources can’t, won’t, or otherwise fail to cover. This is especially the case since there is no more legendary T&A to be found here. :-(
I practiced my COPY & PASTE on those pictures …..
that’s a lot of residue in the manhole…
…residue present in the manhole access at Hampton and Main and Hampton and Assembly.
There has got to be a Lindsey Graham joke here.
First I had to dodge unfiltered turds coming out of city mains, now anti-freeze?
I hope the first redneck that catches my ass eats me and dies. No wonder they built a ball stadium instead of fixing the water system.
We don’t leak chemicals into sewers…plus we create jobs instead of killing them; we don’t have to tax everyone for our services, only those who use them pay.
Why does Main Skreet Ice need anti-freeze, anyhow? You’d think they would be using “pro-freeze”, or something like that
Tuesday was the last day for this year. They are disassembling the ice rink.
See.. This is what’s wrong with Government. The coldest months of the year are mid-Jan to mid March! Please tell me somebody from Beaufort is in charge of that department..
They use “antifreeze” because they can cool it well below the freezing point of water and pump it through coils to cool then freeze the water that becomes the ice you skate on. It wasn’t Dextron though.
PRO TIP:
Liquor and beer…
Never Fear.
Beer and wine…
Also fine.
Prestone and gin…
Think again.
You really should’ve included a pic of some wimmins with the article. Try this one.
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pbs.jpg
Is that T-Bone’s fan club, the T-Bonettes ?
I’d pay to see “Porn on Ice”, I’m just skeptical of the talent a small market like Columbia would be able to procure- maybe the Penny tax can help?
When I was stationed on a Greek island I went to see a gal who stripped naked while she was on roller skates. That was a traveling cabaret treat. I also had a two week career on stage with a stripper — dancing the Peppermint Twist with her while she did her gyrations. The cabaret owner paid me in meals and drinks, and a lesson in how to deal with drunks.
“… I also had a two week career on stage with a stripper — dancing the Peppermint Twist with her while she did her gyrations…”
Scary.
Well, it was great while it lasted and it was a hit with the crowd —- until the regulars became tired of that part of her act even though it was only once per night.
You, sir, are awesome.
If you live in the south and want to ice skate outdoors, move north.
Outdoor ice rinks are not a function of government.
Clearly we need a $100k ice manager, preferably a political insider that gets paid training from a paid outside consultant. Just need to hire an outside promotional team to set this up.
Wasn’t that rink supposed to be used by the local neighborhood children? None are shown in the photo.
‘Nothing has been discharged to the environment’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN9x6zckn18
“We’re all for the idyllic holiday vision of families tailgating in front of William’s Brice Stadium (ironically, the property owned by our alma mater,USC) but the vision ought to be provided by the private sector – not government,” we wrote.
In other words, if a private skate rink dumped hundreds of gallons of antifreeze into the sewers it wouldn’t have been so objectionable.
Unless, of course, the EPA wanted to regulate it.
Correct.Go Cocks!
Drink this, kids at home!
Ponder how much antifreeze will be poured on the ground with airliner deicing over the next few days.
According to TBG’s sources, the antifreeze spill was a one time deal…but the release of extremely dangerous DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE into stormwater drains is a regular occurrence in Columbia…AND NOT ONLY BY THIS FACILITY!!!!!!!!!
Is that what we have come to call, “shitwater”?
Think back to high school chemistry.
Thinking back to English, I just added an adjective.
:-)
This is one of the many other things Columbia spends its water and sewer money on. But, hey, The Mayor knows the water is bad, and that we dump raw sewage into the river on a regular basis. And that he would rather spend our utility money on whores than on actual infrastructure. Nothing new here. If you don’t like it, move to Flint.
Ha! You can drink that stuff all day. But not live to tell about it. There used to be a radiator shop over on Elmwood, that had a green flow coming out to the curb all day long, which flowed into where? The Columbia Canal, aka fresh water supply for Columbia. Damage done as in it’s not a good day to be a fish or water drinking citizen. In this day and age, why would an ice rink even utilize ethylene glycol? There are alternatives. Bet DHEC won’t even fine anyone for the spill. They’re too busy trying to figure out how to clean up the sludge children found in the Congaree River.
BS, There is no way that 300 gallons of Anti-Freeze put into the storm drains of Columbia did not get into the Congaree River. They would have to vacuum the River to get that stuff back. Just another cover up by the Tricky Nicky Haley DHEC.