Friday, July 31, 2009

Poopy beaches? Oregon's got them, according to new study | KATU.com - Portland, Oregon | Outdoors Featured

Poopy beaches? Oregon's got them, according to new study | KATU.com - Portland, Oregon | Outdoors Featured: "Nye Beach, for example, had multiple sources of contamination, said Newport’s Public Works Director Lee Ritzman. He said the city has found nine homes during the past year where the sewer line was mistakenly connected to storm drains.

When it rains extremely hard or when there is an overflow in a city sewer line, the water in Newport runs through creeks and ends up in a storm drain that flows directly onto the beach and into the ocean."

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Wildlife expert battles 14-foot python inside pipe - Local - Bradenton.com

Wildlife expert battles 14-foot python inside pipe - Local - Bradenton.com: "His plan was to push the python out of a concrete pipe with a long 2-by-2. But then he had to crawl 15 feet or so into the two-foot-wide pipe to reach the snake. And then the snake turned back on him in the close quarters and struck."

Wildlife expert battles 14-foot python inside pipe - Local - Bradenton.com

Wildlife expert battles 14-foot python inside pipe - Local - Bradenton.com: "His plan was to push the python out of a concrete pipe with a long 2-by-2. But then he had to crawl 15 feet or so into the two-foot-wide pipe to reach the snake. And then the snake turned back on him in the close quarters and struck."