Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Jan 4, 2004 20:26:53 GMT -5
Va. Residents Find Dead Rats in Toilets
FRONT ROYAL, Va. - Two residents discovered dead rats in their toilets — and town officials say a nest in the sewer line could be the problem.
On Monday, Lyndon Flood found a dead rat she described as "half the size of a cat" in her toilet.
"I went in there to use the toilet. ... I can hardly talk about it," she said. "Could you imagine having a rat in your toilet while you're getting ready to go to the bathroom?"
Betty Lamb said her daughter-in-law found a dead rat in the toilet last Wednesday. "She thought it was a joke we pulled on her," she said.
George Shadman, Front Royal's director of public works, said sewer rats appear occasionally in the system.
But two complaints from people living in the same neighborhood within a week made Shadman realize there might be a nest. The town was planning to have the sewer line flushed with water on Tuesday, using a high-pressure machine, he said.
In the infamous words of Martin to Gina..."Look, before you sit! I say look, before you sit!"
FRONT ROYAL, Va. - Two residents discovered dead rats in their toilets — and town officials say a nest in the sewer line could be the problem.
On Monday, Lyndon Flood found a dead rat she described as "half the size of a cat" in her toilet.
"I went in there to use the toilet. ... I can hardly talk about it," she said. "Could you imagine having a rat in your toilet while you're getting ready to go to the bathroom?"
Betty Lamb said her daughter-in-law found a dead rat in the toilet last Wednesday. "She thought it was a joke we pulled on her," she said.
George Shadman, Front Royal's director of public works, said sewer rats appear occasionally in the system.
But two complaints from people living in the same neighborhood within a week made Shadman realize there might be a nest. The town was planning to have the sewer line flushed with water on Tuesday, using a high-pressure machine, he said.
In the infamous words of Martin to Gina..."Look, before you sit! I say look, before you sit!"
