7/12/2003: Bridge over foam

Undertoad · 07-12-2003, 04:00 PM

This is the Tiete River in Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Brazil. Yes, that's a bridge - at first I thought it was an irrigation arm or something.

But no, they attach nozzles to the bridge itself to spray on that foam to keep it down. The foam itself is generated by a mixture of chemical detergents and organic pollutants.

Yummy!

Cochese · 07-12-2003, 05:40 PM

So chemical Z is fighting chemicals A through Y. Wonderful.

OnyxCougar · 07-12-2003, 05:51 PM

That's unreal. Is that the best cleanup solution they can come up with?

joydriven · 07-12-2003, 08:54 PM

Just to keep the foam down in the area directly under the bridge? It seems like a narrow swatch. I wonder how tall the rest of the foam gets.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-12-2003, 09:11 PM

All that foam must clean the fish, real more gooder.

Here's the story .
Here's the story with pictures.

chrisinhouston · 07-13-2003, 08:58 AM

Reminds me of my youth. We'd be out running wild on a Saturday night and toss a laundry detergent soap pellet into a local city fountain.

Next morning on the way to Mass with my folks we'd all be amazed at the mountain of bubbles engulfing the fountainl.

"Wonder how that happened?" my mom would say.

Undertoad · 07-13-2003, 09:16 AM

If Count Zero is still reading he surely knows more about this -- it's just south of where he lives. CZ, got some better facts?

07-13-2003, 11:53 AM

Yes. The foam was caused by the Bush administration.

elSicomoro · 07-13-2003, 12:12 PM

It's a WMD which we will use as justification for going to war against Brazil.

Torrere · 07-13-2003, 01:47 PM

Wow! Now that would be a sight to see. It looks post modern, apocalyptical. The dark and gloomy image that UT posted creates such a better mood than the ones from Bruce's link.

--
Chris, our city fountain no longer fonts because of doings like that.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-14-2003, 09:42 PM

Oh sure, you always liked UT best.

Undertoad · 07-14-2003, 10:57 PM

Hah! I'm better at stealing stuff than you!

Too bad there's no money in it.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2003, 11:25 AM

You ARE Dumbledore.
I am not worthy.:p

Torrere · 07-15-2003, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Undertoad
Hah! I'm better at stealing stuff than you!

Too bad there's no money in it.

Hey! You might be on the verge of a whole new career opportunity!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2003, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Hey! You might be on the verge of a whole new career opportunity!

Ahem

Quote:

Too bad there's no money in it.

07-12-2003, 04:00 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/12/2003: Bridge over foam This is the Tiete River in Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Brazil. Yes, that's a bridge - at first I thought it was an irrigation arm or something. But no, they attach nozzles to the bridge itself to spray on that foam to keep it down. The foam itself is generated by a mixture of chemical detergents and organic pollutants. Yummy!

07-12-2003, 05:51 PM	#3
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	That's unreal. Is that the best cleanup solution they can come up with? __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

07-12-2003, 09:11 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	All that foam must clean the fish, real more gooder. Here's the story . Here's the story with pictures. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 07-12-2003 at 09:28 PM.

07-13-2003, 01:47 PM	#10
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Wow! Now that would be a sight to see. It looks post modern, apocalyptical. The dark and gloomy image that UT posted creates such a better mood than the ones from Bruce's link. -- Chris, our city fountain no longer fonts because of doings like that. Last edited by Torrere; 07-13-2003 at 10:27 PM.

07-14-2003, 09:42 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh sure, you always liked UT best. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-12-2003, 05:40 PM	#2
Cochese Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 54	So chemical Z is fighting chemicals A through Y. Wonderful.

07-12-2003, 08:54 PM	#4
joydriven joywriting in the rock river valley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicagoland area Posts: 41	Just to keep the foam down in the area directly under the bridge? It seems like a narrow swatch. I wonder how tall the rest of the foam gets.

07-13-2003, 08:58 AM	#6
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Reminds me of my youth. We'd be out running wild on a Saturday night and toss a laundry detergent soap pellet into a local city fountain. Next morning on the way to Mass with my folks we'd all be amazed at the mountain of bubbles engulfing the fountainl. "Wonder how that happened?" my mom would say.

07-13-2003, 09:16 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If Count Zero is still reading he surely knows more about this -- it's just south of where he lives. CZ, got some better facts?

07-13-2003, 11:53 AM	#8
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Yes. The foam was caused by the Bush administration.

07-13-2003, 12:12 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	It's a WMD which we will use as justification for going to war against Brazil.

07-14-2003, 10:57 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Hah! I'm better at stealing stuff than you! Too bad there's no money in it.

07-15-2003, 11:25 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You ARE Dumbledore. I am not worthy.:p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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