...complaining about the smell of two million burning shoes. And falling steel coils gouging hunks out of the roadway.
Now I have THIS to look forward to: Chicken waste spills on I-20/59
Get ready for a smelly afternoon commute.
All lanes of southbound Interstate 20/59 at the 31st Street exit are closed as of 3:20 p.m. today.
A tanker truck carrying a load of chicken byproducts crashed and blocked the interstate around 2:30 p.m.
Birmingham police were investigating the crash. Motorists reported the odor was horrendous.
Anyway, dangitall. So much for my plan of not having to fight the traffic. 31st Street is in FRONT of where I usually get on the Interstate.
UPDATE: Friday morning. Silly me! The stinky chicken truck was INbound, so I got to sail through with no problems. Other than the smell. It was potent, but the upside of THAT is that it DRASTICALLY cut down on rubberneckers on our side of the road. Most of the time a wreck on one side of the road will make almost as much of a delay on the other side because people have that need to slow down and gawk. Let me tell you--no one wants to gawk when the scene includes liquified chicken byproducts.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 8, 2006 05:02 PM