AP via MSNBC:
In a sandy construction site on the outskirts of town, more than a dozen trucks wait their chance to unload tree limbs and feed a huge bonfire that will burn from dawn until dusk every day for months.In an abandoned tanning salon a few towns away, members of the Army Corps of Engineers kneel on the floor and look for available dump sites on maps laid on the carpet.
The Hurricane Katrina cleanup represents the biggest waste-disposal job in U.S. history, dwarfing in volume the debris carted off after the World Trade Center’s twin towers fell in 2001, officials said.
In the past few days, a loose network of contractors, government officials and out-of-work residents has sprung up to scoop, sort, grind and dispose of not just mountains of garbage, but whole mountain ranges of the stuff.
With entire communities reduced to rubble, engineers and environmental officials are scrambling to figure out where to put the debris. The largest dump site in southeastern Mississippi is already nearing capacity.
...
Comments
Post a Comment