Slog - Comments on South Lake Union: Awash in Brown? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown KING 5 is one of many outlets reporting the basic facts: This morning, a Seattle construction crew broke or damaged a 20-inch water main near Harrison St., causing major flooding in the South Lake Union area. I heard John Richards give thanks for KEXP's placement uphill from the flooding on the radio this morning, and read a Slog commenter's report of brown water bubbling from the toilets at her workplace—anyone else out there in the thick of it?... Copyright 2008 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:17:45 -0800 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:48:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Enigma I work at a building on the other end of downtown, near Pioneer Square, and we have brown water in our toilets.
So far that's the only problem, but I'm glad we have our water cooler/heater cause I need that hot water for lunch.

Enigma

]]> Enigma http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701693 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:30:10 -0800 Comment by Lindy West Me! Me!
No visual feces (disappointing), but we did lose our water pressure. Now I have to go all the way down to the 2nd floor to use the bathroom. Can you imagine!?

]]> Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701699 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:34:20 -0800 Comment by Tipper Apparently KEXP has no plumbing whatsoever, and they're having to run to Starbucks for bathroom breaks. Bummer!

]]> Tipper http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701713 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701713 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:40:40 -0800 Comment by chrisdiani Brown water over here on Elliott Ave @ Bell Street. YUCK!

]]> chrisdiani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701727 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:48:34 -0800 Comment by ica Somebody over at the Seattle Livejournal community posted pictures earlier this morning of the thing gushing water.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joandirk/472520854/

]]> ica http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701737 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:53:02 -0800 Comment by gross brown water here, in the ID near pioneer square.

]]> gross http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701740 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701740 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:54:31 -0800 Comment by Gomez Brownish water in the toilets in my Downtown office building!

Oh, but I bet it's TOTALLY SAFE AND HARMLESS. Thanks for the CYA- ERRRR heads up, Public Works.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701741 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:55:49 -0800 Comment by Ann Holy crap that's my dojo in those flikr photos! Guess we aren't having practice tonight.

]]> Ann http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701748 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:59:25 -0800 Comment by longball I was watching the comotion from my building downtown and noticed there is some kind of strange flag on the Needle this morning. I can't make it out, is it a giant peach? lil help!

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701757 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701757 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:11:09 -0800 Comment by meh I'm on the other side of 99 on the lower east side of Queen Anne. Our building was without water this morning, but it came back on around 9:30am. And it's very very BROWN. But I think it's rust brown, not sh*t brown.

]]> meh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701764 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:13:37 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I noticed slightly tinted water in the toilets at my gym downtown, and I guess I must have taken a shower in the stuff, wonderful. My workplace toilets also have tinted water.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701800 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701800 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:37:53 -0800 Comment by infrequent yeah, i think when they flush the pipes, which this in effect may be doing, the sedimentary buildup is pushed out. i still wouldn't drink it...

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701807 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:44:48 -0800 Comment by ellen Hey I live in North Capitol Hill, between Seattle Prep and 520 and around 9:30 am this morning we noticed brown water in our sinks and toilets for the first time ever. Too big a coincidence not to think its connected. How big is this backup?!!

]]> ellen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701838 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:02:53 -0800 Comment by Miss Stereo East slope of Queen Anne: before we left for work this morning, we referred to the water as Rich Brown Gravy (RBG).

]]> Miss Stereo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701910 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701910 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:49:13 -0800 Comment by bree eep. i'm just up the road on dexter, and we are brown and slimey in the water department.

]]> bree http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701912 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:50:23 -0800 Comment by Frankie We have brown water in our toilets in Lower Queen Anne too!!

]]> Frankie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701913 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:51:24 -0800 Comment by downtown Co-worker who lives in a condo on Aurora, overlooking Lake Union, said that she completely lost water in her unit this morning.

]]> downtown http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701945 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701945 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:13:36 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale I drove through it this morning, heading E from Lower Queen Anne towards I-5. Despite numerous repair vehicles and a brigade of workers on-site to fix things and help with traffic, traffic wasn't really much worse that a bad morning commute. The water ran between Dexter and Terry.

It was A Lot Of Water! Up to a foot or more deep in places, and moving with quite an angry bit of force downhill. It looked like water-main water, not sewerage. Brown because the force that it had was washing out whatever dirt was in its way. Pretty impressive fuckery.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701954 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:18:48 -0800 Comment by Carollani YEAH! I was stuck on Mercer for over a half and hour this morning with no way to get off of the road to go another route. It sucked.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c701958 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:23:52 -0800 Comment by Aaro)))n Edge -- a friend just told me that he was driving on the block where it happened, right when it happened. they broke a water main and a construction dude put his hands in the air and screamed "oh no". just like a bad/great/bad troma movie...

]]> Aaro)))n Edge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c702070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c702070 City Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:12:07 -0800 Comment by Roger Is anyone still seeing the brown water? The water out of my faucet has a strange smell this morning...

]]> Roger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c702747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/south_lake_union_awash_in_brown#c702747 City Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:48:35 -0800