Mastodawn

trashcan 4h ago

What Ever Happened to Getting to First Base?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/47024888

What Ever Happened to Getting to First Base? - sh.itjust.works

Lemmy

Otter 3d ago

Felony charges after South Carolina high school filled with “fart spray”… for weeks

https://lemmy.ca/post/52315104

Felony charges after South Carolina high school filled with “fart spray”… for weeks - Lemmy.ca

> The 32-year-old Lewis worked as a teacher’s assistant at the West Florence High School in Florence County, South Carolina. His duties did not, of course, include spraying anything “designed to imitate fecal odor” into the air. But according to police, Lewis was responsible for “creating a foul smell” at the school—not once, but for weeks. It was so dire that multiple students needed medical attention. > > The school’s administration suspected a gas leak at first. According to local news reports, in mid-August, the school sent an email to parents letting them know that “gas is only used in our school for heating, in the kitchen for food preparation, and in a few of the science labs. Excluding the kitchen, we have turned off all gas to the building as a precaution. This has allowed us to rule out a gas leak as the source of the odor.” > > The district brought in plumbers to inspect “all lines above the ceilings as well as the propane tank lines for potential gas leaks.” It brought in the local gas utility to test for leaks in “hallways, classrooms, rooftops, science labs, propane tanks, natural gas meters, and floor drains in bathrooms.” It hired an environmental consultant to do air quality testing. None of these inspections turned up anything untoward. > > Over the next weeks, parents and students began to complain vociferously about getting sick at school. One student told local station WPDE that “every time I go to my second block class, I walk up the stairwell and immediately, teachers are covering their noses and their mouths, coughing because of the smell.” Another said, “I got physically sick the other day because of the smell. I feel like I’m going to pass out because I get so lightheaded and so dizzy.” > > Parents said that they were taking their children for doctors’ visits, worried about possible carbon monoxide exposure or about asthma-related difficulties. One parent wrote in a Facebook comment about the whole saga, “My daughter passed out and [was] rushed to the ER.” > > An angry mom showed up to a September school board meeting and ripped into the district for its lack of responsiveness. “There has been an ongoing smell for the past two, three weeks now,” she said. “My son has asthma. This is triggering his asthma… I had to take him to the doctor twice… He’s had to use his inhaler multiple times a day.” > > The school continued to search for answers. According to WMBF News, the district ultimately had “five different entities test for gas, opening several walls, and checking sewer lines.” > > In the end, though, it may come down to some guy wielding a truly noxious amount of “fart spray.” > > On September 20, police arrested Lewis for using the spray “on multiple occasions and over time resulting in a disruption of the school,” which spent $55,000 trying to track down the problem.

Otter 5d ago

'Very mean squirrel' seeking food has sent at least 2 people to the ER in a California city

https://lemmy.ca/post/52231636