Well that was an experience. Yours truly paid a visit to the locale of the Gold Coast lagoon near Pelahatchie last night.
The Kingfish drove down Lake Road around 9 PM. It was a pleasant night as the fresh smell of the country filled the air. The stars sparkled upon the canvas that was the deep black sky. Such nights are one of the temptations of the pastoral life many enjoy as they make their homes in areas such as this one. Unfortunately, the lagoon's neighbors are unable to enjoy their homes thanks to the mismanagement (according to MDEQ) of the wastewater lagoon.
A noticeable stench penetrated my nostrils about 100 yards from the lagoon's gate. It first smelled of the kitchen grease. Kitchen grease soon gave away to ammonia and dead fish as the air reeked of the two pungent odors. The odor was strongest around the immediate neighbor's home. At no time did The Kingfish ever leave the road. He remained for several minutes between the gate and the home. Nose and throat began to burn. The burning sensation continued. The Kingfish drove back to Highway 43, turned around, and passed by the gate again with the same results - ammonia, dead fish, and burning throat. He was forced to stop at Highway 80 as he coughed for a minute or two due to the burning sensation in the throat. Rolling down the windows helped as the fresh air eased the symptoms.
Returning home an hour later, yours truly noticed his clothes bore the strong smell of the lagoon and was forced to shower just to get rid of the smell.
One can only imagine what the neighbors experience living next to such a site.
18 comments:
Kingfish, I have a general idea of the area where that lagoon is located, but I can't say that I've ever driven down that road. How close is the nearest neighbor to that lagoon?
Where exactly is this place?
Who knew?? Kingfish you are an exquisite writer :) You painted a pretty awful and unpleasant picture...
We’re going to have the cleanest air and water like you’ve never seems before.
Probably the cleanest air in the history of the state, some people are saying it’s the greatest air in the entire world, but I think it’s good. The democrats don’t have clean air, but we cut out the regulations and now we have the best air.
@11:03
Still cleaner air than California or New York.
Tjis makes me want to watch the David Bowie classic Labyrinth with the "Bog of Eternal Stench"
You people want to see serious irreparable environmental destruction? Check out one of Tesla's lithium mines. Yikes!
Is that a life preserver hanging on the fence?
Watch out of the 90 degree curve in the road if you're headed out there. Its a dozy for the unsuspecting drivers.
@11:45 - I’ll tell you what, I’ll go stay in San Diego for a few days and you can go live at the Stankin Rankin Lagoon for a few days and we will see if either of us wants to switch.
1:08 - terrible analogy. But thanks for playing - come back when you can do better and try again.
San Diego (1) is not representative of California, but even beyond that: (2) San Diego and its air that you want to go breath is several hundred square miles while the stench in this little corner of Niknar is less than one square mile.
If one wanted to use your flawed analysis, they might well find a small area of San Diego that is not representative of the rest, just as one could find a large area of Rankin or Mississippi that this criminal activity affects.
They don't call it " stankin rankin" for nothing.
" It was a pleasant night as the fresh smell of the country filled the air. The stars sparkled upon the canvas that was the deep black sky. Such nights are one of the temptations of the pastoral life many enjoy as they make their homes in areas such as this one. "
Dayum Kingfish . . . sounds like you took one of Ladd's writing classes.
I'm being very facetious.
I bet even Deppity Pheel could smell this one a mile away!
There's a lot of other things he apparently didn't smell but for sure somethangs wrong with this one!
This is not fair to the landowners near this. When you assume that your home is your safe haven and you have to live near something like this, there is something wrong. The nearby landowners need answers and if KF indicated there is a legitimate issue with air quality then I would say this is just cause to shut it down
This is not fair to every human being on earth. Destroying the natural environment is one of the most selfish acts imaginable.
It appears from the photo that this is being allowed to slowly deteriorate. If so, time will cure this problem.
Kingfish wanted to skinny-dip ,but the smell was too bad.
You got me!
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