TV reporter drenched in raw sewage as he talks about hurricane live on air
Last updated at 4:59 PM on 28th August 2011
When a local television reporter became covered in a mysterious foam while reporting on the hurricane he said, 'it doesn't taste great'.
But what he did not know that he was actually being immersed in the remnants of raw sewage.
WTTG-TV reporter Tucker Barnes was on the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland, when the green foam started to surround him.
Immeresed: WTTG-TV reporter Tucker Barnes was covered in sewage at Ocean City, MarylandMaryland
Then as he reported live on TV, a wall of what he described sea foam poured all over him.
'It doesn't taste great', said the reporter who called it 'organic material'.
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He said it had a sandy consistency and said: 'I can tell your first hand, it doesn't smell great.'
The foam is thought to be the effect of raw sewage pouring into the ocean during the storm.
Winds with gusts of up to 60 mph sent the foam across the reporter, the boardwalk and surrounding buildings.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...enched-raw-sewage-live-air.html#ixzz1WM8me7Yz
Last updated at 4:59 PM on 28th August 2011
When a local television reporter became covered in a mysterious foam while reporting on the hurricane he said, 'it doesn't taste great'.
But what he did not know that he was actually being immersed in the remnants of raw sewage.
WTTG-TV reporter Tucker Barnes was on the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland, when the green foam started to surround him.
Immeresed: WTTG-TV reporter Tucker Barnes was covered in sewage at Ocean City, MarylandMaryland
Then as he reported live on TV, a wall of what he described sea foam poured all over him.
'It doesn't taste great', said the reporter who called it 'organic material'.
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He said it had a sandy consistency and said: 'I can tell your first hand, it doesn't smell great.'
The foam is thought to be the effect of raw sewage pouring into the ocean during the storm.
Winds with gusts of up to 60 mph sent the foam across the reporter, the boardwalk and surrounding buildings.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...enched-raw-sewage-live-air.html#ixzz1WM8me7Yz
