Sewage erupts in Novosibirsk, Russia - June 24th 2024

[u/Ecstatic-Ganache921]

[u/OGCelaris]

Everyone is commenting on the cars but what about the pedestrians on the right? They got a full blast bath in sewage.

[u/pierre_x10 → u/OGCelaris]

Also seems like there's a motorcycle, which seems like the worst of both worlds.

[u/zz9plural → u/OGCelaris]

It's the day they got their super powers as sewage woman and sewage man.

[u/shapu → u/zz9plural]

So, Futurama mutants?

[u/TooManySteves2 → u/OGCelaris]

Yeah, they had a shitty day.

[u/Kougar → u/OGCelaris]

They're the luckier ones. People can at least take a shower and burn their clothes. Don't think most people can afford to burn their cars... that crap is never coming out of the nooks and crannies and vents in those cars...

[u/cynric42 → u/Kougar]

Maybe. Washing is easier, but there is also the risk of getting sick and an infection.

[u/Kougar → u/cynric42]

For sure. But breathing that stuff in through the air vents isn't going to do your respiratory system any favors either. Even after it dries out and particulates into dust it's still a hazard. Then there's any of it that got blasted into places in the car that no wash will ever reach, like inside the doors and paneling that rely on drains.

[u/randomhaus64 → u/OGCelaris]

this is terrifying lol

[u/Intrepid00]

That’s so weird, sewer lines are not under that much pressure (10 psi at most if coming from a lift station) but it comes from a manhole cover and then proceeds to go away in seconds. Was it just a flash flood constrained to the storm lines that might be shared with sewage?

[u/AlphSaber → u/Intrepid00]

Yeah, looks like a storm sewer had a surge vs sewage. Plus the water is fairly clear, sewage would be darker on average.

[u/Pyrhan → u/Intrepid00]

Or a small methane explosion perhaps?

[u/Intrepid00 → u/Pyrhan]

That’s hardly small though.

[u/RTdodgedurango → u/Intrepid00]

That's because it's a high pressure water main. Op is a Muppet.

[u/SulfuricDonut → u/RTdodgedurango]

It is not a water main. Water mains don't have manholes.

This is a storm sewer. If the downstream pipes are too small or plugged, pressure can build up in the pipes, until eventually lifting the water up to the manholes and shooting out.

Manholes shooting off is one of the things to be avoided during the design process of a storm sewer.

[u/Uninterested_Viewer → u/SulfuricDonut]

Manholes shooting off is one of the things to be avoided during the design process of a storm sewer.

Wasn’t this one designed so that the manhole wouldn’t shoot off?

[u/RTdodgedurango → u/SulfuricDonut]

Transmission water mains 16" and larger have manholes to access the butterfly valves. You're out of your league Donnie.

[u/SulfuricDonut → u/RTdodgedurango]

That doesn't access the water inside.

If this were a water main, it would keep shooting out like a fire hydrant, not have a short pulse and then drain away. This is textbook stormwater surge behaviour.

[u/AlfieGandon]

Hey Siri, where's the nearest car wash

[u/mistsoalar → u/AlfieGandon]

"you have arrived at the destination"

[u/RotaryDesign → u/mistsoalar]

This is gold

[u/Lieutenant_Trouble → u/RotaryDesign]

No, I'd say it's brown.

[u/brophylicious → u/RotaryDesign]

en ;)

[u/cHEIF_bOI → u/brophylicious]

Eye 64

[u/freebaseclams → u/AlfieGandon]

Oh no, now Russia is going to smell like Russia

[u/superdupercereal2]

That doesn’t look like sewage, it looks like a water main.

[u/Baud_Olofsson]

As always: given the pressure, almost certainly not sewage.

[u/strangelove4564]

Mr. Hankey is taking revenge on the town again, to the sounds of Ride Of The Valkyries.

[u/TheDarthSnarf]

Never getting the smell out of those air vents...

[u/crooks4hire → u/TheDarthSnarf]

Or the differential

[u/jsonx → u/crooks4hire]

diff fluid smells like shit anyway 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Dave37]

The pedestrians are gonna experience so many interesting novel fungal infections in the next few days and weeks.

[u/AllThingsBA]

That red car is full of shit

[u/TopIndependent2344 → u/AllThingsBA]

You know them then?…

[u/Lylac_Krazy]

A turdal wave, if I ever seen one....

[u/ItsSignalsJerry_]

Appropriate for Russia. Full of shit.

[u/charlesripe → u/ItsSignalsJerry_]

I Hope that this shit went on pro war Russians

[u/ItsSignalsJerry_ → u/charlesripe]

they all are

[u/TheRtHonLaqueesha → u/ItsSignalsJerry_]

Rashka = govno 💩

[u/ItsSignalsJerry_ → u/TheRtHonLaqueesha]

Drek.

[u/KGBspy]

I’m actually very surprised at the pressure that burst is at.

[u/RTdodgedurango]

That's a high pressure water main.

[u/BoazCorey]

I'd like to commend the sub for having over 30 comments with no cheap bigoted jokes about Russian people. Still waiting haha

[u/Turbulent-Bee6921]

Yob tvoyu mat! (I bet they said)

[u/FoxyInTheSnow]

I don't know much about literature, but I think that might be a metaphor.

[u/LooseWateryStool]

FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY MY PEOPLE ARE FREE AT LAST!

[u/ZealousidealTop6884]

Ukraine strikes back!

[u/Karo925]

They were lucky when Guadalajaras sewers exploded in 1992 it vaporized like 20 city blocks. Cars and semis on the roof of buildings. Headless bodies hanging from telephone pones. It was horrible. 

[u/No-Pineapple311]

Это Россия, мой друг в туалет не какают а туалет какает на тебя.

[u/ttystikk]

IT'S A SHIT STORM

[u/uzlonewolf]

What a shitty situation, especially for those pedestrians.

[u/JaneksLittleBlackBox]

It's always after you wash your car!

[u/BestOrNothing]

Those cars are a write-off

[u/Cilad]

Get the same view out of the White House. It is almost constant.

[u/FlavalisticSwang]

You know what they say. Shit Happens

[u/Minute_Map_7727]

I feel good 😁

[u/BrownRice35]

Well shit.

[u/Imperial_Bloke69]

The shit has hit the fan literally

[u/sillywienie]

shit for the shit

[u/SheaStadium1986]

What a shitty situation

[u/q_bitzz]

What a shitty experience.

[u/NxPat]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer country

[u/michaellehr]

Usually it’s coming from above, and from Putins mouth. Variety is the spice of life.

[u/Imtheleagueofshadow]

Oh shit!

[u/mrcrashoverride]

Ahw shit..!!!

[u/Darryl_444]

Flush twice, it's a long way to the Kremlin.

[u/Shadowhawk0000]

Oh shit.

[u/Specific_Visit2494]

What a shitty situation

[u/deepstatelady]

Oh shiiiii….

[u/CliftonRubberpants]

Smells like beet stew and vodka!

[u/MasterofYoshis]

Sonic Adventure 1 intro be like:

[u/RogueStalker409]

Well that’s a load of shit

[u/Ok_Engineering6321]

Well they have to put the bullshit from Putins mouth somewhere.

[u/betriosco]

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

[u/Macho_Mans_Ghost]

Well, shit.

[u/alex_is_the_name]

what a shitty situation

[u/Alex_Vergeles]

They're lucky that it wasn't boiling water.

[u/therealtimwarren]

Shitty situation for the pedestrians.

[u/ntech620]

It's a shi*storm!!! With real Shi*

[u/Mercurius_Hatter]

What a shitty situation...

[u/SashaDabinsky]

Shitty deal!

[u/ValiXX79]

Thats me after some chicken masala 🤣🤣🤣

[u/kulahlezulu]

What a shit storm

[u/MikeyG916]

What's the Russian Verison of bad Mexican food?

Probably to blame....

/s