Thread: Tulsa car sickness

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

That's something no one thought about. Who knows what germs could have been growing down there over the past 50 years. That would be a very strange twist to this story. Look at Legionnaires disease........supposedly it came from air conditioning ducts, or something like that.

Don


Where doLegionella bacteria come from?

The Legionella bacteria are found naturally in the environment, usually in water. The bacteria grow best in warm water, like the kind found in hot tubs, cooling towers, hot water tanks, large plumbing systems, or parts of the air-conditioning systems of large buildings.

Interesting subject…
When I was a senior at Memphis State University I worked the 11:00 to 7:00 shift in the admissions dept of Baptist Hosp. in Memphis. One summer (1978) we began having staff members/employees come down with legionaries’ disease. At that time no one yet knew the origin of the disease. It was finally discovered the cause was an unusually heavy rain that flooded the first floor of the hospital. As a result the electrical system was disrupted and we had to crank up the generators and run the backup air conditioning system that had not been used in several years. It was concluded that the water in the cooling towers was purified and full of bacteria.
I would think if no others were affected except just his crew of 4 or 5 people, the cause of their sickness would be some good old Tex-Mex that didn't set well with the boys.

Or maybe the folks serving'em that evening didn't care for that show or there attitudes that particular evening.

All sorts of crud can grow in wet holes like that one. I used to have to clean out sump holes under some large outdoor machines that I helped to maintain, and we had to suit up with respirators and shoulder long rubber gloves, and if we got wet, we had to change our clothes, and shower with detergent. Those holes collected rainwater runoff, and had solvents, oils, and "who-knows-what-else" in them - dead critters, once in a while. It's not too surprising to hear that Boyd and his crew are ill.

Originally Posted by Rrumbler

All sorts of crud can grow in wet holes like that one....................

Uhhh, keep it clean boys.

Kitz