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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Feb 18, 2026, 01:50 PM Wednesday

We visited the 'Pooptomac' sewer spill. Here's what we found.

CABIN JOHN, MD – When a collapsed pipe began spewing millions of gallons of sewage into the beloved waterways near the tight-knit community of Cabin John, word spread like wildfire.

So did the smell.

As temperatures rose after a massive winter storm, the stench wafted into homes closest to the Potomac River, making what’s considered the toniest part of the neighborhood feel “like being in a Porta John,” according to Jack Mandel, who has lived in the area since the turn of the century.

“Typically, I’ll go down there probably four or five days a week, just in the afternoons, at the very least,” Mandel said. “And none of us want to get anywhere near it because we have dogs and kids.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/living-pooptomac-historic-sewer-spill-110757601.html

Don't let Bobby Brainworm take his grandkids there.

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