Gothamist: Whale Confirmed in the Gowanus; Nickname: Sludgie

Still Not Amused

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:50:49 -0500

#[4] Lol, It might be ! Dude needs to drop few pounds (In tens)

smitty

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:59:42 -0500

I saw Sludgie playing bocce at Union Hall.

meee

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:17:26 -0500

"She also asks people to call 631-369-9829 if the whale is seen outside the Gowanus." I love that - so I should give a call if I see the whale shopping at Lowe's or heading into the Issue Project room?

observant reader

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:26:52 -0500

Actually, it was the Daily News that dubbed it Sludgie. NY1 picked up on it today -- and misspelled Sludgie twice in its Web edition.

ishmael

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:21:18 -0500

Are we sure its not Borough president Marty Markowitz takin a dip?

nisey79

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:06:27 -0500

Unfortunately, Gowanus Lounge's "belief that sewage has seeped into the canal post-Nor'easter" is a disgusting fact. Most of NYC uses a combined sewer system--during periods of little or no rain, both sanitary and stormwater sewage are processed by the water filtration plants before being discharged into the waters surrounding NYC. During periods of heavy rain, there is not enough capacity at the filtration plants to process the additional stormwater sewage, and it is impossible to separate the sanitary sewage from the stormwater sewage because they run through the lines together. Both the sanitary and stormwater sewage are discharged, unfiltered, into the surrounding waters. This is part of the reason that you might notice a funk in the air for a few days after a heavy rainstorm. A few months ago, Riverkeeper* issued a report on this issue entitled "Sustainable Raindrops: Cleaning New York Harbor by Greening the Urban Landscape". *I don't work for Riverkeeper; I learned about this issue in a Waterfront Planning class that I took in grad school last semester.

fred norris

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:37:00 -0500

that reminds me, i need to buy a fudgie the whale for mother's day.

Peter

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:22:11 -0500

I'd better get down to the Gowanus ... as soon as I find a harpoon.