A Natural Disaster Looms

I expect the proceedings of this month's inauguration to go very well. However, beyond that, the masses attending the festivities of that day could literally be in a shit-load of trouble. (Excuse my language but this could be serious!)

It is expected that Washington D.C. will swell by an extra 3 million visitors on inauguration day (See Full Story). However, the port-a-let or port-a-pottie situation will be only limited to 5,000 units (See Full Story). Now, I'm not a physicist but, that means that there could be 600 people per pottie on that monumental day. And, a monumental day it could really be! Besides the fact that, mathematically, there could be 600 persons per pooper and that means a very long wait in what typically is a very "now" situation for many, I think there may be a holding capacity problem, too. Those holding tanks are only so big. To borrow a phrase from Frank Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond fame: "Holy crap!"

Now, I have attended small social events where there are no more than 20 or 30 people in a private home and the "facilities" situation has gotten tough at times. Everyone who has flown on an airliner knows what the lavatory situation is like after meals and drinks have been consumed. Now, multiply that situation by the hundreds and the SuperDome problems during Katrina could look like child's play. One could only imagine what some would do when they are in a immediate situation and in a line that could be as long as 600 persons long.

Oh,well. It looks like President Bush might have just one more ugly situation on his hands before leaving office. For sure, if the pottie situation is a disaster, Bush will be blamed. Just mark my words!

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