They might be in trouble. From everything I have heard on talk radio, Obama supporters are full of cra...... never mind.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bathroom Break: Will inauguration have enough? > > By FREDERIC J. FROMMER 23 hours ago > > WASHINGTON (AP) To Conrad Harrell of port-a-potty supplier Don's > Johns, next Tuesday's inauguration of Barack Obama will be historic, > but not in the way you might think. > > "This is the largest temporary restroom event in the history of the > United States," he said. > > Don's Johns is providing many of the 5,000 port-a-potties for the > inauguration, but there are other suppliers as well, such as Mr. John, > Johnny Blue and Johnny on the Spot. > > In all, there will be 5,000 port-a-potties from about 10 different > vendors for Barack Obama's inauguration. On Thursday, they stood ready > on the mall, port-a-potty-to-port-a-potty, some green, some blue, > others gray. > > The big question: will they be able to handle the call er, nature's > call of the up to 2 million people? > > "We think we've reached an appropriate number and can accommodate the > crowds," said Kevin Griffis, a spokesman for the Presidential > Inaugural Committee, a privately funded organization that is picking > up the cost. > > But Bill Line, a spokesman for the National Park Service, said there > was really no way to say for certain. > > "Ultimately, does anybody know how many people will show up?" he asked. > > Line said that the Park Service recommends that organizers provide one > port-a-potty for every 300 people, but stressed that it was up to the > Presidential Inaugural Committee to decide whether to follow that. At > that ratio, 5,000 port-a-potties would handle 1.5 million people. > > For other large events, such as July 4 and the Cherry Blossom > Festival, there are usually around 800 port-a-potties, Line said. > > Harrell said that Don's Johns, based in Chantilly, Va., will have > trucks on hand to handle any overflow situation, but attendants would > hopefully pre-empt that by locking port-a-potties that fill up. > > Organizers also point out that museums will be open for people to use > bathrooms and escape from the cold. Griffis said the Presidential > Inaugural Committee has paid the Smithsonian Institution $700,000 to > open two of its museums, the National Museum of American History and > the Smithsonian Castle, early at 8 a.m. > > In addition, the Old Post Office Pavilion will open at 5 a.m. and > close at 7 p.m. and the Ronald Reagan Building will be open 24 hours > Tuesday, according to a news release by Eleanor Holmes Norton, > Washington D.C.'s delegate to Congress. > > Harrell was confident there will be enough port-a-potties. > "Absolutely," he said. "Absolutely." > > > > http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXcFu53_wa7lYSBKjC8h2EZ4f2tgD95NRS4O3 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
