No Storm Prevention Equals Pollution

Because the City of Mobile neglected to secure waterfront trash cans and Porta-Potties at Helen Wood Park now the Park's wetlands are polluted with trash and maybe toilet water.

All the portable toilets and all the overflowing trash cans at Helen Wood Park were turned over and washed into the wetlands.

It would have been easier to remove the trash cans before the storm. Apparently the City of Mobile Parks Department has no protocol on what to do in the event of predicted gale force winds at their waterfront parks.

Who is going to remove all the City's trash from the wetlands? I know the City of Mobile certainly does not clean the wetlands it pollutes with its MS4 trash. 

Where might this ditch trash near Dog River Marina have come from? Across the street.

Whoever maintains the trash cans under Dog River Bridge also neglects their overflowing trash cans and they too failed to secure the trash cans prior to the wind storm. This street was underwater due to wind generated high tides. 

Another neglected trash can. The net result for irresponsible trash can maintenance and no storm prevention is the trash pollution of Dog River Wetlands and waterways.

Predictable Reporting

Strong winds from the southeast and rain raised the coastal water levels. As usual the local media outlets head to the Causeway and Dauphin Island. They show predictable video of water and debris on the roads and parking lots with 6 inches of water in them.

Here are some reality images you will never see the local media broadcast because they are afraid to offend the City of Mobile which contributes greatly to the waterway trash pollution.

Even though high winds and flooding waters were forecast days before the City of Mobile left their overflowing garbage cans in the flood zone. Wind eventually blew this can over spreading trash into the water at McNally Park.

The half dozen or so trash cans, several overflowing with trash, at Helen Wood park were turned over and swept into the wetlands along with two porta-potties. There are two cans in this image but hard to see. It sure was irresponsible for the City of Mobile to ignore trash and sewage objects subject to flooding when flooding was predicted.

Of course, when waters get high and the wind blows a lot of Dog River residents will find a ring of trash along their shoreline when the waters recede.

Here is the densely littered shoreline of Arlington Park (Mobile Bay shoreline) seen from the wooden walkway. Much of this trash was already in the wetlands. High water raised the floatable litter and winds blew it all further inland.

The ugly view of trash in Mobile River next to Cooper Riverside Park. This is what visitors to the new 60 or so Million Dollar GulfQuest Museum get to see.

The shoreline at Mobile Convention Center is littered with trash.

Even a small gap in the Bayfront Road seawall allowed waves to wash debris on the road. Included in that debris is trash washed all the way into the grass on the other side of the road.

Dollar Polluter

Good ol Dollar General, polluting Mobile County one dollar at a time.

Brand new Dollar General store on Dauphin Island Parkway at Hamilton Blvd already polluting the Mobile County storm water drainage system with lots of litter. Like most Dollar Genrsl stores, their employees are too lazy to remove the litter from their property.