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"SILVER GROVE, Ky. — Knee-deep in the muddy banks of the Ohio River, Mike
“Nozzy” Coyne-Logan squints through the hazy sunlight poking through the July
morning fog.
Nozzy, a crew member working aboard a trash-collecting barge, is never quite
sure what he’s going to pull from the water.
Last season’s haul racked up 60,206 pounds of scrap metal, 1,413 tires and 114
milk crates.
There were two jet skis. A typewriter. Eighteen TVs. Three cars. A jacuzzi. And
a message in a bottle. Nozzy has also found a couple of saran wrapped horse
heads, just floating along the water.
“Oh yeah, the weirdest thing we ever found was a Civil War-era mortar shell,”
Nozzy said.
The 19th century bomb was hauled up from the river by a volunteer during a
clean-up years ago. They took it home with them, Nozzy remembers. But a few
days later the U.S. Coast Guard showed up at the volunteer’s house.
“Time to hand it over,” the 44-year-old said, recalling the government’s
concern that the mortar, potentially still live, had to be detonated.
Nicknamed after Nos – the Monster-manufactured, NASCAR-sponsored energy drink
he used to down religiously – Nozzy has seen a lot during his 15 years working
for Living Lands and Waters. The organization says it’s the only non-profit
doing “industrial strength” river clean-up in the world."
Via
Future Crunch Jun 20, 2022:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
