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mardigras · 05-12-2006, 04:50 AM

After Katrina Allstate provided a trailer for the house next door. Over my objections the end of it was placed about 7 foot away from my door because the guy wanted to park the trailer level rather than having to do the work of leveling it himself. Then, even though the city had marked the sewer line for him, he and the extra help he summoned were too incompetent to tap into it and instead put a huge translucent plastic tank on the end of the trailer facing me 5 or 6 feet from my bedroom window (it is partly on my property). For months this box of sewage that you can see through greets me when I open my door and as the weather has gotten warmer I have not been able to leave doors or windows open because of the smell and flies (the thing actually swelled up and cracked).

Allstate decided they no longer wanted to pay the $2350 per month some company from Georgia was charging them from the trailer (a completely different rediculous situation) so they informed the folks next door they were taking it back. They pleaded with Allstate over several calls to let them keep it long enough to make other arrangements and Allstate agreed to give them 2 months but people abruptly showed up a couple weeks later and took it. When they contacted their adjuster afterwards he told them he had not been able to update their claim because their system had been down... for 2 weeks

The guys removing the trailer hit the tank with it (along with a tree) and I asked them if they were taking the tank. They said they'd come back, which they didn't (of course, the thing was of no value to them). Since the pipe is no longer connected to the trailer it's open... and damaged, leaking from the bottom. It's leaked all down the road, into my driveway and puddled along the curb of 3 houses. Cars, pets, kids on bikes are all going through it. The paper and local TV had taken pics of the people next door carrying their stuff out and the TV station had footage of the trailer leaving and both had pics of the damaged tank (and my mom updated them on the leak situation) but apparently 300 gallons of raw sewage in a neighborhood and the events leading up to it aren't newsworthy. A lady from the city looked at it 4 days ago and said she'd get someone right on it, which hasn't happened. I even called the state EPA and the guy said they'd have somebody out yesterday, which they didn't. There's about another 100 gallons left to leak out.

Who else should I call? The EPA is the proper place to report sewage spills but I guess since this only affects a few private properties it's low priority. I thought the city would be concerned. Allstate and the trailer company aren't going to do anything unless someone forces them to. The temp is going to be in the 80s the next few days and only going to get warmer. This thing has got to go!

05-12-2006, 04:50 AM
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	I need suggestions for taking care of a rediculous situation. After Katrina Allstate provided a trailer for the house next door. Over my objections the end of it was placed about 7 foot away from my door because the guy wanted to park the trailer level rather than having to do the work of leveling it himself. Then, even though the city had marked the sewer line for him, he and the extra help he summoned were too incompetent to tap into it and instead put a huge translucent plastic tank on the end of the trailer facing me 5 or 6 feet from my bedroom window (it is partly on my property). For months this box of sewage that you can see through greets me when I open my door and as the weather has gotten warmer I have not been able to leave doors or windows open because of the smell and flies (the thing actually swelled up and cracked). Allstate decided they no longer wanted to pay the $2350 per month some company from Georgia was charging them from the trailer (a completely different rediculous situation) so they informed the folks next door they were taking it back. They pleaded with Allstate over several calls to let them keep it long enough to make other arrangements and Allstate agreed to give them 2 months but people abruptly showed up a couple weeks later and took it. When they contacted their adjuster afterwards he told them he had not been able to update their claim because their system had been down... for 2 weeks The guys removing the trailer hit the tank with it (along with a tree) and I asked them if they were taking the tank. They said they'd come back, which they didn't (of course, the thing was of no value to them). Since the pipe is no longer connected to the trailer it's open... and damaged, leaking from the bottom. It's leaked all down the road, into my driveway and puddled along the curb of 3 houses. Cars, pets, kids on bikes are all going through it. The paper and local TV had taken pics of the people next door carrying their stuff out and the TV station had footage of the trailer leaving and both had pics of the damaged tank (and my mom updated them on the leak situation) but apparently 300 gallons of raw sewage in a neighborhood and the events leading up to it aren't newsworthy. A lady from the city looked at it 4 days ago and said she'd get someone right on it, which hasn't happened. I even called the state EPA and the guy said they'd have somebody out yesterday, which they didn't. There's about another 100 gallons left to leak out. Who else should I call? The EPA is the proper place to report sewage spills but I guess since this only affects a few private properties it's low priority. I thought the city would be concerned. Allstate and the trailer company aren't going to do anything unless someone forces them to. The temp is going to be in the 80s the next few days and only going to get warmer. This thing has got to go!