Flushdown! Super Bowl Causes NYC Spike in Water Use

[liberal N proud]

Giants fans showed super bladder control during Sunday's big game.

In the moments after Big Blue defeated the Patriots, toilet use spiked 13 percent in New York City, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.

The post-game flushdown decreased by 2 inches the 30-foot-deep water level in the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, the New York Post reported.

“This was certainly a significant jump — especially for around 10 p.m. on Sunday night. It’s only going to happen on the Super Bowl,” Jim Roberts, deputy commissioner for the city’s DEP, told the Post.

The gametime usage far exceeded that of a week earlier, when the Giants were off, DEP records show.

After the game kicked off at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, water use began to fall dramatically as New Yorkers were settled in, watching the game.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46326941/ns/local_news-new_york_ny/


Everyone flushed at once!

[msanthrope]

1. "This was certainly a significant jump"--I didn't read 'jump' the first time...nt

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I once visited a prison just after they did a search with drug-dogs.

One of the guards gleefully told me, "When the inmates saw the dogs enter the yard, it was like the Superbowl. All the toilets flushed at once."

[Renew Deal]

3. That's awesome!

[rfranklin]

4. This story has been around since the days of radio...

Snopes says that the same story was told about toilet flushing after the Amos 'n' Andy show on radio.