Debris field scattered throughout South Montgomery County

SOUTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - As if Rayford Road isn't congested enough, traffic had to plow its way through thousands of white paper bags, the size used by donut shops, paper napkins, and wax papers yesterday during rush hour. South Montgomery County was trashed when a truck lost a pallet of paper products to be delivered to a food establishment. The debris field made its way up I-45N as far as FM 1488, and over to the Hardy Toll Road.

"My husband was behind it when it happened." posted Melissa N Trey McDaniel on Facebook. "He said it looked like a bomb went off full of bags and napkins when the pallet fell of the truck."

As the saying goes...when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Facebook postings found the humor in the situation...

"Zachry-Odebrecht Parkway Builders' instruction manual on how to do proper road construction." (Zachary being the construction firm for the Grand Parkway.)

"The highway ate my homework."

"We found Hillary's emails!"

"2014 Texas TAAS Tests."

"Looks like the apocalypse."

"It's snowing!"

"Even the snow is big in TX!!!" "It's the Enron documents that went "missing!" A cleaning crew was out before dusk trying to clean up as much of the debris as possible.

There are fines for littering...

Litter weighing five pounds or less is a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $500. If between five and 500 pounds, Class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500, imprisonment up to 30 days, or both. If between 500 and 1,000 pounds or for a commercial purpose, Class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $4,000, imprisonment up to one year, or both. State jail felony if the litter to which the offense applies: (1) weighs 1,000 pounds or more; (2) disposed of for a commercial purpose and weighs 200 pounds or more; or (3) contained in a closed barrel or drum. Punishable by imprisonment up to two years and a fine up to $10,000.

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