Northshore pizza dough blob grows to enormous proportions, overtakes dumpster post-Ida

A mass of pizza dough discarded by a Domino's Pizza employee tasked with prepping the Covington pizzeria for Hurricane Ida has grown to enormous proportions over the last week.

What started as a blob fully contained by the dumpster has risen and overtopped its metal confines thanks to temperatures that hovered in the 90s. Resident Nicole Amstutz, a self-described "Snacktion Reporter," has documented the blob's growth since Wednesday via social media.

The Domino's Pizza general manager did not immediately respond to interview requests.

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Amstutz's Facebook post had garnered 1,600 shares as of Saturday afternoon. "I’m really just happy it’s making so many people laugh at such a stressful time," Amstutz commented.

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