It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => General Board => Topic started by: rustybayonet on August 03, 2014, 12:47:18 PM
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — More tests are needed to ensure that toxins are out of Toledo's water supply, the mayor said Sunday, instructing the 400,000 people in the region to avoid drinking tap water for a second day.
"This is not over yet," Mayor D. Michael Collins said, adding that new samples showing decreased levels of toxins in the water are a positive sign.
Toledo officials issued the warning early Saturday after tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microsystin above the standard for consumption, possibly because of algae on Lake Erie. The city also said not to boil the water because that would only increase the toxin's concentration. The mayor also warned that children should not shower or bathe in the water and that it shouldn't be given to pets.
Long lines quickly formed at water distribution centers and store shelves were emptied of bottled water. The warning effectively cut off the water supply to Toledo, most of its suburbs and a few areas in southeastern Michigan.
City and state officials monitoring the water were waiting for a new set of samples to be analyzed Sunday at a federal lab in Cincinnati, Collins said.
Worried residents told not to drink, brush their teeth or wash dishes with the water waited hours for deliveries of bottled water from across Ohio as the governor declared a state of emergency.
Gov. John Kasich pledged that state agencies were working to bring water and other supplies to areas around Toledo while also assisting hospitals and other businesses affected.
"What's more important than water? Water's about life," Kasich said. "We know it's difficult. We know it's frustrating."
The governor said it was too early to say how long the water advisory will last or what caused toxins to spike suddenly in the drinking water.
"We don't really want to speculate on this," Kasich said. "When it comes to this water, we've got be very careful."
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States and cities have been spending the money (that should have been) intended for infrastructure on all the welfare programs. When the politicians, talking heads and bureaucrats now say "services", it doesn't mean water/sewer/garbage/streets, it means handouts.
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Exactly. Gee whiz, wasn't the trillion dollar "stimulus" supposedly going to be used for infrastructure improvement and modernization? At least the high tax regime of European countries gives you something for your tax money. Most of them have public infrastructure light years more advanced than ours.
Yet I guarantee at least half of the people currently having to use bottled water, if asked, would see no contradiction in the idea that this same government can be trusted with managing your health care. It seems that no matter how badly and how consistently government screws up, people are always receptive to the idea of putting it in charge of this or that thing. Heroin and cocaine aren't the most addictive drugs. Deflected responsibility is the most addictive drug, apparently, because people always line up for more.
This is also just a tiny preview of what is to come.
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Bet you sink a well you go to jail.
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So.....send in the Mexicans......they can drink the water.
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Holy crap Don...
Thanks for the laugh of the day!
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Doesn't anybody teach people to not drink out of the toilet any more?
::facepalm::