Day 7 and still about 150,000 people in the 9 affected counties in West Virginia without safe water. Schools remain closed. Health department officials are going non-stop inspecting places that have already flushed their pipes before they can reopen. (Such as restaurants, day care centers, schools, etc.) They are hoping that all schools can be reopened by next Tuesday. (There is no school Monday due to the Martin Luther King holiday.) The National Guard is delivering water to all schools for the children to drink upon their return to school.

Several more people have been hospitalized. Some people who have been using the water after they flushed their pipes are having issues as well.

Showering and hand washing at my house have not caused us any noticeable problems but won't drink it or cook with it for quite some time. There is no data to let anyone know whether or not this stuff is a carcinogen. I pray not. It is a terrifying thought to think that someday years down the road, my kids could develop cancer as a result of this incident. I pray not. The longer this goes on, the longer you have to think about all of this. Very scary.