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    Default Re: Another benefit of having a pool!

    So, the headline on today's news says that there was another chemical mixed in with the MCHM. Something called strip PPH. And, it took them 12 days to let somebody know?!?!

    "They didn't realize til yesterday."

    Gee, thanks, guys. So............. what else are you not telling us?

    Like I said in my post from yesterday, this is still a long ways from being over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Watermom View Post
    So, the headline on today's news says that there was another chemical mixed in with the MCHM. Something called strip PPH. And, it took them 12 days to let somebody know?!?!

    "They didn't realize til yesterday."

    Gee, thanks, guys. So............. what else are you not telling us?

    Like I said in my post from yesterday, this is still a long ways from being over.
    Seems criminal they spilled this stuff in the water and don't even know, or just aren't telling, what it is!
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    I also forgot to mention that when asked if he felt it was safe for us to drink the water, our governor's reply was, "it's your decision about whether to use the water."

    Isn't that comforting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Watermom View Post
    I also forgot to mention that when asked if he felt it was safe for us to drink the water, our governor's reply was, "it's your decision about whether to use the water."

    Isn't that comforting.
    I bet he isn't drinking it.
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    I won't "talk politics" here, but you folks are in a h*ll of a mess and clearly it isn't getting fixed and you are not being given reliable information.
    Is there enough rain and snow-melt to appreciably help?
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    Nearly a month later and still there are issues. Most people are still not drinking or cooking with the water, me included. Every day, you hear more and more. Several times in the past month, the information has changed. First it was 5000 gallon of the MCHM leaked, then it was 7500, then 10,000. Then they tell us that it was apparently leaking for a few days before it was noticed and reported. Then, there was some discussion of it breaking down and causing formaldehyde. A real heyday for the lawyers.

    Even today, students at 5 local schools were sent home because of the tell-tale licorice smell being apparent in the water. At one school, a teacher and a student passed out from the odor from flushing. Places flush and flush and flush. They have tested and say that the water is safe but after all the shenanigans that have gone on, people are not trusting. Erin Brockovich has even gotten involved.

    If you haven't seen it, google for "Jon Stewart chemical." Funny. Sad, but funny.

    Unbelievable.

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    What a catastrophe! I'm sure there will be big lawsuits. But didn't you day the company had filed bankruptcy? If so it's not likely anyone will get much compensation.

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