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| Corpus Christi, Texas, residents warned to avoid tap water | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 16 2016, 03:13 AM (329 Views) | |
| mysysail | Dec 16 2016, 03:13 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38320675 |
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| mysysail | Dec 16 2016, 03:16 AM Post #2 |
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Residents of a Texas city have been warned by officials not to drink or bathe in the tap water because of a chemical contamination. Wednesday's advisory applies to more than 300,000 people in Corpus Christi on the Gulf of Mexico coast. Boiling, freezing, filtering, adding chlorine or other disinfectants, or letting the water stand will not make the water safe, officials say. The contaminants have not yet been named, but are petroleum-based. "Only bottled water should be used for all drinking, beverage and food preparation (including baby formula and juice), making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes or clothes, washing hands, and bathing until further notice," said a press release from the city. |
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| Robert Stout | Dec 16 2016, 04:17 AM Post #3 |
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I bet the danger is much worse than the Flint, Michigan snivelers faced............
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| mysysail | Dec 19 2016, 04:10 AM Post #4 |
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+++ Update +++ Four-day Corpus Christi water ban lifted after tests http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38360012 |
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| Robert Stout | Dec 19 2016, 05:39 AM Post #5 |
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I think I would delay drinking or using the water for cooking until I saw my neighbors survive it.............
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| ringotuna | Dec 19 2016, 06:14 AM Post #6 |
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Water is a precious resource which must be conserved.... drink more beer.
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| Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated. | |
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| CautionaryTales | Dec 19 2016, 06:36 AM Post #7 |
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Beer is a little fresh water dependant, I'd stick to the hard liquor....been processed a bit farther. |
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Have you paid your internet taxes? | |
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| clone | Dec 19 2016, 12:00 PM Post #8 |
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You stick to it....provides us with daily comedy entertainment.... |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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| _g R_ | Dec 19 2016, 04:51 PM Post #9 |
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Corpus Christi Texas The Flint Michigan of the south...thanks to deregulation and defunding of the EPA. Edited by _g R_, Dec 19 2016, 04:52 PM.
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| The real leftists are the silenced majority, the sleeping giant. | |
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| ringotuna | Dec 19 2016, 05:47 PM Post #10 |
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Don't be stupid. It was a precautionary ban over concerns that 24 gallons of the emulsifier MIGHT have leaked into the water system. This hardly rises to the level of contamination in Flint. :oyvey Geebus it's like herding a bunch of kindergarteners around here. |
| Ringoism: Never underestimate the advantages of being underestimated. | |
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| _g R_ | Dec 19 2016, 05:54 PM Post #11 |
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Another American city has been struck by unsafe drinking water due to corporate greed. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. "The mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, said today that 15 percent of the city now has access to potable tap water, nearly two days after a chemical spill left residents unable to drink or bathe in the tap water. "We've still got a big issue out there," Mayor Dan McQueen told reporters today, adding that he expected water quality test results from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality later this morning." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQFtFNLDIOQ Edited by _g R_, Dec 19 2016, 05:55 PM.
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| ringotuna | Dec 19 2016, 08:03 PM Post #12 |
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Precautionary ban. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38360012 |
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