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Ohio's 4th largest city has no drinking water

If you know what the toxin is you can determine how to filter it. But seriously, are people that poorly prepared that a couple of days without city water is going to be that big a deal? We have a well, I have 120 gallons of water on hand just in case of a power outage and 5 different filters. Are people really that helpless?
 
Paxaeon said:
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It was a direct quote from the news article I posted. Is there any evidence to suggest otherwise?
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I wasn't directing my disgust at you but at the journalist, who choose to use such drama and misrepresentation. If it seemed personal, my bad.
 
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Well then it looks like real estate is about to be really heap in that area.
 
tech30528 said:
Well then it looks like real estate is about to be really heap in that area.
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Could be. ;).

I fish Lake Erie but don't rely on drinking water from it.
 
sangha said:
I'm sure they're thrilled to be paying for the privilige after having paid their taxes and water bills.
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Boy, you sure are upset that those people have water...
 
Looks like Ohio needs to start drilling water wells in the Toledo area.
 
Summerwind said:
I wasn't directing my disgust at you but at the journalist, who choose to use such drama and misrepresentation. If it seemed personal, my bad.
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If you live around there, I understand.
 
Paxaeon said:
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If you live around there, I understand.
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No I don't, I just am getting so tired of everything being presented by our media, right and left, and in the middle, with such inaccurate drama and encouraging outrage and panic at every corner. It's exhausting and I see it. For those that get caught up in it, man, no wonder every other American on the planet is on some form of anti-depressant or anti-anxiety.

Why can't we just have the facts, man? Arg. /rant
 
Summerwind said:
No I don't, I just am getting so tired of everything being presented by our media, right and left, and in the middle, with such inaccurate drama and encouraging outrage and panic at every corner. It's exhausting and I see it. For those that get caught up in it, man, no wonder every other American on the planet is on some form of anti-depressant or anti-anxiety. Why can't we just have the facts, man? Arg. /rant
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Facts is what you see. Truth is what you think you see.
 
Paxaeon said:
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Facts is what you see. Truth is what you think you see.
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Well that's a random and obvious statement. Was there a point to it?
 
Holy Toledo! This is not good! (Someone had to say it)
 
tech30528 said:
If you live somewhere where your primary water source is becoming increasingly toxic, it might be a good idea to have a bakup plan. Like maybe some stored water. It never ceases to amaze me how ill equipt most are for any type of contingency.
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I've got dozens of 5 gallon jugs filled with water that I keep for emergency situations, I'm sort of a "prepper" so to speak. However, I didn't know anything was wrong with the tap water here in Toledo until I was already drinking the supposedly toxic water for a day. I drank a lot of iced tea that I made with tap water yesterday and took a shower in it too.

I don't feel sick or anything. No nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, rashes or other symptoms they have been warning the public to watch out for.
 
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"TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Long lines formed at water distribution centers and store shelves were quickly emptied of bottled water after Ohio's fourth-largest city told residents not to drink from its water supply that was fouled by toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie.

The warning effectively cut off the water supply to 400,000 people in Toledo, most of its suburbs and a few areas in southeastern Michigan.

Worried residents told not to drink, brush their teeth or wash dishes with the water emptied store shelves and waited hours for deliveries of bottled water from across Ohio as the governor declared a state of emergency". - Source - Screen Shot ​
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This is causing other Great Lake states to start retesting their water.
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this is why im an advocate of people prepping,all to often i hear if an emergency happens ill go to the grocery store,and all too often the grocery stores are out of whats essential,and they are left crying for fema.

a decent supply of food and water should be stored as well as blankets candles etc.some high class preppers would have a generator or a car power inverter to power essential electronic appliances like their refrigerator.but in all cases,it proves my point that being prepared is essential,as disaster has no set face and never anounces his time of arrival.
 
Muhammed said:
I've got dozens of 5 gallon jugs filled with water that I keep for emergency situations, I'm sort of a "prepper" so to speak. However, I didn't know anything was wrong with the tap water here in Toledo until I was already drinking the supposedly toxic water for a day. I drank a lot of iced tea that I made with tap water yesterday and took a shower in it too.

I don't feel sick or anything. No nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, rashes or other symptoms they have been warning the public to watch out for.
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Was it green tea? Because wouldn't it be something if a tea that has cleansing properties for you made the water safe?

According to the CDC storing water in opaque containers with a small amount of bleach will keep it safe. I use 30 gallon BPA free drums, the correct amount of bleach is 1/4 cup. I prefer that size because they are easy enough to move with a hand cart. 55 gallon drums, not so much. I have a 275 gallon container at my shop that I use for waste oil, this fall I will be getting another one for rain water collection for the teired garden.
 
tech30528 said:
Was it green tea? Because wouldn't it be something if a tea that has cleansing properties for you made the water safe?

According to the CDC storing water in opaque containers with a small amount of bleach will keep it safe. I use 30 gallon BPA free drums, the correct amount of bleach is 1/4 cup. I prefer that size because they are easy enough to move with a hand cart. 55 gallon drums, not so much. I have a 275 gallon container at my shop that I use for waste oil, this fall I will be getting another one for rain water collection for the teired garden.
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if you collect rain water for your garden,put gold fish in the containers,i have to this day yet to figure out why it works so well,but every succesfull gardener and farmer ive ever seen collect rainwater does it.
 
beerftw said:
this is why im an advocate of people prepping,all to often i hear if an emergency happens ill go to the grocery store,and all too often the grocery stores are out of whats essential,and they are left crying for fema.

a decent supply of food and water should be stored as well as blankets candles etc.some high class preppers would have a generator or a car power inverter to power essential electronic appliances like their refrigerator.but in all cases,it proves my point that being prepared is essential,as disaster has no set face and never anounces his time of arrival.
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Absolutely. And a disaster does not have to be widespread. It can be as simple as losing a job. Being prepared means not having to grab the first paycheck available even if the job sucks. The beginnng of this year my wife had what was supposed to be a routine surgery and miss 2 weeks of work. It turned in to 2 surgeries, 3 hospital stays and 11 weeks out of work. People think preppers are paranoid, it all comes down to perspective.
 
beerftw said:
if you collect rain water for your garden,put gold fish in the containers,i have to this day yet to figure out why it works so well,but every succesfull gardener and farmer ive ever seen collect rainwater does it.
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Really? I'll have to look in to that.
 
tech30528 said:
Really? I'll have to look in to that.
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just googled it actually,the goldfish when in unsealed containers eat mesquito larvae,and their waste contains nitrogen,which plants crave.
 
sangha said:
No drinking water?

Just another one of the many benefits the "free market" provides. I'm sure that private businesses will provide a solution.
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Ohio National Guard and Red Cross are working to use quarry water. Buying bottled water is temporary.
 
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