100,000 West Virginians Told To Abandon Tap Water due to chemical spill

Started by Phillip V, January 09, 2014, 11:02:09 PM

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garbon

#45
January 14, 2014, 10:26:16 AM
Ack!
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derspiess

#46
January 14, 2014, 10:27:26 AM
How far upstream?
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Ed Anger

#47
January 14, 2014, 10:30:38 AM
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2014, 10:27:26 AM
How far upstream?

About halfway to WVA. Forgot the name of the place but damn.... It was poor as hell.
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derspiess

#48
January 14, 2014, 10:41:43 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 14, 2014, 10:30:38 AM
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2014, 10:27:26 AM
How far upstream?

About halfway to WVA. Forgot the name of the place but damn.... It was poor as hell.

Sounds like Portsmouth.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Ed Anger

#49
January 14, 2014, 10:45:37 AM
It might have been Ashland Kentucky. I just can't remember those times that well anymore.
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derspiess

#50
January 14, 2014, 10:50:34 AM
Ayshland's pretty dumpy.  But what Ohio River town ain't?
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Ed Anger

#51
January 14, 2014, 10:52:44 AM
But at least that river didn't catch on fire.
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derspiess

#52
January 14, 2014, 10:54:23 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 14, 2014, 10:52:44 AM
But at least that river didn't catch on fire.

It's too big to fail.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Caliga

#53
January 14, 2014, 11:42:06 AM
City water here actually tastes good (I think I remember hearing it won some award for that once).

When I was a kid I drank the tap water at my grandmother's house in Philadelphia and actually gagged, it tasted so horrible.
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derspiess

#54
January 14, 2014, 12:03:09 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 14, 2014, 11:42:06 AM
City water here actually tastes good (I think I remember hearing it won some award for that once).

When I was a kid I drank the tap water at my grandmother's house in Philadelphia and actually gagged, it tasted so horrible.

I think Delaware was the only place I lived where tap water could give me heartburn.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

The Brain

#55
January 14, 2014, 12:03:36 PM
Stockholm water is lovely.
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crazy canuck

#56
January 14, 2014, 01:54:45 PM
Our water is very good.  It also helps that I live just a few blocks below the water shed which is the source of our drinking water.

CountDeMoney

#57
January 14, 2014, 06:58:36 PM
Quote from: Valmy on January 10, 2014, 09:28:52 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on January 09, 2014, 11:02:09 PM
leaked from a tank at Freedom Industries

Freedom Industries?

We sell freedom!

Lolz, freedom from regulatory enforcement.  Yay, America.

CountDeMoney

#58
January 14, 2014, 07:00:01 PM
Quote from: Viking on January 10, 2014, 07:34:05 PM
Calling it dangerous is a bit over the top. Basically it is soap. Or, at least special industrial bubble soap. Probably not nice to drink, but certainly not arsenic... though it almost certainly contains some fungicide, herbicide and insecticide.


Basically, this is a chemical added to water which is sprayed on piles of coal (and gypsum and other fine grain bulk products) to prevent the coal dust from blowing all over the place (giving everybody cancer). Since water either evaporates, runs off (carrying much of the find dust with it) or freezes in cold termperatures chemicals were added to form a water film over the coal, keeping it moist. This means dust doesn't spread and it keeps the coal from degenerating and/or burning.

It is all round good stuff. It is basically advanced soap.

It's still a chemical, Industry Monkey Boy.

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=4915825&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP

4-methyl cyclohexane methanol.   NO MORE DISHPAN HANDS
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