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Citizen complaint of the day: When Ty-D-Bol isn't enough
By adamg on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 8:24pm
A pissed-off citizen reports from Stratford Street in West Roxbury:
Dirty Tap and Toilet water due to Water and Sewer work in WR. Someone could have warned us?
Complete with a photo of a toilet with the lid up so you can fully appreciate what discolored toilet water looks like.
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Comments
That's sediment that was
That's sediment that was always in the pipes, it will clear out when they are done and the pipe sediment settles. What you see in your water now is what your water has flowed over for years.
That's pretty gross. Now I
That's pretty gross. Now I know why Polland Springs is successfully destroying the planet
what did the City do to the
what did the City do to the citizen's public water?
I would be frustrated too if
I would be frustrated too if the City didn't warn us they were doing work that makes the water unsafe. Gross.
I'd hate to see how some people would react
In a real disaster,natural or man-made. What'll happen if they suddenly can't bathe for a week or more, have run out of food and have no access to a supermarket, no heat, water, no a.c. in hot weather, no gas for cars or fuel cooking, etc.? No CVS/Walgreens, Roche Bros/Shaws/Stop&Shop, no 7-11, no liquor store, no mall, no hospital? No police, no firemen, no emts, no government?
Something to chew on. Don't say it'll never happen. There are multiple legitimate and perfectly possible ways it could.
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The pipes need to be flushed. It's no big deal.
Franklin Park here I come
Dandelion greens, plantain leaves, lambs quarter and milkweed in the right season. The streams look clean enough that the water might be potable. If not start a fire (string, twig, tinder anyone?, how about a magnifying glass) and boil.
It's possible to deal with most things. But the no AC problem? Now that's cruel!
Congrats on finding a comment
Congrats on finding a comment that can be posted on every news story. "At least it wasn't a total societal collapse."
I guess the city thought it'd
I guess the city thought it'd only be a wee problem.