You would, too, if it happened to you:
"The company told residents in nine counties to not drink their tap water or use it to bathe or wash dishes or clothes…. The only allowed use of the water was for flushing toilet"
Related: West Virginia Water is Tainted
So is my view of the pos paper, sorry:
"West Virginia water taps may be off for days; Inquiry launched into spill that tainted supply" by Pam Ramsey | Associated Press, January 12, 2014
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several hundred thousand people in West Virginia remained without clean tap water for a third day Saturday following a chemical spill and a water company executive said it could be days before uncontaminated water is flowing again….
The company told residents in nine counties to not drink their tap water or use it to bathe or wash dishes or clothes after a foaming agent used in coal processing escaped from a Freedom Industries plant in Charleston and seeped into the Elk River. The only allowed use of the water was for flushing toilets….
That's the price of energy freedom, so shaddup!!
Federal authorities, including the US Chemical Safety Board, opened an investigation into Thursday’s spill. The Chemical Safety Board said Saturday that its investigative team is scheduled to arrive in West Virginia on Monday.
PFFFT!
Yeah, something stinks!
‘‘This incident continues to impact the people of West Virginia — our goal is to find out what happened to allow a leak of such magnitude to occur and to ensure that the proper safeguards are in place to prevent a similar incident from occurring,’’ Chemical Safety Board chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said in a news release.
About 7,500 gallons of the chemical escaped from a storage tank and a containment area, said Michael Dorsey, chief of the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Homeland Security and Emergency Response office.
Just how much of the chemical leaked into the river was not yet known. But Dorsey said during the news conference that state officials do not believe waterways downstream, including the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, will be affected because of dilution.
Is there anyone out there that believes anything any level of lying government $ays in AmeriKa anymore?
NEXT DAY UPDATE: Safe water running again in parts of W. Virginia
Even though "the water may still have a slight licorice-type odor to it, people said they weren’t worried."
(Blog editor is sadly not stunned at this rank rot and the a$$hole authorities who put it out. Un-f***ing-believable!)
This is useless, folks, and I'm so glad I did not buy a Globe today.
On Friday, the company’s president issued an apology….
Some residents were willing to accept Freedom Industries President Gary Southern’s apology….
I wouldn't. I'm tired of corporate $hits getting away with murder.
The leak was discovered Thursday morning from the bottom of the tank. Southern said the company worked all day and through the night to remove the chemical from the site and take it elsewhere. He said the company didn’t know how much had leaked.
The tank that leaked holds at least 40,000 gallons, said state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Tom Aluise, although officials believe no more than 5,000 gallons leaked. Some of that was contained before escaping into the river, Aluise said….
Yup, uh-huh, whatever.
The primary component in the foaming agent that leaked is the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol. The spill has forced businesses, restaurants, and schools to shut down.
Health officials in Kanawha and Putnam counties were working to reopen restaurants, day-care centers, and other facilities closed by the spill.
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said the Federal Emergency Management Agency and several companies were sending bottled water and other supplies for residents.
About 50 truckloads arrived Saturday.
Oh, things are all right now. FEMA has come to save the day!
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And the water is already getting clearer!
"No timetable for end to West Virginia water ban; Latest tests after chemical spill are ‘encouraging’" by Mitch Weiss and Brendan Farrington | Associated Press, January 13, 2014
DRY BRANCH, W.Va. — Bonnie Wireman, an 81-year-old woman who lives in an area known as Chemical Valley because of all the plants nearby, said, ‘‘I hope this doesn’t hurt coal. Too many West Virginians depend on coal and chemicals. We need those jobs.’’
I suspect she would eat poison if she were hungry.
The image of coal will $oon become a theme in my agenda-pu$hing pre$$!
And that is the dilemma for many West Virginians: The industries provide thousands of good-paying jobs but also pose risks for the communities surrounding them, such as the chemical spill or coal mine disasters.
West Virginia is a picturesque, mountainous state, with deep rivers and streams that cut through lush valleys.
They fracking up there yet?
But along the twisting, rural roads there are signs of the state’s industrial past and present: Chemical plant storage tanks rise from the valley floors.
Coal mines are part of the rural landscape. White plumes of smoke drifting from factories offer a stark contrast to the state’s natural beauty.
‘‘You won’t find many people in these parts who are against these industries. But we have to do a better job of regulating them,’’ said Wireman’s son, Danny Scott, 59, a retired General Electric worker. ‘‘The state has a lot to offer. We don’t want to destroy it.’’
Yeah, ince$tuous government regulation is the answer. Were already supposed to have that, but…. SIGH!! Sure it isn't the air, too?
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Over the years, there have been accidents in both industries that have killed workers and harmed the environment.
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Coal is critical to West Virginia’s economy. Strong coal prices and demand proved vital to the state budget during and after the national recession.
Except the recession never ended, and thus history will record it as the Grand Depression and destruction of the AmeriKan Empire -- but at least the wealthy elite looted the place before it burned down.
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In November 2009, the state’s unemployment rate was 8.4 percent, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Four years later — in November 2013 — the unemployment rate was down to 6.1 percent, below the national rate of 7 percent.
All those numbers are fudged and f***ed with by lying government that has no credibility. Believe the corporate shit swill if you wish.
In Governor Earl Tomblin’s recent state-of-the-state speech, he touted the chemical industry, saying it was among those that grew substantially during the last year.
I'd say you go get yourself a tall glass of water and chug it, you corrupt and boughten-off f***.
The spill that tainted the water supply involved a chemical used in coal processing.
But it did not involve a coal mine — and that is a point state officials are trying to convey to the public.
Oh, the STATE GOVERNMENT is RUNNING INTERFERENCE for the COAL INDUSTRY, huh?
I didn't know puppet-strings could be powered by coal fire.
The coal industry, too, was saying it should not bear the blame in this case.
‘‘This is a chemical spill accident. It just so happens that the chemical has some applications to the coal industry, just that fact alone shouldn’t cause people to point fingers at the coal industry,’’ said Jason Bostic, vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association.
Yeah, the IMPORTANT THING has gone from the BAD WATER to the COAL INDUSTRY'S IMAGE! What a f***ing piece of $hit pre$$!!!!!
Bostic said the coal industry is very carefully regulated by the state Department of Environmental Protection and several federal agencies that ensure it is safe from the very first step in opening a mine to ongoing operations.
PFFFFFFFFFFTT!!!
Kent Sowards, the associate director for Marshall University’s Center for Business and Economic Research, said that there is a delicate balance between meeting economic needs and potential costs associated with the coal and chemical industries.
And I will give you ONE GUE$$ WHO USUALLY WINS!!!!!!!!!
In West Virginia’s case, he said, the state is doing a good job of maintaining that balance.
But in communities across the region, with names like Nitro and Dry Branch, people are beginning to wonder if it is worth it.
What, the sickness, illness, and cancers not worth it?
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Also see: The Push For Pipelines
$ee the connection?
