Officials: Water in Mass. Possibly Tainted

New York Times & AP ^ | March 28, 2006

[mathprof]

Residents of two towns were ordered to stop using water from their taps after someone broke into the area's supply facility and left behind a 5-gallon container that had an odor.

Officials stressed that there was no evidence the water supply had been contaminated, but they ordered the halt to water use as a precaution while the container and water were being tested.

[BenLurkin]

Massachusetts huh?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Is this why everyone in Massachusetts is a crazy leftist moonbat?

[DannyTN]

What could they possibly put in the water supply that would contaminate the whole system from just 5 gallons.

[Cagey]

That ain't water we've been drinking.

[KarlInOhio]

Did someone leave an Oldsmobile in the Massachusetts water supply again?

[Bush gal in LA]

What happened ?Did the swimmer take a lap in the drinking water and forget to clean the pool?!

[cvq3842]

LOL!

[LostInBayport]

Not all of us...but some days I do feel like I'm starring in a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers...retitled March of the Moonbats or something like that...they see a conservative and moan "Not one of us! Not one of us!".

I sit in traffic sometimes and look at the bumper stickers...a pastime is to count the number of "Kerry/Edwards" stickers left on moonbat-mobiles in an expression of protest that only whiny, spoiled trust-fund brats can make.

As for what's in the water on Beacon Hill, where our loony legislature lives: My guess is gin.

[mdmathis6]

Botulism toxin, ricin...there's a whole lot of things that are extremely poisonous at minute amounts

[RetiredArmy]

Ted Kennedy's home brew container?

[EBH]

Dumped something into the storage tank. Some stuff out there in the hazardous substance field is an RQ nightmare in really small quantities.

If it is one of those types the whole tank will need to be decontaminated. The article over on AP says residents were instructed not to drink, bath, do laundry, or have it make skin contact. Pretty extreme instruction. Schools shut down bathrooms and brought in port-o-lets.

Hopefully it was just a stupid prank.

[HHKrepublican_2]

unless its something that duplicates?

[Deguello]

"What could they possibly put in the water..."

Fluoride?

[Smokin' Joe]

What could they possibly put in the water supply that would contaminate the whole system from just 5 gallons.

The antidote to whatever it is they have been drinking...

[mwyounce]

"...Love that dirty water, oh, Boston you're my home..."
--The Standells

[burzum]

It must have been some moonbat protesting over people torturing trees by pruning them.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Ping

[JimWforBush]

The antidote to whatever it is they have been drinking...

LMAO!

[DannyTN]

"The antidote to whatever it is they have been drinking..."

I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean. But it made me think of Ted Kennedy, and I think you are going to need more than 5 gallons.

[RinaseaofDs]

Shellfish toxin.

[Bushbacker1]

Teddy will have to switch to Scotch and Scotch! How in the world would his body know if he ever drank tainted water?

[Vaquero]

[Bushbacker1]

Tainted water?

[mtbopfuyn]

Teddy had an accident in the water again?

[nutmeg]

ping!

[Thinkin' Gal]

someone broke into the area's supply facility and left behind a 5-gallon container that had an odor.

Everybody outta the pool ping.

[OPS4]

Teddys Kennedy's bathroom.
Ops4 God Bless America

[SE Mom]

" Yeah, down by the river.. Down by the banks of the river Charles "

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[Popman]

What could they possibly put in the water supply that would contaminate the whole system from just 5 gallons.

How about E.Coli for starters.

[Osage Orange]

I've figured the H20 tainted for years now...........

[hattend]

Motor oil from Teddy's car?

[BlessedBeGod]

I always thought there must be something in the water in Massachusetts.

[LexBaird]

"I never touch the stuff. Fish f**k in it." --W.C. Fields

[Sam Cree]

People ought to have their own wells.

[tsmith130]

[TASMANIANRED]

They have been drinking tainted water for years.

[aculeus]

someone broke into the area's supply facility and left behind a 5-gallon container that had an odor.

Oh, just rinse it out.

[The Old Hoosier]

This explains a lot.

[fanfan]

LOL!

[BlueStateDepression]

So that is how Teddy does it!!!!

[Semper911]

In case anyone is interested in more details, the two towns affected are Blackstone, MA and N. Smithfield, RI. The towns share the same water supply, and the schools are closed.

On a personal note, my town borders both of those towns, and I am not drinking the water. (...not even giving it to my pets.)

[silverleaf]

Most of the stuff that'll kill you quick with a dropperful is odorless and tasteless.

[wireman]

Doody!!!

[steveo]

Baby-Ruth...

[Velveeta]

>>>Authorities have ruled out terrorism, and the FBI has decided not to pursue the case, Dr. David Gifford, director of the Rhode Island Health Department, said Tuesday at a news conference.

The ban remained in effect while the container and water were being tested for biological or chemical contaminants, he said. Results were not expected until Wednesday at the earliest.<<<
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/28/officials_water_in_mass_possibly_tainted/

[Velveeta]

The article says they won't know until tomorrow what the chemical is.

Don't even brush your teeth in the water until given the all clear.

[Jotmo]

I would think if it was something SO BAD that 5 gallons could ruin a water supply for two cities, they would have found a dead body not for from where the bucket was opened.

No?

[Semper911]

Don't even brush your teeth in the water until given the all clear.

I hear you. The sad thing is that I didn't even know about this until I read it here on FR. Thankfully the mods let this one stay in breaking, or I surely would have missed it.

I am going out to get more bottled water now, because if the tests show something bad tomorrow, there'll be none to be had.

[gondramB]

Insert {downstream from Ted Kennedy} joke here.