Posted on 08/31/2019 10:26:35 AM PDT by bgill
Authorities say they have identified a group of teenagers suspected of swimming in a water tower after video surfaced.
The Snohomish Police Department says the suspects hopped a fence, cut through two locks, scaled the 80-foot (24-meter) tower and jumped inside Snohomish's water reservoirs.
Authorities say a YouTube video shows at least one suspect jumping in the water, and charges are expected to be filed against the group... Officials say water quality tests have been conducted and the water is considered safe to drink.
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I told a woman one time she was so fine I would drink her bath water.
We had a really good rock quarry about 30 feet deep with rain water and a super high dive off a cliff.
Yes, it was illegal and dangerous to be there and yes a murdered body was occasionally found dumped there, but dagnabbit, it was fun.
It’s all bull crap about not swimming in reservoirs
It does nothing to the water
Hell I did that as a young adult! Statute of limitations being past and all ;-)
When I was a kid we had a reservoir on the edge of our neighborhood we all swam in. It was used to irrigate the fields. We also swam in a dirt canal that ran through our town. I think that water went to Los Angeles.
I admit when I was a kid if I had the courage (or stupidity) I would have done it.
Yes, but...who would refuse to drink that water????
I’ll bet you’re a big hit at parties.
Nah - they’re “throwbacks” to back when boys would be boys (and men would be men)....funny how the PC crap has seeped in so far that many conservatives have empathy for the shackling and squashing of regular male developmental antics...
There were several empty gallon jugs, but testing couldn’t turn up anything. Either there was nothing in the water, there was nothing testing could detect, or levels are below the test capability.
When in doubt, erring on the side of public safety is the only acceptable course of action.
Private wells (for single-family use) are one thing.
Privately-owned wells for public use and public water storage (reservoirs) for larger-than-family populations are completely different levels of concern.
In my experience, public health agencies provide only technical assistance getting the private well owner started and recommended testing. I’ve not run into mandatory owner testing of private wells.
Hi.
I was 10 and got in trouble for this in Clewiston FL.
No more details forthcoming.
5.56mm
Have you or anyone you know ever been in this type of situation? Remember ricin/nerve agent contamination concerns?
It’s not “drama” if you’re (a) the one exposed to actual or possible contamination, (b) someone who actually gets sick from contamination, (c) the water system that has to deal with testing, cleaning the system, and public relations, or (d) the agency(ies) assisting with the response.
I’ve had people 3000 miles from the water system call about their water due to events making the national news.
Wake up to the reality of the modern world and stay vigilant.
People ask me about it from time to time. Some parties more than others.
People do appreciate being informed of the threats and why certain responses occur(ed) - particularly when they couldn’t drink/use the water. They actually appreciate that they can turn on the faucet and not worry whether their water is safe to drink, or not. And that some government agencies are doing something useful.
Access hatches are typically locked. If so in this case, one or more them had to break the lock to get in.
The trespassing into the reservoir site alone is enough to press charges, much less breaking into and entering the reservoir.
Actual sickness doesn’t have to actually occur. Even a fake event leads to uncertainty. Uncertainty leads to pandemonium.
Pandemonium leads to loss of confidence in the current form of government to protect the populace.
Loss of confidence leads to changes in the form of government.
Even if one or more of the kids peed in the water, which I doubt, it would be practically immeasurable in the millions of gallons.
Much more likely anyone going to the faucet for a drink of this water would slip on the rung and break a leg.
You’re missing the point.
They aren’t supposed (or allowed)to be there in the first place.
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