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The US Navy now knows why the water on an aircraft carrier looked and smelled strange. It had wastewater in it.
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| October 24, 2022
| Jake Epstein
Posted on 10/25/2022 8:14:02 AM PDT by rod5591
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For a month, it appears the sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln were drinking water contaminated with bilge water--liquid consisting of sink, shower and sewage drainage. This is a fail for the Navy and designers of the USS Abraham Lincoln. It appears the Navy was confused about the source of the contaminated water. The story reports "The Navy said at the time that the presence of E. coli bacteria was actually unrelated to reports of an "odor and cloudiness," which the service said disappeared on September 22." Yeah, right,
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:14:02 AM PDT
by
rod5591
To: rod5591
Sounds like someone tainted the water.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:17:36 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: rod5591
The Navy must have hired some woke engineers to plumb their boats. Don’t waste sewage, reuse it.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:17:56 AM PDT
by
chopperk
To: rod5591
Get ready for Camp Lejeune-like lawyer commercials in 3, 2, 1.
To: rod5591
"This coffee smells like shit..."
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:30:07 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: rod5591
The only thing that matters is diversity and inclusion, and that a white male takes the fall for this.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:31:07 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: rod5591
Eventually, all plumbing pipe connections leak. If you don’t specify the right stuff, some leak sooner than others. Maybe they need double the number of people who review the ship specifications, before building anymore... Cross connection situations are usually caused by people who didn’t know what they were doing.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:31:24 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: rod5591
“Bilge water!”
Need to get in touch with Marmaduke Surfaceblow. He can fix it.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:32:44 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
( FR is on GAB! https://gab.com/groups/67851)
To: rod5591
Oh for cryin out loud...
Grow up..
When I was on the FID ( the First In Defense, USD Forrestal, CV59)... You were warned not to have open flame around the drinking fountains...
You could literally light the drinking water on fire...
Contaminated with aviation fuel...
C’mon...
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:34:06 AM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(And the people said NO! The End)
To: rod5591
Where are the health science sailors on the ship? Why isn’t point source testing done daily as it is in most public water systems? Water tests are routine, done easily, and would pinpoint Coliform bacteria identifying the point source of the contamination quickly. The people in charge of our institutions are failing. There is no excuse for this.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:38:44 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
(Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
To: joe fonebone
LOL, being around the Forrestal with a lighter was as dangerous as being around the Kennedy on the bridge of a ship!
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:39:48 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
To: rod5591
Unfortunately CHT in PW happens more often than you would think.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:40:38 AM PDT
by
3RIVRS
To: rod5591
Oct. 21 Navy Release: "The inspection concluded that bilge water entered one of the potable water tanks through a hole that was found in the tank’s air vent line, causing the cloudy appearance and odor in the ship’s potable water."
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:41:24 AM PDT
by
Carl Vehse
(A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
To: rod5591; MtnClimber; Travis McGee
Maybe the Navy was concentrating too much on Wokey McWokerson issues?
To: VTenigma
It isn’t just in the Military.
I see things going to hell right in front of my eyes in a variety of things...health care, construction, industry, you name it.
One of the great things about the USA in the past (which anyone who went overseas to other countries knew) was that things just worked.
No more.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:42:11 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
To: joe fonebone
Hey, at least the fuel in the water gave you enough energy to perform your duties throughout the day.
To: Dixie Yooper
And this is why steel ships have a maximum life expectancy of 40 years or so. It isn’t feasible to replace all the miles of pipes and valves on the ship.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:43:06 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
To: rod5591
Wow, US sure has it all together. No wonder no person wants to join.
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:44:50 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: rod5591
Look like poop!
Smell like poop!
Ugh! Taste like poop!
Good thing we don’t step in it!
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:45:28 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(45 isl Superman! )
To: rod5591
Isn’t that a 30+ year old ship?
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posted on
10/25/2022 8:47:07 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(45 isl Superman! )
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