[RaceBannon]

Good News, it wasn't some biohazard!

[RaceBannon]

Bump

[copycat]

it wasn't some biohazard

How do we know this?

[mewzilla]

I still wonder. You been by a reservoir lately? We've driven by a couple. You can't miss the security. I sure wouldn't go near one. Unless this guy, the dumper, is a loon, then why would someone go up their to dispose of something you could flush down a john?

[LoneGOPinCT]

CT Bump!

If any one would like to be removed from my CT Bump list, please let me know and it will be done ASAP. Conversely, if you would like to be added the same holds true.

[Glutton]

The rivers in the Nutmeg state contaminated? LOL! Anyone downwind of many of them know about that already.

It is common knowlege that if you wind up in many of them, you'd better have your shots updated.

In any event, I'm glad this was a false alarm.

[TomGuy]

Preliminary tests showed it contained an unidentified "starchy" substance that is not considered a health threat, Middletown Mayor Domenique Thornton said. More tests on both the package and the water supply are planned for today.

So, any unidentified "starchy" substances should never be considered a health hazard...but further tests should always be performed---just in case somebody is wrong?

How do complete idiots get elected to positions!

[McGruff]

Thanks for the update, hopefully it's just instant potatoes or something.

[Dales]

Good news bump.

IN RESERVOIR IN CONNECTICUT RESERVOIR

Paging the department of redundancy department. ;-)

[VA Advogado]

Nice formatting. And at what point does this stop being 'breaking news'?

[gridlock]

While some officials and residents quietly criticized authorities for not alerting people sooner,...

So let me get this right. Some guy is seen tossing a baggie into the reserve reservoir at about 5:30 PM. The reservoir is immediately shut down at 5:30 PM. The package is found within an hour. By evening, all water is being pumped from underground wells. And the story gets to the local paper by deadline. And these people say the response wasn't fast enough? Do they expect the authorities to respond before something happens?

Kudos to whoever was in charge of this response.

[McGruff]

This is the HTML formatting police.

Pull your computer over!

[LibertyGirl77]

It was probably just a package of cocaine or something. I almost feel bad for the mobsters and druggies at this point--every time they try to commit their usual, run-of-the-mill crimes, they get accused of being jihad terrorists. On the other hand, the attentions of the authorities are definitely pointed elsewhere....

[Semper Paratus]

The dilution factor for anything dumped into a reservoir is astronomical.

A more likely point for water contamination is close to the target as was suspected underneath the US embassy in rome.

[lds23]

So I guess we can cross this one off the list of reasons for all the zig-zagging drivers on the Connecticut turnpike.

[concerned about politics]

If it was something meant to contaminate the water system, putting it in a water proof plastic bag was pretty dumb. If it turns out to be something not healthy, thank goodness for dumb people.

[Humidston]

Preliminary tests showed it contained an unidentified "starchy" substance that is not considered a health threat

Would you believe the remnants of a Big Mac?

Well, at least the authorities are on the ball!

[LurkedLongEnough]

I wonder, is poisoning a water supply actually a crime at this time? From reading the following snip from a Waterbury Republican article, it crossed my mind that the person throwing starch in the water was politically motivated! See online March 26, 2002 article: "Plan to test deadly drivers clears panel"--

"Reflecting the times, especially since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, lawmakers also overwhelmingly adopted a bill Monday that defined terrorism and laid out a schedule of penalties for it. ...Among acts of terrorism defined in the proposal, damaging public transportation property and contaminating public water supply with a chemical, biological or radioactive agent are two. "

The article has lots more interesting stuff for CT residents but the snip above is specific to the "incident" at the reservoir. Thanks for the post RB, watching for updates.

[The KG9 Kid]

Reasonable explanation: Poacher throwing out bait during the daytime for his upcoming late-night catfishing expedition.

Tinfoil explanation: Al-Queda cell member doing a 'test-run'.

[#1CTYankee]

My wife drives over the Reservoir which provides most of Hartford it's water.
It's huge! holds 30.3 billion gallons of the wet stuff.

There is almost no security and anyone at night could contaminate it and be on the way with no one knowing the better.
She works 2nd shift and only saw some water department vechicles a couple of times during high alert.

[FR_addict]

Wonder if it was a trial run to test security.