Re: water

I am planning on doing that very thing. And chatting w/ the city people
yesterday, they say it's OK now that turbidity spike was a past
incident. Yeah right. I'm going to take my own samples and send them to
a private lab and do my own tests. Gonna call Austin this week.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Melody
Sent: 6/29/2004 9:40:10 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: RE: [CHAT] hum

> Pam: Has anyone contacted your local office of the EPA to ask for
> assistance in getting your town's officials off their butts and moving
> on this? Just a thought!
> 
> 
> 
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> 
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
> --Albert Einstein
> 
>  --- On Tue 06/29,  < gardenqueen@academicplanet.com > wrote:
> From:  [mailto: gardenqueen@academicplanet.com]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 06:13:23 -0500
> Subject: Re: Re: RE: [CHAT] hum
> 
> Thanks. Pat and I think the city should be paying for the bottled
> water<br>since they're still charging us for unclean water. What a
> colossal<br>ripoff.<br><br><br>Pam Evans<br>Kemp, TX<br>zone 8A<br>-----
> Original Message -----<br>From: Kitty<br>Sent: 6/28/2004 10:44:28
> PM<br>To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: Re: RE: [CHAT] hum<br><br>>
> Good luck with the water. Some people think it's fine for you to
> drink<br><br>> arsenic. Thank goodness for bottled water.<br><br>>
> Kitty<br><br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br><br>> From:
> <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com><br><br>> To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br><br>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:14
> PM<br><br>> Subject: Re: RE: [CHAT] hum<br><br>> <br><br>> <br><br>> >
> That IS scary. After the TMI (3 Mile Island) fiasco in 1979, I
> wonder<br><br>> > about the safety of those things. Dickinson College
> was 18 miles as the<br><br>> > crow flies from there and our Physics
> Dep't professors were sneaking out<br><br>> > there and getting way
> higher readings than were reported by the press.<br><br>> > Haven't
> grown two heads though. Yet. Just found out our municipal water<br><br>>
> > supply is contaminated. Turbidity due to complete lack of maintenance
> at<br><br>> > the water treatment plant - pumps and filters are shot. No
> idea when it<br><br>> > will be fixed. Sugar's drinking bottled water.
> I'm drinking wine. How<br><br>> > nice.<br><br>> ><br><br>> ><br><br>> >
> Pam Evans<br><br>> > Kemp, TX<br><br>> > zone 8A<br><br>> > -----
> Original Message -----<br><br>> > From: Donna<br><br>> > Sent: 6/28/2004
> 8:26:23 PM<br><br>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net<br><br>> > Subject: RE:
> [CHAT] hum<br><br>> ><br><br>> > > Oh Gees.... thanks guys... you made
> me feel so safe here :)<br><br>> > ><br><br>> > > Actually I had heard
> (but not sure it is true!) that the worst fault<br><br>> > > line in
> this country is situated in southern Illinois area. Even worse<br><br>>
> > > than the popular Calif one.<br><br>> > ><br><br>> > > Problem is --
> where it hit -- is not far from three nuclear power<br><br>> > > p
> 
> lants. Now that is scary!<br><br>> > ><br><br>> > > Donna<br><br>> >
> ><br><br>> > ><br><br>> > > ><br><br>> > > > james singer
> wrote:<br><br>> > > > > Yeah. Ohio River valley is a soft spot. It has
> had at least one<br><br>> > > major<br><br>> > > > > quake in the last
> 200 years. Not meaning to spook anyone, but this<br><br>> > >
> baby<br><br>> > > > > shake could be a prelude to something more
> substantial.<br><br>> > > > ><br><br>> > > > Two or three, 1811-13; they
> were called the New Madrid quakes due to<br><br>> > > their<br><br>> > >
> > location in New Madrid, MO. Reported that the ground in the
> vicinity<br><br>> > > had<br><br>> > > > _waves_ in it 6 feet peak to
> trough. I'd have liked to been in an open<br><br>> > > > field<br><br>>
> > > > securely seated when those went by... If one or two such were to
> hit<br><br>> > > > again,<br><br>> > > > say farewell to Memphis and St.
> Louis. Estimated magnitude in the 7.5+<br><br>> > > > range.<br><br>> >
> > > -jrf<br><br>> > > > --<br><br>> > > > Jim Fisher<br><br>> > > >
> Vienna, Virginia USA<br><br>> > > > 38.9 N 77.2 W<br><br>> > > > USDA
> Zone 7<br><br>> > > > Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]<br><br>> >
> ><br><br>> > >
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