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Re: No longer a lurker

Here in NZ we would be about 18 hours ahead of you in Indiana.Sydney Aust.
is 2 hours behind us.I think they have had all our winter rain LOL
-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Hafey <lisa@hafey.org>
To: mathena@iquest.net <mathena@iquest.net>
Cc: veggie list <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: No longer a lurker


>Hi Monica
>
>We don't yet know the full story, probably never will, but the parasites
>apparently came from a feeder canal before they got to the water storage
>tanks.  Rumour had it that there were dead foxes which could possibly have
>been infested with the parasites, but Sydney Water has denied that
>(probably means that is the case, in my opinion!).  Sydney has a
>population of approximately 3 million people (the same population of the
>entire country of New Zealand, co-incidentally!), and we were all
>affected, because the water was isolated in Prospect Dam, which
>unfortunately feeds into all the water system of all of Sydney!  I think
>it was approximately 2 weeks of water boiling, but they stuffed up the
>warnings, and not everyone was properly alerted at the right time.  For
>instance, the northern suburbs of Sydney were told that they were okay,
>but then 2 days later were told that they were also to boil all their
>water.  We are in the south, but although we were told "on time" it is
>very likely that we were also told too late.  No ill effects on us
>however, so that is okay with us.  I must say, my family and I personally
>took a pretty lax attitude towards the whole thing.  We don't drink water
>directly from the tap, all our water is boiled for more than one minute
>ordinarily, but we didn't bother washing our hands or brushing our teeth
>with boiled water, and so far, so good.  The health minister says that
>there's been no increase in Giardia/Chryptosporidium infection anyway, so
>maybe it wasn't so bad as they first suspected after all.
>
>The time is now 6pm Wednesday, so supposing you sent your e-mail at 5.30pm
>our time, then we are 16 hours ahead of you in Indiana.  New Zealand
>should be maybe 1 hour ahead of me?  Can't remember, haven't been there
>for over a year.
>
>Better go, I have to do the washing up!  Keep up the good work locating
>everyone on your globe!
>
>Lisa Hafey Zone 10/Temperate Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
>
>M. Mathena wrote:
>
>> Welcome Lisa,
>>  I do know where Sidney is, we are so far apart, it is exciting to
>> hear from a gardener that is just starting, since I am just finishing
>> harvesting. I also know about water, being in the water system
>> business. It seems that water everywhere has been affected, some more
>> than others. How did the parasites infiltrate your water, was it a
>> wide spread problem, or more localized? Is this going to be a
>> long-term problem? It is 1:30 am here, wonder what the time difference
>> is?
>> Monica Zone 5/6 Indiana
>
>
>
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