Fuck You, Snyder...

[Minimalist]

[Cecelia]

He should drink it unfiltered for 6 months.

[abaris]

[Jackie]

He wont do it without a filter.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

He should drink it unfiltered for 6 months.

Does anyone in the area have any bath salts?

[Faith No More]

Boy, Snyder has a steel pair on him, doesn't he? This is essentially him giving the middle finger to everyone calling for his resignation.

He's trying to act as if he's solved the problem, but no one trusts a word out of his mouth anymore. He's an idiot to think he could try to create confidence by pulling a stunt like this, because it should be obvious to him that no one would for a moment believe that he's actually going to drink the water.

This whole thing is a massive clusterfuck, and the kicker is that the government is still charging the people of Flint for the tainted water. The really sad thing is that if this had happened in a rich, white neighborhood, it would have been fixed within a week.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Boy, Snyder has a steel pair on him, doesn't he?  This is essentially him giving the middle finger to everyone calling for his resignation.  

He's trying to act as if he's solved the problem, but no one trusts a word out of his mouth anymore.  He's an idiot to think he could try to create confidence by pulling a stunt like this, because it should be obvious to him that no one would for a moment believe that he's actually going to drink the water.

This whole thing is a massive clusterfuck, and the kicker is that the government is still charging the people of Flint for the tainted water.  The really sad thing is that if this had happened in a rich, white neighborhood, it would have been fixed within a week.

The whole thing is a real miracle.  Considering the numbers of homicides in Michigan over really silly crap and the guy is still worshiped.  I'll bet he could get 75% of the vote if he ran again.

[vorlon13]

It's my understanding the pH of the water is what corroded the pipes downstream from the water plant and released lead present in those pipes. The Flint River isn't 'leaded', so drinking water straight from the water department plant isn't dangerous. No filter needed.

Any house with PVC, water mains made of steel/cast iron/logs (Chicago has these) wouldn't be a problem. And JFC, who since the fucking Romans 2000 years ago used lead to make pipes? (the Roman pipes were actually safe since they had hard water that precipitated a protective coating inside the plumbing containing the lead content, BTW).

Am I missing something about the Flint River then ?

[Wyrd of Gawd]

It's my understanding the pH of the water is what corroded the pipes downstream from the water plant and released lead present in those pipes.  The Flint River isn't 'leaded', so drinking water straight from the water department plant isn't dangerous. No filter needed.

Any house with PVC, water mains made of steel/cast iron/logs (Chicago has these) wouldn't be a problem.  And JFC, who since the fucking Romans 2000 years ago used lead to make pipes?  (the Roman pipes were actually safe since they had hard water that precipitated a protective coating inside the plumbing containing the lead content, BTW).

Am I missing something about the Flint River then ?

They are busting crooks left and right for the bad water so you can get a job as a defense attorney for one of the scumbags.

[vorlon13]

Media seems to think a truck load of powdered lead was dumped in the water to kill people. I guess I'm not seeing that level of connivance with a pH issue.