Water Warning: Please Read!

[Antenna_Boy]

Originally Posted by *SunShyne*

oh man... I got up and chugged a huge glass of water last night at like 3am... and i'm home sick from wrok today...

fuckers.

"......Persons drinking water are at risk of suffering diarrhea and vomiting because bacteria is present in the water." The Province

[*SunShyne*]

Originally Posted by Antenna_Boy

"......Persons drinking water are at risk of suffering diarrhea and vomiting because bacteria is present in the water." The Province

Guess what I've been sick with this morning!!!

I feel better now... bad headache and the chills, but thats it... fever is gone too...just took more Advil.

[Antenna_Boy]

^hurray!!! Advil helps us play =)

[gnosis]

When I noticed the grey water, this morning, I rang the Vancouver municipality water quality office.

Before I could get 3 words out, she said, "Your water's brown, right?".

According to her, the watermain leading from Capilano watershed (where Vancouver gets most of it's water supply) had massively ruptured.

They are now funneling off from Seymour watershed, where the massive rainfall has heavily silted the water.

She said that bathing/showering and brushing teeth (you spit it out, right?) were ok. However, the water is not drinkable/potable.

A similar thing happened back around '94/'95. The "brilliant" forest "management" people over-logged the watershed, and there was a massive landslide which silted our water for over a week.

So, go out and get some purified drinking water.

Frosty
(Be informed. Be aware. Tell your friends.)

[Jen-E-03]

Originally Posted by dj_soo

ugh, i brushed my teeth with that water this morning

me too *sigh* :(

[Pussy*Kat]

My water was clean this morning...

[soma]

I showered in brown water today, haven't you?

[omega_image]

i think my water was clear, i was damn tired so i probably wouldn't have noticed anyway.

[yoko*]

I have no access to internet/radio/t.v. at home....

So I come home, notice that the toilet bowl is filled with brownish yellow water and thought that my roommate had just forgotten to flush the toilet after he'd taken a muggy piss. I flush the toilet and the water still doesn't clear up so I figure that the toilet bowl just needed a cleaning.

I make myself some TEA and have a nice shower and my roommate comes home.. I ask him wtf is wrong with the toilet water and he's like

"you didn't KNOW? there's a water warning, the water's contaminated"
Then I start to freak out and dump my tea :P

I'm still alive to tell the story though, but who knows maybe I'll keel over in a few.

[yoko*]

So Kimmie, I just noticed your brown water note..

My water is a yellowish brown, as though someone pissed in it (seriously, hence the above post with the toilet bowl remark). Is it still not a good idea to drink it even if I boil it? :P

[sidekick]

ugh, i brushed my teeth with that water last night too.

i don't have a tv either, but luckily when i came home my neighbours were out in the hallway comparing water glasses, so i knew i shouldn't drink it.

so much for laundry day...there's no way i'm going to wash my clothes if the water is brown and full of sediment. bahhhh and i have no clean clothes!

[LiveOnJim]

You people must not read newspapers or watch the news.....and you can shower and everything you cant ingest it thats all, unless you want massive diarrhea hahahahah then pound back a few!!!

[Pussy*Kat]

^ The lady on the news last night said it was ok to brush your teeth in the water.

Im still scared though

[sidekick]

^some of us don't have TVs and it was in the newspaper, but i only saw it in the globe and mail this morning.

i know it's safe to wash my clothes, but why would i want to wash them with dirty water...the water at my place is yellow-brown.

edit: for the jim dude.

[miss.myra]

gotta love having a shower that smells like moss :(
ew.

[yoko*]

Originally Posted by sidekick

^some of us don't have TVs and it was in the newspaper, but i only saw it in the globe and mail this morning.

yeah seriously. Me = no t.v., no radio, no internet. The only source of news is my roommate, and that method doesn't get the news in your ears faster than the water hits your mouth.

[Pussy*Kat]

Is this problem worst in certain areas over others? My water is just cloudy but I have heard of peoples water being greenish, yellow, brown.

[Puddle<3]

I went into Starbucks this morning and they were making coffee with one of thier little coffee makers that they sell and bottled water...lol

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by Pussy*Kat

Is this problem worst in certain areas over others? My water is just cloudy but I have heard of peoples water being greenish, yellow, brown.

i live downtown and my water is a light shade of yellow brown.

[crookedking]

in north van the water is yellow brown too.

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

gotta love having a shower that smells like moss :(
ew.

Myrasauce! I saw you this morning! -- Walking down Burrard. That is when I tried to pull into Tim Hortons to get a coffee... to discover they aren't making any.

@_!*#!@#)!_&(%*&%^%!(!**^!$!@

[beedub]

They shut down the coffee and liquid drinks in the Starbucks in all the Fraser Valley even though many areas get their water from wells that are not effected by the rainstorm muddiness.

I just went to a different coffee place instead where they know the local water is good.

[Jen-E-03]

Apparently 711 still made and sold coffee this morning. I went to both blenz and starbucks close to robson and burrard with no luck of getting coffee. I thought this water was okay to drink if it was boiled... so why can't they make coffee? I'm feinding :(

[Puddle<3]

^^the tim hortons and 24 starbucks are the only things open on my way to work and that are open :(

[Play-it-hard]

The water out here in chilliwack is totally fine thank god