Community Chat

[RedTop]

I live in southern WV, many, many miles from this disaster. However, when I was in the grocery store on Friday afternoon, there were no cases of bottled water in the store. When I was out yesterday, there seemed to be more traffic in the area, and the local paper reports that many of the people who are affected have driven this far to stay in motels, wash their clothes, eat out, and find more water.

WV had rain yesterday; hard rains in some areas, which will help flush the chemicals in the river. As I understand from last nights news, frequent testing is showing much lower chemical ratios in the water, which is encouraging. However, there has still been some fluctuation in the results, and there must be 24 hours of consistent low ratios before a decision will be made on allowing water usage again. Each homeowner will have to flush their hot water heater prior to normal usage, and the water company will credit them 1000 gallons of water to perform that task.

This accident has caused disruption and hardship for many people, but from what I am seeing on the news and reading in the paper, emergency assistance measures were put in place as quickly as possible, to help those who have been affected. Best wishes to all who are affected in any way.

[Magenta]

I feel so very badly for all those living in WV whether living close by or not to the places of danger. My boss, lived there as well, and finally packed up and moved (too long story) but she for sure is now also very happy not having to deal with that anymore.

Be careful, I wish you well, and take good care of yourselves.

Hugs,

Magenta