Worried about my son:(

[MikeyTN]

OMG, I just read this and it's very scary......I hope and pray your family will be ok from this!!!!

 

[Terry57]

I think it's going to take awhile...even when they get the water ok again, it's going to be so hard for people to catch up on their bills with losing work

 

[MikeyTN]

That's very sad....I wasn't able to drink from the water supply here one time due to the huge flood we had here several years ago. If you watched the news during that time seeing the building floating down the interstate, I used to drive by that building on a daily basis, it was a mobile building located on a school property. I had to drink bottle water for about a month or so. We were stuck at home cause the flood surrounded us.

 

[Terry57]

That's really scary! How did people survive without being able to go to work?
Did you have your birds then?

 

[MikeyTN]

Yes I had birds then. We were only stuck for couple of days and we had everything we need in the house otherwise grocery store is near by, still able to get to the store just not work which was located on the other side that was flooded badly.

 

[Terry57]

Thank goodness it was just a couple of days..I can't imagine trying to take care of all our birds and not having any water available

At least they are trucking water in from other states to everyone affected.

 

[strudel]

That's awful. Even after the immediate "drama" is sorted, there's still the issue of whether the water supply is safe and what, if any, long-term effects there might be. I should imagine that it would have a really negative effect on property prices, I can imagine that people who can afford to might just pick up and move somewhere else...

I hope that there are no further issues for your family.

 

[Terry57]

I hope so too...I just read that Erin Brockovich and her team are investigating the spill.

 

[strudel]

Oh, she won't be the only one. That company will be in for some litigation and prosecutions, that's for sure.

 

[Terry57]

Yep, I am just afraid that the chemical co. will go bankrupt to keep from having to pay for the clean up.

 

[strudel]

Yes, the company might go under, but there should be insurance which will still respond to claims. It'll take ages for it all to be sorted out, there are a lot of issues that'll be fought over. Let's just hope the immediate contamination is sorted out ASAP so people can get back to normal.

 

[Bundiibird]

Terry think of your son and family at this hard time. Hopefully water is restored in the not to distant future. In the mean time, sending thoughts and prayers for all concerned.

 

[Terry57]

So it looks like 2 restaurants are reopening, my son's isn't one of them yet. Fingers crossed that they can get it reopened in the next few days.
Still no word on the water being restored, but he is hanging in there
Thank you all for your kind words and prayers...much appreciated

 

[strudel]

I can't imagine how you'd run a restaurant without lots of water. How could you do the washing up and everything? The mind boggles. Terribly difficult times. I saw on the news last night they've declared it an official disaster (or whatever the terminology is). Also it seemed they were talking about river water? Is that right? If so, this could have ramifications for everybody downstream, it won't be confined to just those using a dam.

 

[Terry57]

I can't imagine how you'd run a restaurant without lots of water. How could you do the washing up and everything? The mind boggles. Terribly difficult times. I saw on the news last night they've declared it an official disaster (or whatever the terminology is). Also it seemed they were talking about river water? Is that right? If so, this could have ramifications for everybody downstream, it won't be confined to just those using a dam.

Yes, the chemical leaked into the Elk River. They say that it was diluted as it went downstream, but I can't imagine that the wildlife won't be affected.

The restaurants that have reopened have had to show their plan for water usage. They are bringing in water to be able to reopen. Josh said they have a poster at his work that said they use 10,000 gallons a day..I have no idea how they can bring that much in.

 

[Terry57]

Finally some good news!
I just heard from Josh and he said the following:
"We are looking at the first flushing from the plant starting tomorrow morning, hitting the three water zones where the hospitals are. Then the 4th zone is the west side where we live. So hopefully we can flush the house lines Tuesday."

Also:

"Well, our store was granted preapproval, pending an inspection of the alternate water source and meeting other guidelines. There's people at work cleaning up now and then I'm going in tomorrow to try to help finish getting ready. I think tentatively we're looking at Tuesday though if we can get everything squared away tomorrow maybe we can open on a limited menu."


Yay! So good to hear good news

 

[strudel]

That's great. I should imagine restaurants would be well frequented. It'd be nice to sit down to a nice meal after such an ordeal.

Is it a snowy area? Will they be having a big thaw to further help flush/dilute the pollutant?

They would probably have to bring in their own tankers, with that amount of daily usage.

 

[faeryphoebe1]

Terry, hoping and praying that everything will turn out okay for your son and his family.

 

[Terry57]

No, not any snow That would have been good.

 

[strudel]

Shame. Saw LOTS of snow on the telly. I suppose it was a dumb question... If they had snow, they'd have all been busy melting it. D'oh!