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Crackrock9 t1_jecrnys wrote

I just wanna know what all these morons were gonna do with all that water they bought, even if there was a contamination. Did everyone in Philadelphia drink tap water, and boil pasta every 2 hours?!?

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efeaf t1_jecsi9m wrote

Um, a lot of people drink tap water ya know. Also do you realize just how much water people use from the tap? Hint: it’s a lot. So your assumption about what people planned to do is way off

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Calint t1_jecu10p wrote

Yeah, been seeing a lot of people saying that they never drank from the tap to begin with. Tap water in Philly is actually very clean. I drink from the tap every day except when there are spills like earlier this week.

I do use a pur water filter in my home.

Philly Water Data

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Crackrock9 t1_jectkap wrote

You’re right, turns out it was completely necessary.

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efeaf t1_jeculv4 wrote

Drinking, bathing, cooking most things, washing hands, cleaning in general

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Crackrock9 t1_jed3wbc wrote

Almost everything you mentioned was never in jeopardy and declared safe from day one

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RJ5R t1_jedmmdi wrote

hey asshole, ask the people of flint what it's like

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Crackrock9 t1_jedt7og wrote

Hey asshole, the drinking water here has been good the whole time.

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anclwar t1_jeed78e wrote

We only drink tap. I grew up on it and so did my husband. We also give it to our four animals and cook with it daily. Water is the number one consumed beverage in my house, coffee is number two. Guess what we make our coffee with? Tap water.

The city botched this alert and had people questioning if we were about to be the next East Palestine or Flint. There was no consideration of how long this was going to last and people need water to live.

You're cracked if you really think no one will be drinking the water they bought, or buying more because they don't trust the all clear.

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Crackrock9 t1_jefk1if wrote

I never said no one uses tap water. I drink tap through a brita filter, but managed without buying one single bottle of water. According to another Redditor, I must’ve drank my own piss. But you’re cracked if you think people didn’t overreact. Like all the people thinking this is the next flint/east palestine. I mean hindsight is 20/20 but 8000 gallons isn’t even a drop in a bucket in a drop of a bucket. Also if you don’t trust the all clear given from the same people who gave the extra cautionary warning, that’s irrational, is it not? Thank god water doesn’t expire, just like all those plastic bottles, many of which will be returning to the water.

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MeanwhileOnReddit t1_jecycsv wrote

Do you only drink and cook with bottled water? In that case, it seems like you would also need to be one of these morons who need to purchase cases.

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