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We are under a water ban now. All water from the tap must be boiled because of bacteria.

 
~Newton's Own~  (OP)

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Snow is evaporated and frozen water.
Nice and clean...scoop and warm it and drink away. Worst case you can't or don't have the heat to make it liquid again
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They tested the snow and found some shit in it I heard.

Who knows.
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What town, OP?
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Suburb of ft worth Texas.

West side.
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I'm in North Fort Worth. In Keller by I-35. Got the notice two days ago. I'm guessing there isn't an end date to the boil notice. First it was Wednesday night, now who knows. All the restaurants are having to stay closed. too. Something is not right with all of this. I do know they were handing out cases of water to residents today at area fire stations.
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I have a really wierd feeling about all this.

We're running out of food in stores I've heard from friends.

I have stock, but many dont and there is little food.

I heard gas is short too.

I have a strange feeling I cant shake.
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It seems a little too..planned? First time out of the house today since Monday morning. Stopped at a Race Trac for gas. All pumps inoperative. Went to Kroger. No bread except for bagels. No milk or water. My house is around the corner from the Kroger Distribution center. Trucks are moving in and out.
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Here's Junior, fucked up on cocaine again tonight, defending Ted Cruz and blaming it all on your Democrat governor


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FFS. He was literally on stage with Greg Abbott in 2018.

That boy seriously needs rehab.

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Also Biden should send in the army but he can't until you call a state of emergency and then officially ask for help.
That is an official state right to hold your rights as a "sovereign state"

Each state is treated as a stand alone
mini country and that is why they call it the "United States"
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The Texass experiment in weak regulation continues...
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You are a dumbass.

OP, the boil notice is not due to "a bacteria".

The requirement to boil is due to higher water demand from faucets running 24X7 while freezing and then open running through major pipes bursting when we started to thaw.

The water treatment cannot keep up with demand. For safety, the option is boil or have no water.

This is common, and if you are a couple decades old and paying attention, you've been through these demand-pressure-sanitation-boil issues in Houston.

This is not...and I repeat is not...because the system has been compromised by some specific bacteria.

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It is precautionary but it's a precaution against bacteria. So I don't think he's wrong.
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Why didn't fema come in earlier with generators, food, water?
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Also Biden should send in the army but he can't until you call a state of emergency and then officially ask for help.
That is an official state right to hold your rights as a "sovereign state"

Each state is treated as a stand alone
mini country and that is why they call it the "United States"
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No, the governor needs to send in his state's National Guard.
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Why didn't fema come in earlier with generators, food, water?
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Red States don't get them.
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Snow is evaporated and frozen water.
Nice and clean...scoop and warm it and drink away. Worst case you can't or don't have the heat to make it liquid again
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They tested the snow and found some shit in it I heard.

Who knows.
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I would respect it better than tap water.

Survival in summer trap it under a vapour barrier it is evaporated like dew. Also frozen helps more. Better than well water or tap water but yes might have issues...choose!
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Why didn't fema come in earlier with generators, food, water?
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Fed help has to be requested
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Snow is evaporated and frozen water.
Nice and clean...scoop and warm it and drink away. Worst case you can't or don't have the heat to make it liquid again
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They tested the snow and found some shit in it I heard.

Who knows.
 Quoting: ~Newton's Own~


I would respect it better than tap water.

Survival in summer trap it under a vapour barrier it is evaporated like dew. Also frozen helps more. Better than well water or tap water but yes might have issues...choose!
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Shit that's why I stocked a shit ton of fresh water man.

Gotta plan ahead.

Not looking so goddamned crazy to my family now.

Lol.
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Why didn't fema come in earlier with generators, food, water?
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State has to ask for help...yes dumb
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Here's Junior, fucked up on cocaine again tonight, defending Ted Cruz and blaming it all on your Democrat governor


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FFS. He was literally on stage with Greg Abbott in 2018.

That boy seriously needs rehab.


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Screenshotting this cuz when he sobers up tomorrow morning, y'all KNOW he's gonna delete it.
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Have to agree, OP. Nothing about this series of winter storms is normal. A lot of the side-effects of this, like the stores running out of food and gas stations running short, are a lot like what happens in hurricane zones. Here in Midland, as the weather forecasts got specific about how cold it was going to get, the stores ran out of bundled firewood, firelogs, propane bottles, heat lamps, etc. Kind of like the toilet paper shortages last year.

I haven't had to go to the grocery store yet, although I may need milk and bread in a couple of days. And at one time the gas stations had lines because quite a few were down from the power outages.

People were qquestioning long lines at the few fast-food places that were open. But it made sense to me - a lot of those folks live in all-electric houses and apartments. Loss of power meant loss of cooking ability. I'd get tired of cold sandwiches while living in a cold house or apartment, too! And at one point, the temp in my house was down to 48 degrees and dropping! And I had a gas cook stove going, and an inefficient fireplace. I covered the windows with blankets and sheets, and blocked off the other rooms to cut down on the area to heat.

I feel really bad for the people who never learned about emergency preparedness, especially for cold weather. But we just don't have much of this kind of cold.

Maybe an early wake-up call for the coming mini ice age????
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I would demand that any repairs need to be winterized. If I had electric bills that high, I'd demand another power source.
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Re: We are under a water ban now. All water from the tap must be boiled because of bacteria.
Snow is evaporated and frozen water.
Nice and clean...scoop and warm it and drink away. Worst case you can't or don't have the heat to make it liquid again
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They tested the snow and found some shit in it I heard.

Who knows.
 Quoting: ~Newton's Own~


Snow would be even better than rain water by evaporated and also frozen so pick versus well water or tap water
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Good opportunity I suppose for the slackers in TX to learn some survival skills.
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Have to agree, OP. Nothing about this series of winter storms is normal. A lot of the side-effects of this, like the stores running out of food and gas stations running short, are a lot like what happens in hurricane zones. Here in Midland, as the weather forecasts got specific about how cold it was going to get, the stores ran out of bundled firewood, firelogs, propane bottles, heat lamps, etc. Kind of like the toilet paper shortages last year.

I haven't had to go to the grocery store yet, although I may need milk and bread in a couple of days. And at one time the gas stations had lines because quite a few were down from the power outages.

People were qquestioning long lines at the few fast-food places that were open. But it made sense to me - a lot of those folks live in all-electric houses and apartments. Loss of power meant loss of cooking ability. I'd get tired of cold sandwiches while living in a cold house or apartment, too! And at one point, the temp in my house was down to 48 degrees and dropping! And I had a gas cook stove going, and an inefficient fireplace. I covered the windows with blankets and sheets, and blocked off the other rooms to cut down on the area to heat.

I feel really bad for the people who never learned about emergency preparedness, especially for cold weather. But we just don't have much of this kind of cold.

Maybe an early wake-up call for the coming mini ice age????
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Don't know what it means but the north pole and true north are shifting toward Siberia. It was on the news a few years past. maybe the South pole changes too?
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Have to agree, OP. Nothing about this series of winter storms is normal. A lot of the side-effects of this, like the stores running out of food and gas stations running short, are a lot like what happens in hurricane zones. Here in Midland, as the weather forecasts got specific about how cold it was going to get, the stores ran out of bundled firewood, firelogs, propane bottles, heat lamps, etc. Kind of like the toilet paper shortages last year.

I haven't had to go to the grocery store yet, although I may need milk and bread in a couple of days. And at one time the gas stations had lines because quite a few were down from the power outages.

People were qquestioning long lines at the few fast-food places that were open. But it made sense to me - a lot of those folks live in all-electric houses and apartments. Loss of power meant loss of cooking ability. I'd get tired of cold sandwiches while living in a cold house or apartment, too! And at one point, the temp in my house was down to 48 degrees and dropping! And I had a gas cook stove going, and an inefficient fireplace. I covered the windows with blankets and sheets, and blocked off the other rooms to cut down on the area to heat.

I feel really bad for the people who never learned about emergency preparedness, especially for cold weather. But we just don't have much of this kind of cold.

Maybe an early wake-up call for the coming mini ice age????
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Yes granny I'm hearing the same things.

Many many were totally unprepared for this.

We had to move my 84 year old grandmother after she lost power.

Something seems to well planned here and it feels targeted to me.

It's going too well for them.

Gas prices have skyrocketed and not due to supply.

They're actually bragging about getting premium prices at market quanity.

Natural gas I mean.
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The Texass experiment in weak regulation continues...
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You obviously come from a region with over-fluoridated water.

ohyeah
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Just got the notice.

Thankfully we were ready for this and haven't been using tap water for 2 days.
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Who drinks tap water?

You dont have the breta filters
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Snow is evaporated and frozen water.
Nice and clean...scoop and warm it and drink away. Worst case you can't or don't have the heat to make it liquid again
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78077376


They tested the snow and found some shit in it I heard.

Who knows.
 Quoting: ~Newton's Own~


I would respect it better than tap water.

Survival in summer trap it under a vapour barrier it is evaporated like dew. Also frozen helps more. Better than well water or tap water but yes might have issues...choose!
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Shit that's why I stocked a shit ton of fresh water man.

Gotta plan ahead.

Not looking so goddamned crazy to my family now.

Lol.
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So glad you were ready! My kids think I'm nuts for stocking water.
The maintenance man came to repair my dishwasher & asked me why I had gallons of water under the sink. I simply said, "In case the water gets shut off." He looked at me like I was out there!
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Just got the notice.

Thankfully we were ready for this and haven't been using tap water for 2 days.
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Who drinks tap water?

You dont have the breta filters
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We dont but they advise not to even wash your hands with it or brush your teeth.

It was in the notice.

That makes it more challenging.

We have filters but I dont trust them.

I planned for this.
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covid water..

got get your water vaccinated
Grove

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Man...:-(
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Yeah we're getting killed here.

I have stock though.

Some dont.

Pray for us.
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They tested the snow and found some shit in it I heard.

Who knows.
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I would respect it better than tap water.

Survival in summer trap it under a vapour barrier it is evaporated like dew. Also frozen helps more. Better than well water or tap water but yes might have issues...choose!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78077376


Shit that's why I stocked a shit ton of fresh water man.

Gotta plan ahead.

Not looking so goddamned crazy to my family now.

Lol.
 Quoting: ~Newton's Own~


So glad you were ready! My kids think I'm nuts for stocking water.
The maintenance man came to repair my dishwasher & asked me why I had gallons of water under the sink. I simply said, "In case the water gets shut off." He looked at me like I was out there!
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Oh good lord I know, I've been telling my family things for years and stocking up, go bags and survival stuff.

Most of them thought I was batshit nuts but now a lot of what I told them is happening and I'm getting calls for advice.

Lol.

Not so crazy now, it would seem.
A coward dies a thousand times, but the valiant need taste of death but once.

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Have to agree, OP. Nothing about this series of winter storms is normal. A lot of the side-effects of this, like the stores running out of food and gas stations running short, are a lot like what happens in hurricane zones. Here in Midland, as the weather forecasts got specific about how cold it was going to get, the stores ran out of bundled firewood, firelogs, propane bottles, heat lamps, etc. Kind of like the toilet paper shortages last year.

I haven't had to go to the grocery store yet, although I may need milk and bread in a couple of days. And at one time the gas stations had lines because quite a few were down from the power outages.

People were qquestioning long lines at the few fast-food places that were open. But it made sense to me - a lot of those folks live in all-electric houses and apartments. Loss of power meant loss of cooking ability. I'd get tired of cold sandwiches while living in a cold house or apartment, too! And at one point, the temp in my house was down to 48 degrees and dropping! And I had a gas cook stove going, and an inefficient fireplace. I covered the windows with blankets and sheets, and blocked off the other rooms to cut down on the area to heat.

I feel really bad for the people who never learned about emergency preparedness, especially for cold weather. But we just don't have much of this kind of cold.

Maybe an early wake-up call for the coming mini ice age????
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If things get ugly and you get to the shelves get any and all of the flours small dry soup beans like split lentils
They will be all that is left. Get a thermos tea lights an oil lamp and kerosene
Sprout able full beans are good..most people don't know their value
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An expensive black budget revenge operation on Texas for their conservative views.
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And as for O'Rourk, I appreciate what he and his volunteers are doing. It's what all neighbors should be doing for each other. It's not about political affiliation, it's about humans helping other humans.

I may like the humanitarian gesture, but I don't like O'Rourk's other political beliefs, particularly about gun ownership. I don't like Cruz much either. I would remind folks that how we care for and help take care of each other isn't dependent on politics, skin color or gender. It's mostly a function of character and heart.
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Here's Junior, fucked up on cocaine again tonight, defending Ted Cruz and blaming it all on your Democrat governor


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FFS. He was literally on stage with Greg Abbott in 2018.

That boy seriously needs rehab.


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You and other liberals comprehension skills are severely lacking. So here, let me kindly frame his tweet into context for you. He was was referring to liberals criticizing and ridiculing Ted Cruz and basically Abbott, as well, yet never singling out their own Democrat elected governors in their own state who run cesspools and handle disasters incompetently. That’s what he meant, but guess what? He’s still fucking wrong. All politicians are fuck ups whether the left or the right.





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