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Apparently a contractor broke a water main a couple blocks from us. They're telling us to boil all our water before drinking it.
Fortunately, we went to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sparticleman's place last night for a housewarming party. Because his building posted notices...and otherwise we would have had no idea.
Which leads to three thoughts.
1. The news is useless. I've been trying to find more information, but failing to find anything useful. For example - they say very specifically that this affects a 10x20 block area centering on the break. But they don't tell us where the break is, exactly. (They say the street, but the street stretches the length of the city. They say the neigborhood, but the street is in the neighborhood for a good ten blocks. We don't know if we're officially affected.) Or - they say we should boil water for a minute. But not for how long we have to do this. Today? The next two days? This week? Forever? However, as Chuckro pointed out, every single report has helpfully mentioned that it was a 36-inch pipe. Thanks, media.
2. In the event of a local emergency, we're screwed. We don't listen to the radio, we don't watch TV, we don't really talk to our neighbors, we don't live in a big enough building to have notices posted, we get our news from the Internet, whcih is fairly national/international. Godzilla could be stomping around Hoboken, heading south, and we would have no idea until he stepped on us with his big scaly feet.
3. Man, this sucks.
Fortunately, we went to
sparticleman's place last night for a housewarming party. Because his building posted notices...and otherwise we would have had no idea. Which leads to three thoughts.
1. The news is useless. I've been trying to find more information, but failing to find anything useful. For example - they say very specifically that this affects a 10x20 block area centering on the break. But they don't tell us where the break is, exactly. (They say the street, but the street stretches the length of the city. They say the neigborhood, but the street is in the neighborhood for a good ten blocks. We don't know if we're officially affected.) Or - they say we should boil water for a minute. But not for how long we have to do this. Today? The next two days? This week? Forever? However, as Chuckro pointed out, every single report has helpfully mentioned that it was a 36-inch pipe. Thanks, media.
2. In the event of a local emergency, we're screwed. We don't listen to the radio, we don't watch TV, we don't really talk to our neighbors, we don't live in a big enough building to have notices posted, we get our news from the Internet, whcih is fairly national/international. Godzilla could be stomping around Hoboken, heading south, and we would have no idea until he stepped on us with his big scaly feet.
3. Man, this sucks.
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Date: 2007-07-16 01:42 pm (UTC)From:According to the news release last night, "The company is conducting laboratory tests on the tap water to be sure that it meets safe drinking water standards. Results typically take 24-48 hours." So we probably shouldn't expect the all-clear until Wednesday, at this rate.