But... but...but it's safe! The government said so!
The Ohio River's water intake for the city of Cincinnati will close ahead of incoming pollutants from the East Palestine train derailment in a move that the local water utility service says is "out of an abundance of caution."
From what I read on Saturday, the plume is moving down the river. The ppm of these chemicals were down to safe levels. The longer the plume is in the river, the more dispersed it will get. I live on the Ohio and the Tennessee, 30 miles east of the Mississippi. I don't know anyone who fishes the Ohio. People will fish the Tennessee and the two lakes. KYFW recommends that Ohio river fish only be eaten once a month or once every two months depending on species and size. This was before the spill. Today the flow of the Ohio at Cincinnati was 318.9 kCFS. (thousands of Cubic Feet per Second) The flow at Smithland today is about the same. By Thursday, the flow at Smithland will be 422 kCFS. That is a lot of water.
Huntington, WV closed their intakes last week, now drawing from the Guyandot. I’m 25 miles south but our water comes from Tug Fork. These lying motherfuckers say it’s out of an abundance of caution, too. Eod1sg Ret
News was trying to induce a panic by posting a picture of a mud plume from recent rains. Creek the plume was from wasn't even in the East Palestine drainage field
Given what is upstream of Cincinnati, I doubt it was ever safe for drinking in the past century.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I read on Saturday, the plume is moving down the river. The ppm of these chemicals were down to safe levels. The longer the plume is in the river, the more dispersed it will get. I live on the Ohio and the Tennessee, 30 miles east of the Mississippi. I don't know anyone who fishes the Ohio. People will fish the Tennessee and the two lakes. KYFW recommends that Ohio river fish only be eaten once a month or once every two months depending on species and size. This was before the spill.
ReplyDeleteToday the flow of the Ohio at Cincinnati was 318.9 kCFS. (thousands of Cubic Feet per Second) The flow at Smithland today is about the same. By Thursday, the flow at Smithland will be 422 kCFS. That is a lot of water.
Huntington, WV closed their intakes last week, now drawing from the Guyandot. I’m 25 miles south but our water comes from Tug Fork. These lying motherfuckers say it’s out of an abundance of caution, too. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteNews was trying to induce a panic by posting a picture of a mud plume from recent rains. Creek the plume was from wasn't even in the East Palestine drainage field
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