1. ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ2. Oakum? Oakum! Oakum is in Oliver Twist. The orphans had to unpick it. Itโs rope. How do you pack liquid lead with rope? Either way, holy shit, toxic and antiquated. 3. Lead pipes in homes. ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ Had a lead waste pipe on a claw foot bathtub in San Francisco when a student, plumber was amazed. Me too.
They switched FROM Lake Huron? Like Huron, the best lake in the entire solar system, bar none! But no they decided theyโd get water from the Flint River. I donโt know what the fuck in Flint River is but itโs got to be near to the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair. Which is this little water hunk at the bottom of Lake Huron between Michigan and Ontario. I remember years ago there being news reports that a multi mile long ball of toxic sludge was at the bottom of the St. Clair River. So, fuck all these bastards. And holy shit is it ever undemocratic to throw in these crazy โemergency managersโ. Good God. I guess they were there to *manage to cause an emergency*. And they sure succeeded.
Yes, oakum (or hemp, sayeth the rules, hahaha). The old-timers swore by it. Indeed, there is actually a little oakum hammer, just for pounding it into the joint. The lead serves to protect the oakum, and is just smeared around the outside. Instead of the lead, an obviously preferable choice would be high-performance elastomeric sealant (installed properly).
The switch to Flint River didn't have to be a disaster. If they had done the treatment required by the switch, it would have been just as safe. But no, that was too much to ask for, because they were there to cut services to the bone because Snyder said they weren't responsible enough with their funds.
Donโt fret too much over orthophosphate, provided your water agency is on top of things. Phosphate movement fuels and stores energy at the cellular level. As you should suspect, โthe answer is more complicated.โ The articles below explains some of the nuances in phosphate management. Dosage is critical, as is understanding the chemistry of a particular water source. What is clear, is that lead has useful physical properties, but its intrinsic danger outweighs any benefit. Lead was not good to Rome. Many of us; however, have that protective coating that can form naturally, but the coating is vulnerable to physical damage (e.g. vibration from construction) or changes in water chemistry.
So if you have lead service pipes (I do), flush water standing overnight before drinking. Long term, replace the lead service from the main to the house. Enlightened water agencies and government are working on this, albeit at a glacial pace. Flint was a perfect storm of bad.
The voters passed a ballot initiative forbidding the governor from pulling this "emergency manager" crap. The legislature (both houses controlled by guess which party) overrode the voters with legislation using a procedural quirk that barred voters from overturning this with a ballot initiative again.Aside from the poisoning in Flint, in Battle Creek the emergency manager sold off large amounts of public property to cronies at bargain table prices.
Yes, but they were poor, the Republicans don't even have to fake concern for the poor anymore.
1. ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ2. Oakum? Oakum! Oakum is in Oliver Twist. The orphans had to unpick it. Itโs rope. How do you pack liquid lead with rope? Either way, holy shit, toxic and antiquated. 3. Lead pipes in homes. ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ Had a lead waste pipe on a claw foot bathtub in San Francisco when a student, plumber was amazed. Me too.
And their families.
They switched FROM Lake Huron? Like Huron, the best lake in the entire solar system, bar none! But no they decided theyโd get water from the Flint River. I donโt know what the fuck in Flint River is but itโs got to be near to the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair. Which is this little water hunk at the bottom of Lake Huron between Michigan and Ontario. I remember years ago there being news reports that a multi mile long ball of toxic sludge was at the bottom of the St. Clair River. So, fuck all these bastards. And holy shit is it ever undemocratic to throw in these crazy โemergency managersโ. Good God. I guess they were there to *manage to cause an emergency*. And they sure succeeded.
Yes, oakum (or hemp, sayeth the rules, hahaha). The old-timers swore by it. Indeed, there is actually a little oakum hammer, just for pounding it into the joint. The lead serves to protect the oakum, and is just smeared around the outside. Instead of the lead, an obviously preferable choice would be high-performance elastomeric sealant (installed properly).
I hate jury duty but I will happily serve on this one.
Instead of prison, couldn't we just make them live on Flint water for a year. I mean, it's perfectly safe, right?
Lock them UP!
Lock. Them. Up. Ta, Robyn.
The switch to Flint River didn't have to be a disaster. If they had done the treatment required by the switch, it would have been just as safe. But no, that was too much to ask for, because they were there to cut services to the bone because Snyder said they weren't responsible enough with their funds.
Donโt fret too much over orthophosphate, provided your water agency is on top of things. Phosphate movement fuels and stores energy at the cellular level. As you should suspect, โthe answer is more complicated.โ The articles below explains some of the nuances in phosphate management. Dosage is critical, as is understanding the chemistry of a particular water source. What is clear, is that lead has useful physical properties, but its intrinsic danger outweighs any benefit. Lead was not good to Rome. Many of us; however, have that protective coating that can form naturally, but the coating is vulnerable to physical damage (e.g. vibration from construction) or changes in water chemistry.
https://archive.theincline....
https://cen.acs.org/environ...
So if you have lead service pipes (I do), flush water standing overnight before drinking. Long term, replace the lead service from the main to the house. Enlightened water agencies and government are working on this, albeit at a glacial pace. Flint was a perfect storm of bad.
The voters passed a ballot initiative forbidding the governor from pulling this "emergency manager" crap. The legislature (both houses controlled by guess which party) overrode the voters with legislation using a procedural quirk that barred voters from overturning this with a ballot initiative again.Aside from the poisoning in Flint, in Battle Creek the emergency manager sold off large amounts of public property to cronies at bargain table prices.
on the plus side there are 2 black guys and a couple of older women so...diversity
Holy crap! So the erosion of democracy, way pre-trump. ๐ณ๐
Jesus.
Interesting. Yeah, this is way too archaic. Lead preserving rope. ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ