On Jan 25, 2005, at 9:50 PM, Craig White wrote:
> Has anyone been brave enough to shower? I'm starting to feel ripe (I
> skipped shower today). I am afraid to turn it on and get in. I must
> live
> near Mike Hoy (by the way Mike - if I do get in the shower, I probably
> could have you bring your laptop over where I have a wireless base that
> we can use to troubleshoot).
>
> I can use bottled water for brushing my teeth but shower is beyond
> bottles - and of course, it isn't gonna be the stuff you see that will
> kill you.
>
> Am I too paranoid?
Yes.
But with good reason! There seems to be a very high amount of scare
mongering about this issue. I can't say I'm surprised since the mass
media has *never* been good about accessing any kind of relative
risks... but still.
Here's the issue in a nut-shell:
Due, probably, to the recent storms, the water in Phoenix had a higher
percentage of sediment (dirt) than it should have. Federal limit is
roughly 1 part per billion, the water Tuesday afternoon was over 2 ppb.
Sediment can contain potentially dangerous microbes and if THAT was
the case, then it might have been bad. But it wasn't the case. This
was 'clean' dirt, if you will. The end result of all this extra dirt
was this: IF you drink a lot of the water and IF you have a delicate
gastro-intestional tract then you MIGHT get a minor sore stomach or the
trots.
Basically, a lot of furor over, well, if not nothing, at least very
little.
Showers and the like shouldn't be affected at all.
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