On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 06:49 -0700, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> 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.
----
you are applying reason to a fear and fears are generally unreasonable.
I think I observed last night that showering in Phoenix the last couple
of days is likely no worse than tubing down the Salt (which I don't do
anymore).
Obviously, the water is running through the Phoenix filtration systems
at a rate that doesn't permit them to certify meeting federal standards
(which may not be entirely sufficient by themselves) and of course, this
water sneaks into our bodies in so many mysterious ways. Like for
example, I had a salad at a restaurant last night and I knew that the
lettuce etc. had been recently washed...killed my enthusiasm for the
salad. My ice cube maker is shut off. Milwaukee's issues weren't that
long ago. The tiniest bit of e coli can go a long way.
Cheers
Craig
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