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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:44 PM Feb 2014

Reporter in Sochi Told by Hotel Not to Allow Water to Touch Her Face

Stacy St. Clair @StacyStClair
My hotel has no water. If restored, the front desk says, "do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." #Sochi2014

Stacy St. Clair @StacyStClair
Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered

Gak!

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Reporter in Sochi Told by Hotel Not to Allow Water to Touch Her Face (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 OP

looks like they pumped it in from West Virginia NightWatcher Feb 2014 #1

She ought to bottle a sample and bring it back to the US to have it tested.... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #2

Welcome to Sochi! Drink water at your peril. MineralMan Feb 2014 #3

Did they move the olympics to West Virginia? lame54 Feb 2014 #4

In Soviet Russia water washes with you! Fumesucker Feb 2014 #5

Now that's a lot of giardia. Brickbat Feb 2014 #6

Ugh. They look like urine samples. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #7

This might explain things LiberalEsto Feb 2014 #8

Looks like rust whatever from a previously unused system. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #9

My water gets like that when I've been gone for a while Retrograde Feb 2014 #12

If our billionaires, Kochs, etc. succeed in taking over this nation for Cleita Feb 2014 #10

and this is why onethatcares Feb 2014 #11

In Russia, water drink YOU! hatrack Feb 2014 #13

Looks like melted yellow snow. lpbk2713 Feb 2014 #14

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

1. looks like they pumped it in from West Virginia

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:45 PM

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Is very cheap, you no drink now.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

2. She ought to bottle a sample and bring it back to the US to have it tested....

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:47 PM

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Might be fun to see what the lab says...

MineralMan

(146,282 posts)

3. Welcome to Sochi! Drink water at your peril.

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:48 PM

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I foresee a negative experience for many there.

lame54

(35,277 posts)

4. Did they move the olympics to West Virginia?

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:48 PM

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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

5. In Soviet Russia water washes with you!

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:49 PM

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Brickbat

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6. Now that's a lot of giardia.

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:52 PM

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TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)

7. Ugh. They look like urine samples.

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 05:09 PM

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LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

8. This might explain things

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 05:23 PM

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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

9. Looks like rust whatever from a previously unused system.

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:04 PM

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Retrograde

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12. My water gets like that when I've been gone for a while

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 07:58 PM

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iron buildup in old pipes: running the water for a minute will flush it out.

Of course, iron oxide is the best-case scenario.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

10. If our billionaires, Kochs, etc. succeed in taking over this nation for

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 06:12 PM

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their profit at the exclusion of everyone else, this is what the rest of us have to look forward to in the future from our already crumbling infrastructure.