Flint’s frustrations, fears evident at emergency water stations

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Source: Yahoo News





Flint’s frustrations, fears evident at emergency water stations
‘I’m shocked that they let something like this happen,’ resident says

By Caitlin Dickson
11 hours ago


A Michigan National Guardsman directs traffic at an emergency water station in Flint, Mich., on Friday. (Caitlin …
FLINT, Mich. — In the parking lot of Fire Station No. 1, Katalina Crawford brings her older sedan to a crawl and waits to show her driver’s license in exchange for a case of bottled drinking water.

It’s a routine the 61-year-old cancer survivor has repeated every third day for the past two weeks since Michigan emergency managers began providing Flint’s 99,000 residents with free bottled water.

An unknown number of children and other residents have been poisoned by lead in Flint’s drinking water since the city — acting on the order of state managers — began drawing its water from the Flint River 18 months ago without adding corrosion-control chemicals. Authorities switched back to Detroit municipal water in October 2015 but fear pipes and fixtures may still be tainted.

Government officials, including Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, have been chastised for downplaying the Flint water issue while it worsened.




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A Michigan National Guardsman directs traffic at an emergency water station in Flint, Mich., on Friday. (Caitlin Dickson/Yahoo News)



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#Flint residents must show ID to get water--one case per household

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1. Disgusting how Snyder is telling selective parts of the truth and lying about other parts.

He's saying it's a career civil servant decision, but he's the one that personally appointed that jerk so he's still responsible. He releases emails, but not from the year when the decisions were being made and the trouble first started. Fry his ass, Justice Dept. Don't know why he's not already indicted.