Frustration grows as shelves empty and businesses shut following W. Va. chemical spill

[unhappycamper]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/12/hundreds-report-exposure-symptoms-in-w-va-after-crippling-chemical-spill/

Frustration grows as shelves empty and businesses shut following W. Va. chemical spill
Published January 12, 2014
FoxNews.com

As hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia enter a third full day without clean tap water following a chemical spill, frustrations are beginning to mount.

Most visitors have cleared out of Charleston while locals are either staying home or driving out of the area to find somewhere they can get a hot meal or a shower. Meanwhile, business owners with empty dining rooms and quiet aisles of merchandise around West Virginia's capital were left to wonder how much of an economic hit they'll take from the chemical spill.

State officials said late Saturday that water sample test results must consistently show that the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol's presence in the public water system is at or below 1 part per million, the level recommended by federal agencies, before residents can turn on their taps again, West Virginia American Water President Jeff McIntyre said Saturday at a news conference.

Officials said that water samples were "trending in that direction," and most were below that level, but flushing would not begin until readings were under the 1 part per million level for a 24-hour period. More than 100 more samples were due to be tested overnight.

[hadrons]

1. And how many of these people will still believe that ...

LESS regulation for coal is the path to the future???

[The Blue Flower]

2. Charleston's Chamber of Commerce is helping businesses file claims

I would think that the business community would now understand that regulation is in their interest and would get behind it. It hope so.