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by **Eliko** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:45 pm

It has been reported that the drinking water which has been supplied to the areas in the UK severely affected by the recent floods has been contaminated.

The contamination is the result of people urinating into the tanks and in some cases adding bleach and other contaminants.

What has happened to the society that was once the envy of the world?, this news will be broadcast worldwide and will do little to improve the opinion of other nations who are expected to emulate the culture of that nation.

Just a small snippet of information to think about, the UK should exhibit it's superior standards before expecting others to follow their example, don't you think?. :roll:

by **paliometoxo** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:50 pm

where abouts in england is this happening? north?

by **CopperLine** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:55 pm

It has been reported that the drinking water which has been supplied to the areas in the UK severely affected by the recent floods has been contaminated.

The contamination is the result of people urinating into the tanks and in some cases adding bleach and other contaminants.

What has happened to the society that was once the envy of the world?, this news will be broadcast worldwide and will do little to improve the opinion of other nations who are expected to emulate the culture of that nation.

Just a small snippet of information to think about, the UK should exhibit it's superior standards before expecting others to follow their example, don't you think?.

This is nonsense. There are hundreds of millions of gallons of water inundating large parts of the UK bursting petrol station tanks, chemical storage facilities, sewage treatment plants and so on. The idea that someone - even 10,000 people - pissing in the flood waters (into flooded tanks or otherwise) is adding 'extra' contaminant or toxins to that already caught up in the water is just plain nonsense.

As I write this quick reply I wonder what on earth was the point of this daft posting in the first place; then I thought, why am I wasting valuable kilobytes respon..........

by **simonwjones** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:57 pm

I think this is Gloucester. They have had no tap water now for one week. The floods have hit the UK over the past two months.

by **Sotos** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:04 am

Why would people urinate in the tanks?

I think the effects of global warming are becoming greater every year. This year it was the worst floods in UK and at the same time some of the worst fires in southern Europe. I wonder how the weather will be in 10 years from now!!

by **simonwjones** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:07 am

Sotos wrote:Why would people urinate in the tanks? I think the effects of global warming are becoming greater every year. This year it was the worst floods in UK and at the same time some of the worst fires in southern Europe. I wonder how the weather will be in 10 years from now!!

Blimey, I couldn't imagine, and don't really want to think about it. It scares the hell out of me to be honest. There is some strange stuff happening at the moment.

by **CopperLine** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:22 am

It never ceases to amaze me how even the simplest stories are misreported, gross distortions and embellishments introduced, and fanciful extrapolations produced.

This is how the BBC actually reported what Eliko then fantasised about :

"He [Chief Constable of Gloucesterhire] warned residents not to use water bowsers with broken seals after one incident of a person urinating into a container."

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6918539.stm

So the case of one person allegedly pissing into one tank with a broken seal is translated by Eliko into '...drinking water which has been supplied to the the areas of the UK....' and he concludes from this that "what has happened to the society that was once the envy of the world" ?

Let's just add what Gloucestershire Police went on to say, (my emphasis)

"Gloucestershire Police said anyone caught causing criminal damage to bowsers, or causing public disorder at water points, would be dealt with "robustly" and could expect a custodial sentence.

However, Chief Constable Brain said there had been few reports of such incidents.

So, not quite the end of civilisation as we know it.

The trouble is, for Eliko, the real story is much less exciting, in fact pretty unremarkable, than the apocalyptic vision he'd painted.

Ho hum, just another day of fantastical misreporting I suppose.