It might surprise you to realize that Ive set out to prove that our water company, our state officials, and the EPA have our best interest at heart. As skeptical as I am about that assertion, I hope you understand that I have this instinctual attachment to enduring no harm from this. Besides which, as the state of affairs has dictated, we have no choice but to trust the decisions that cant be resisted. Im inclined to be all in or all out. If no harm comes to me from this exercise, Im hoping that it can ease our minds into peaceful trust. If I suffer adverse effects from this exercise, I honestly dont know what the next step is. Ive been teaching for almost twenty years. Human behavior is one of my favorite subjects, and my affinity for it gets plenty of stimulation. So many people will be buying their drinking water. Many of them have said they wont trust the tap water for a very long time. Its been one week for me today since the ban on water, and they finally lifted the ban here. I followed the directions for flushing, which, by the way, is my least favorite word right now. A bitter part of me wonders if they were counting on people buying water in bottles and jugs. I admit that its a bitter part of me. From our first lie, we were cognizant of liars. We see in others who weve been. Part of me also responds to this with fear. I certainly do hope that everything will be right as rain. Lets move forward without wasting energy on blame, if you please. Inexplicable facts already exist, and, while there are many versions of the truth, putting them to words in sequence and without emotion reveals to us which version we prefer. The spill happened upstream of a water treatment plant. The filtration system couldnt stop 4-methyl cyclohexane methanol from reaching our homes and businesses. The ban on water began. The smell. Water that burns. Press conferences. FEMA. Bottled water. Town hall meetings. Maps of red then blue. Flushing. Water treatment plants located down stream shut off their intake of the rivers water. FEMA leaves. Distribution centers shut down. Can we focus on the water now? If it wasnt apparent to you that there are some chemicals that simply cant be filtered, you may have recently learned something new. This is just the one chemical. How many more chemicals do you think exist that can make it through our filters? I dont have that answer. Unknown. Theyre unsure of the effects of MCHM to the human body. No wait. They dont know at all about the effects of MCHM on the human body. I dont know what the outcome of this exercise will be. Nevertheless, I have faith that this is the right path. Im going with the flow, honoring their wishes, and Im drinking the recommended daily allowance of water from my tap. Ill be video-documenting each glass for 40 days.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:22:19 +0000
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