phorbesie Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 people sure love to overreact!!! we can't drink the tap water right now in vancouver because storms>landslides>reservoir contamination. all you gotta do is boil yer water for one minute though. however, stores are all selling out of bottled water, and the newspaper has stories of customers 'grappling' over the water and shows line-ups of hundreds to buy stores of water. what a joke! just boil the water you lazy dumbasses! i will say i was a little disappointed that starbucks was not serving coffee due to this. yes, that's right, NO STARBUCKS! the horror! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I'd head straight to the beer store (does BC have the equivalent of Ontario's Beer Stores and LCBO stores?) and stock up, making sure to get a wide range of brands/styles, as I really don't know which one would work best with Colgate Total toothpaste...Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 all you gotta do is boil yer water for one minute thoughYou'll probally want to boil your water longer then one minute, considering some viruses, toxins & parasites (e.g. giardia) can survive past the boiling point. When my ex & I took our outdoor survival course it was recommended we boil our water for a minimum of ten minutes. This was also the recommendation given to us when we backpacked through the Yukon up to the artic circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 thanks for the info! the news was telling us one minute, but i'll start boiling it longer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Let's assume I had an ornate piece of glassware that, when filled with water, functioned as a pipe through which tobacco (or other materials) could be smoked. Does the water have to be boiled first to be safe?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 pretty sure the word bong isn't filtered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 thanks for the info!the news was telling us one minute, but i'll start boiling it longer now. I believe the safe range is five minutes really (5-10 anyway), but its always better safe then sorry. I've also read conflicting accounts about giardia (for example) that state it dies before the boiling point, but again, I rather wait a few more minutes then get beaver fever. Of course, this was for lakes, rivers, ponds (still waters) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 thanks for the info!the news was telling us one minute' date=' but i'll start boiling it longer now. [/quote'] I believe the safe range is five minutes really (5-10 anyway), but its always better safe then sorry. I've also read conflicting accounts about giardia (for example) that state it dies before the boiling point, but again, I rather wait a few more minutes then get beaver fever. Of course, this was for lakes, rivers, ponds (still waters) etc. you would probably do well to run it through a coffee filter first....if it's as bad as they say, then a lot of the particulate (dirt etc) in the water is providing habitat for the bacteria. filter & boil for 5 minutes & you oughta be fine. sheesh. sure hope they get this fixed soon, i can't remember a major urban centre having this sort of water trouble... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 in our part of town the water is still coming out of the tap clear, whereas other places it's totally brown. so i think ours is likely ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I think that five minutes is the right amount of boiling time, but ten minutes is the standard because when you're waiting for water to boil five minutes feels like ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I had beaver fever way before this resevoir contamination started.hey phorbsie - you going to see the masses play tonight?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted November 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 no but i'd love to see a show sometime during the week next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 there's always something going on.And since i put my phone number on the internet for every wierdo,stalker,and unsavoury person to waste my minutes with I hope that you'll use it and make all the potential hassles worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) ...i put my phone number on the internet for every wierdo,stalker,and unsavoury person to waste my minutes with...no wonder you have beaver fever Edited November 20, 2006 by Guest i'm dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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