Just heard on the evening news, two problems, causes unclear. Water main rupture causes flooding. Separate incident, problem at water treatment plant (valve?) in Hillsborough County, north of Tampa, could cause many residents in that area to be left without water. Wonder if they prepped for y2k...

-- Normally (Oxsys@aol.com), January 20, 2000

Answers

Link please!

-- Dirty Dingus Mcgee (Paradise@onthewater.com), January 20, 2000.

Link? I haven't even seen it in the paper or on the net yet. It was on the evening television news (WFLA-TV, Channel 8, local NBC channel, Tampa.)

In any event, follow-up report at 6 pm indicates both problems were entirely separate, both involved water main breaks, causes unknown. One break in Tampa, one north of Tampa/ Hunters Green area... Developing story, not a lot of details. Accuracy always in question with breaking news. The one north of Tampa may necessitate stopping water service to some 10,000 residents. This is probably minor, probably not y2k-related, but there certainly have been a lot of breaks/ruptures around the country lately.

-- Normally (Oxsys@aol.com), January 20, 2000.

It will probably be in the Provda West (St. Pete Times) or Tampa Trib tomorrow.

http://www.sptimes.com/index.shtml http://www.tampatrib.com/

Sorry, don't know how to do that fancy link thingy.

-- New Guy (Newguy@Newbie.com), January 20, 2000.

Something goofy happened there. That should be 2 different addrs.

-- New Guy (Newguy@Newbie.com), January 20, 2000.

New Guy,

Pravda West? Do we have a little attitude problem?

-- Dirty Dingus Mcgee (Paradise@onthebeach.com), January 20, 2000.

Work Crews just completed repairs on a major Cleveland waterline today. The 36" Pipe broke six days ago flooding Downtown Cleveland. Those of you who want a clearer understand of the significance of the Tampa report may want to go read what's on this thread. And yes, I mean follow all of the links..there's a bunch of useful information:

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002Mzx

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 20, 2000.

Actually, Pravda West is a great name for the St Pete Times. It's common knowledge here in Tampa Bay (and verifiable) that most of the editors in chief and CEO's over the years have been communists.

*shy scheri goes back to lurking*

-- scheri (scheri@innocent.com), January 20, 2000.

Sheri, Right on. The SP Times (Pravda West) is a gun grabbing socialist rag.

-- Tim (Timgv@juno.com), January 21, 2000.