The End.

That's how the hell it feels. FIRST, the winter was completely shitty. The snow left us snowed in for days a week. People went crazy calling it the apocalypse. But indeed, we are still alive. NOW we had to go through the entire weekend without water due to toxic algae growing in our water supply in which our city, our government, has been watching it grow since July of 2011. All of this is just now coming out as of 3 AM Saturday morning. OH and let me remind you that between 11:45 PM on Friday night to 2 AM Saturday morning, I spent my time washing my hair. The news concludes that our water had been toxic Friday night while I was washing my hair. If you've been on Twitter & you live in the United States, you might have seen my city trending in the topics. With 43.7K tweets, we expressed our anger over this bogus situation. The ocean we get our water from looks like THIS;

Just for funnies, this is what I compare it to. I had to watch this movie in envirionment scince. Who knew this would happen to my very own city?

Anyway, first, the news says DO NOT use the water at all that comes from your faucet. Not even boiling the water will kill the toxins. You must go out and purchase bottle water or go to a fire station in another city for fresh water. Soon after that aired, every store in the city ran out of water. Next, the news tells us "okay you can shower but do not get it in your mouth nor drink it." My friend decided to go against the grain and had a drink of the water... She's still living btw. No sickness. That brings me to the concern how do we wash our bodies with water we should not drink? The skin is the largest organ our body has. If the toxic algae can destroy our immune system and insides, it can destroy our outer skin as well, right? This whole situation seems funny.

The city is currently the way it is because the government began watching the toxic algae problem back in July of 2011 but said NOTHING. They knew then and we know now. They're now using this as a way to bring money into the city and to give the news station a reason to stay on air all day. Hearing the same story over and over and over is getting infuriating. They've even called FEMA and brought in the National Guard to pass out free water to those in need. No restaurant is opened so no food. You can shower but only if you're a healthy adult otherwise you must use bottled water. I don't get it. It doesn't add up. More so, they're playing around with the water result tests. On Saturday, August 1st, we were told the tests had been sent out at 3 AM that morning and would be back around 7 PM that night to discuss how to handle the crisis. 7 PM came and they said "it'll be ready by 6 AM Sunday." They were sent off to Cincinnati, mind you. Onward, 6 AM, still no results. We were promised yet again that there would be results at 3 or 4 PM. Still none as of now. They know something and just aren't telling us.

But we're praying this is all over TODAY.

PS. The water looks the same, doesn't smell and feels how it usually does. I believe this whole thing is to cause us to panic so the government can bring money back into the city. I don't understand how this works but okay. Whatever. Thanks for the scare government but can we MOVE ALONG?! We are Ohio's FOURTH largest city and we have no water. Sucky way to get known. We gotta get it together. & no, I don't trust this water as much as I don't trust the government handling the situation.

♥

Reisha 

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UPDATE: The water advisory has been lifted. However, my claim still stands.