my aug 22, 2014 toledo talk comment

http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/180830/03Aug2014/The_politics_of_this_water_crises

bq. _"anyone else disturbed by the fact that the city of toledo hired a non toledo PR agency to handle this crisis?"_

Well, Maumee receives Toledo water. That's disturbing for Maumee.  Besides, Maumee is not China, I think.

From the Aug 22, 2014 Toledo Blade story titled "Nervous residents snatch up water; city stresses quality remains safe":http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/08/22/Nervous-residents-snatch-up-water-city-stresses-quality-remains-safe.html

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Hart Associates, a marketing and public relations firm in Maumee, already was a subcontractor on water treatment plant projects for the city and was the contractor handling public relations for the "Toledo Waterways Initiative,":http://www.toledowaterwaysinitiative.com/ the $521 million program to upgrade the wastewater treatment system, said Robert Reinbolt, chief of staff to Mayor D. Michael Collins.
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Thursday was *day three*  for the bogus rumor. The nervous people were two days late for their premature panicking. 


One resident said:

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"... so maybe it’s a rumor, maybe it’s not."
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That's profound. 

More from the Blade story:

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Adam Geer, manager of the Food Town, said the store was selling three 24-bottle cases of water for $9.99, so *many customers were leaving the store with six or nine cases.*
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And here's how reliable information is obtained in the swampy farmlands of northwest Ohio.

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He said he had heard from a friend, who has a brother, *who knows a lot of people,* that officials are going to announce in the morning another “don’t drink” advisory
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He probably heard it through his tin can, connected to a string.

All of a sudden, the Iraqi dinar seems like a worthwhile investment.

I can see Toledo making a Men's Health Magazine Top 10 list for most gullible cities.