Since last week, hundreds of thousands of West Virginians have been trying to make do without tap water after a chemical leaked out of a storage tank upriver of the West Virginia American Water plant.
Chemical spill shuts down much of W.Va. capital – http://t.co/RzQMMZ3IVj pic.twitter.com/OqRGTRpebs
— Athens Banner-Herald (@onlineathens) January 10, 2014
More images from West Virginia Chemical Spill aftermath.
via @FreedomPreppers #Preppers #Preparedness pic.twitter.com/h2gVd3sErR— Bobby Akart (@BobbyAkart) January 10, 2014
DOM Pres. (& his daughter) are delivering over 400 gallons of water to WV residents effected by the chemical spill pic.twitter.com/MG09LlF7Qe
— Direct Online Mktg (@directom) January 10, 2014
Fortunately, the ban on tap water is gradually being lifted:
JUST IN: West Virginia @GovTomblin lifts tap water ban for some areas of the state after chemical spill
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) January 13, 2014
WVa Gov Tomblin the do not use order is lifted in certain areas. Flushing can begin. #WestVirginia
— Anne Thompson (@annenbcnews) January 13, 2014
To clarify: they are lifting water bans *by zone* beginning today in some areas of West Virginia.
— Traci Lee (@traciglee) January 13, 2014
In the meantime, though, there are still a lot of people who need help. And Americans for Prosperity is up to the task:
https://twitter.com/BaylorMyers/status/422410398034583552
Want to help residents of WV who have a water crisis right now? Call 1 (304) 677-9245 #WVWaterCrisis @AFPFlorida @AFPhq
— Slade O'Brien (@SladeOBrien) January 12, 2014
Team @AFPhq, @AfpOhio an others working hard to distribute water in Charleston WV. pic.twitter.com/gzdMLyg5aV
— Jim Shaw (@_JWShaw_) January 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/AFPhq/status/422483436922609665
So proud of @AFPhq and their state chapters for sending out troops to #WestVirginia to hand out water and supplies!
— Hannah Munoz (@ItsHannuhhhh) January 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/AFPhq/status/422477323867131904
https://twitter.com/BaylorMyers/status/422761974397931520
Just awesome. It’s truly wonderful to see people coming together to help those in need.
So leave it to lefties to act like spiteful little jackasses:
-Why's all our West Virginia tap water catching fire, daddy? -oh, that's just big govt regulation getting off our backs.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 13, 2014
Hey, West Virginia! You voted for the party against gov’t regulations. How’s that taste now! pic.twitter.com/zblMCzFnNY #StopRush #UniteBlue
— Captain Murdock (@CaptMurdock) January 12, 2014
Libs are such champions of the common man.
@CaptMurdock sad for the folks but is very ironic. Hopefully a lesson has been learned.
— Pineapple Titan (@the_devik) January 12, 2014
@the_devik They can’t say we didn’t warn them about stuff like this, time and time again.
— Captain Murdock (@CaptMurdock) January 12, 2014
Evidently showing a little humanity is too much to ask from those guys. How pathetic.
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