Please Help West Va. Water Hub

This is a follow up on Meteor Blade's OT last night on the dire situation in West Virginia. People are still without potable water, and many without the funds to buy it. The West Virginia Clean Water Hub has a FB page to coordinate the distribution of clean water to those who need it. Please follow below the twisted rain drop to read how they're doing, and how we can help.

Humor sometimes shines through. A testament to the wonderful nature of humans in adversity.

"We're doing what we call Charleston CrossFit," said Scott McMillian in an interview with PolicyMic, "carrying a seven gallon jug of water in each arm from our backyards into our homes."

As Jenny used to say "We're Gypsies. When we laugh, we cry. And when we cry, we laugh". But these are no Gypsies. This is their home. And as you can see by the map at the link above, nearly a quarter of the state is waterless. Except for the kindness of others.

In consultation with state health and environmental regulators, as well as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), American Water declared their product safe on Jan. 14, provided you are not pregnant or under the age of three. However, trace levels of MCHM have remained in the water supply and symptoms of airborne and oral exposure including dizziness, headaches, rashes and burning eyes have continued to be reported.

Can you help? Time, money, water.  

Keeper of the Mountains

a 501 (c) 3

 is now accepting donations for the

WV Clean Water Hub

The thirsty folks of West Virginia thank you. Kudos to Aurora Lights, Coal River Mountain Watch, Keeper of the Mountains Foundation, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and RAMPS. They are all helping.   Please  join in with a donation for the thirsty.

Water has become political, as we see here, and as we are seeing in the Duke contamination in NC.

West Virginia produced 120 million tons of coal in 2011, which is the second largest amount in the United States. Rep. David McKinley (R-W. Va.) took $48,000 in coal industry donations in 2013 and Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) hauled in $165,275, records show. Both are among the top recipients of coal industry money in Congress. The state's Democratic governor Earl Ray Tomblin has taken almost half a million dollars from the coal industry.

Let's show these folks who it is that cares.