Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water system, sheriff says

Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by elliekelly on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:56PM (#26072043)

A “great job fixing it” is an exceedingly generous characterization. And the link you’ve provided makes it clear the issue hasn’t been “fixed” just by replacing the pipes. The people of Flint don’t trust their drinking water. (With good reason!) As long as these (predominantly low-income) people feel the need to spend money on bottled drinking the water the issue isn’t fixed just because a lab has determined the water is safe to drink again.

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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by throwawayboise on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:34PM (#26072367)

So with the weight of contrary scientific evidence, the people still don't believe the water is safe? This sounds like the same arguments about climate change and election fraud that get dismissed out of hand.

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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by jancsika on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:51PM (#26074015)

> So with the weight of contrary scientific evidence, the people still don't believe the water is safe?

That is what a reasonable human would expect "the people" to do when multiple agencies overseeing the utilities were initially so irresponsible/incompetent/negligent that water superheroes from three states over had to swoop in to warn residents their fucking pipes are poisoned[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis#Virginia_Te...

Edit: clarification

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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by hanniabu on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:56PM (#26072533)

That's not at all equivalent. The issue is they were lead (heh) to believe the water was safe before. So when you're told the water is safe, but then it isn't why would you believe them next time?

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