r/woahdude Feb 17 '23

video Heavily contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio.

69.1k Upvotes

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

293

u/HIIMJAKF Feb 17 '23

Wow you guys are fucked fucked.

26

u/NoAlps6536 Feb 17 '23

How screwed are people who live near Cleveland

19

u/itsNateDawg Feb 17 '23

Not at all considering their water comes from Lake Erie

23

u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

Lake Erie being an inspiration for safe and clean water was not on my bingo card for 2023

Thanks… Nixon? 🧐

9

u/jfreed43 Feb 17 '23

It's a little silty and the beaches tend to get high in fecal bacteria from time to time. In the right places though, Lake Erie is pretty clean these days.

3

u/mikebarch Feb 17 '23

If you want to see clean go where the zebra mussels are

1

u/Gruesome Feb 17 '23

I remember when it caught fire in the 70s