A major water main broke Friday in the city that supplies my drinking water. While we weren't without water as many were, we are under a "boil water for 5 minutes" order at this time. The most recent tests of the water came back clean, except for one area of 31 areas that was "inconclusive". Further results are expected today.

My question is: 5 minutes? What am I killing in there? They say fecal coliform - I don't think 5 minutes is required to kill that!! I've been using some bottled water we were given for drinking, and an electric teapot to boil what we need for cooking. Frankly, I'm not real worried about getting sick, but an ounce of prevention...

It's funny to hear people whine about who is going to pay for the bottled water "they need". I wonder if I can sell my recipe for boiled water to those clowns? I could make hundreds of cents doing so...wooo hooo