Mixup of drinking, irrigation water: dangerous outbreak

Saturday, May 18, 2024

In 1989, a city in Utah upgraded its drinking water system, putting in a whole new system and repurposing the old one to supply cheap untreated water for irrigating lawns and putting out fires. That meant that the treated water suitable for drinking flowed from new spigots, while untreated water gushed from the old ones. Decades went by with no apparent confusion; residents seemed clear on the two different water sources.

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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-18 03:52 PM | Reply

Meh. They literally have an angel named "Moron-i"

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-05-18 09:15 PM | Reply

@#2 ... They literally have an angel named "Moron-i" ...

They don't. Not by that name as you transcribe it.

Angel Moroni
en.wikipedia.org

... The Angel Moroni (/morona/[1]) is an angel whom Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, reported as having visited him on numerous occasions, beginning on September 21, 1823.

According to Smith, the angel Moroni was the guardian of the golden plates buried near his home in western New York, which Latter Day Saints believe were the source of the Book of Mormon.

An important figure in the theology of the Latter Day Saint movement, Moroni is featured prominently in its architecture and art. Besides Smith, the Three Witnesses and several other witnesses also reported that they saw Moroni in visions in 1829. ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-19 07:16 PM | Reply