# Attention CleveDopers: don't drink the water and get inside!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 15, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-clevedopers-dont-drink-the-water-and-get-inside/195289 "2003-08-15T01:11:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-clevedopers-dont-drink-the-water-and-get-inside/195289/1 "2003-08-15T01:11:37Z")

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Cleveland area dopers, remember that there’s a curfew from 9:30 to dawn, so you now have eleven minutes to get off the streets! RUN FOR IT!!!

Also, the city of Cleveland has said that the water supply is almost done in, so don’t drink the tap water, run washers, take showers, etc!

I’VE GOT THE POWER!

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**Author:** ![NevarMore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@NevarMore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NevarMore)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-clevedopers-dont-drink-the-water-and-get-inside/195289/2 "2003-08-15T01:19:09Z")

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I’m down here in Stow (near Akron, Cuyahoga Falls) drinking lots of water with the A/C on arctic blast just to spite Cleveland.

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**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-clevedopers-dont-drink-the-water-and-get-inside/195289/3 "2003-08-15T01:30:59Z")

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Hmm, they didn’t say anything about not drinking the beer…😃

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**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-clevedopers-dont-drink-the-water-and-get-inside/195289/4 "2003-08-15T01:35:32Z")

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Update: They’re reporting that there are only 2-4 hours of water left, and many of the east side communities are already out. If you do use tap water, boil it for at least three minutes before drinking it.

Be careful out there!