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Default In Boston? Don't drink the water!

gloria.p wrote:
> Felice wrote:
>> This evening our maintenance staff delivered complementary six-packs
>> of 16-ounce bottles of Poland Springs to all the residents in the
>> three Avalon buildings, which have in total at least 700 homes. I
>> can't imagine how they laid their hands on that much of it,
>> considering all the stores in and around Boston are out of almost
>> anything potable. My secret hunch is that they hijacked a PS truck
>> somewhere in Maine.
>>
>> Felice
>>

>
>
> From Boston.com:
>
>> Bottled water manufacturers said they were increasing production, but
>> that their ability to supply the region was limited by a shortage of
>> drivers on Sunday.
>>
>> "We have plenty of water," said Larry Gillis, with Nestle Waters North
>> America, which makes Poland Springs bottled water and has a factory in
>> Framingham. "Finding fleet resources to get the product we need into
>> MEMA has been the challenge ... we're really just scrambling."

>
> gloria p


Well, water had reappeared on the shelves when I was out shopping
tonight. I was kind-of surprised to see that.

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Jean B.