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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Five sailors are sickened after water tanks aboard USS Nimitz were contaminated with JET FUEL: Emergency procedure to flush out water supply fails within days
2022-10-01
  • Sailors have suffered acid reflux and other illnesses feared to be linked to the contaminated water

  • Attempts to flush out the system failed, and further traces of jet fuel were detected in same supply just days later

  • Sailors say the entire vessel - which is 47 years old - now reeks of the fuel

  • The warship was due to embark on training exercises to ready it for deployment but those have now been delayed, the Navy has confirmed
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  /\ ..."I need to promote some BIPOC / Alt-gender candidates to meet the quota so find me the least objectionable ones. Chop chop!"
Posted by: magpie   2022-10-01 20:27  

#5  Something wrong? Perhaps when Ability and Competence, that weird Meritocracy idea, is replaced by various forms of overt Nepotism then yeah, things go in the crapper. 'A fish rots from its head' and our political brass are starting to reek.
Posted by: magpie   2022-10-01 20:24  

#4  Like that guy said, “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships Navy today.”
Posted by: SteveS   2022-10-01 20:08  

#3  "Attention, all sufferers of every ill afflicting Soylentkind! Have you or a loved one set foot on board the USS Nimitz between 2022 and the present?"
Posted by: Jeth Ghibelline5850   2022-10-01 19:37  

#2  Complement
Ship's company: 3,532
Air wing: 2,480
'Five Sailors' is a statistical blip on a crew that larger. A 'blip' that should not happen, but still a blip.
Posted by: magpie   2022-10-01 13:51  

#1  the entire vessel - which is 47 years old - now reeks of the fuel

The smoking light is out. [ever pay attention to the sign on the gas pump that says 'Do not operate cell phone']
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-01 08:22  

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