'No F*cking Excuse': Outrage in Houston Over Officials' Late Notice of Boil Water Alert

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'No F*cking Excuse': Outrage in Houston Over Officials' Late Notice of Boil Water Alert
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'Would have been nice to know BEFORE my little girl showered, drank water from the tap, and brushed her teeth this evening,' said mom CaseyWeather after Houston officials took over six hours to notify more than 2 million residents of a boil water notice.

on social media:"A boil water notice has been issued for the city of Houston. Everyone should boil the water before drinking, cooking, bathing, and brushing their teeth."

Many residents did not receive the city's notice until Sunday night. Responding to the late warning, journalist José de Jesus Ortiz ,"How and why in the hell did Houston officials wait until around 8 pm tell citizens that there was a power outage at a water plant in the morning?":"The city of Houston has everyone's email address that has a water bill. We all pay it online. It's beyond unacceptable that we don't have an email from them saying there's a boil notice. No fucking excuse.

"The reason we're doing the water boil notice is it's a regulatory requirement," Houston Water Director Yvonne Williams Forrest

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