Prank signs on PA Turnpike H2O fountains target fracking.

[Divernan]

They were so official looking that they remained up for more than TWO weeks before Frack Ho GOP Governor Corbett's wishy washy Turnpike officials figured out they were fake and took them down. Small print at the bottom of the sign listed symptoms from drinking contaminated water: headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, hair loss, itchy skin and kidney failure, and a DEP phone number to call for more information.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11178/1156490-503.stm#ixzz1QTe0E229


Prank signs on rest area drinking fountains target gas drilling
Monday, June 27, 2011
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The professionally printed sign bearing the banner message "SAFE TO DRINK" and affixed to a drinking fountain in the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Midway Service Plaza looked official at first glance, even if it seemed to state the obvious.

But something didn't look quite right to Tonya Markiewicz, who stopped in for a drink June 8 while on a trip to Philadelphia and New York City, and it had nothing to do with the stream of cold water arching from the fountain.

The message of the sign, which bore what purported to be a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection logo in the upper left hand corner and has since been discovered in several other turnpike service plazas, was coyly equivocal. It read: "This water is most likely safe. If you have any concerns about contamination due to hydraulic fracturing, expose water to flame."

That procedure -- unsafe at best and potentially fatal at worst if the water contained ignitable concentrations of methane -- was depicted in a graphic that shows a hand holding a lit match under a water faucet.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11178/1156490-503.stm#ixzz1QTcWs3cN

[hobbit709]

1. I love creative monkey-wrenching.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. It's just beautiful.

:thumbsup:

priceless.

[H2O Man]

2. Recommended.

"Monkey warfare" is a good thing.

[trotsky]

3. "If you have any concerns about contamination due to hydraulic fracturing, expose water to flame."

LMAO! Perfect!

[LiberalFighter]

13. Now start complaining about the water being contaminated and

demand they publicly test the water with a flame.

[AlecBGreen]

5. very clever, more please!

[RKP5637]

6. Excellent!!! n/t

[Patiod]

7. Perfect! Absolutely perfect!

Thanks for posting this. Our governor is indeed a frakking whore.

[Renew Deal]

8. That's actually pretty funny.

"expose water to flame" :rofl:


:nuke:

[Shagbark Hickory]

9. As Enrique Iglesias says, " I like it". nt

[yodermon]

10. the sign

[ileus]

11. too funny...and too true.

[disillusioned73]

12. Good to see people in PA..

fighting back:dem:

[Marie Marie]

14. Pure Passive Activism. Perfect!

[Enthusiast]

15. Just beautiful..............nt