It just reinforces why breastfeeding is crucial for babies if regular sources of water are interrupted. Distribution was the problem. Judy Ritchie http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcsupply/5desxmoin9.html Des Moines Water Works manager comments on recovery after flood September 2005 U.S. Water News Online DES MOINES, Iowa -- Restoring drinkable water to a city the size of New Orleans could take months given the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, said L.D. McMullen, who restored water to Des Moines after extensive flooding in 1993. ………. The immediate challenge in New Orleans will be getting clean water to residents while the system is down. Soft drink companies and even breweries bottled water during the Des Moines flood, but many of the bottles wound up stacked in a warehouse, McMullen said. The most successful delivery system was the tankers of clean water brought by National Guard members to neighborhood grocery stores, where residents filled their own containers. "In a very short term, bottled water didn't work," he said. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html