[John H K]

Just heard it on the news. Might be nothing, but motorist saw a driver stop his car and dump the pail in the water, then reported it to the police. Reservoir is shut off from it's customers for the time being.

I suspect this may be a contender for "biggest False Alarm since 9/11" posted on FR, and that's against FIERCE competition. I think the best previous one were the women who called the police and got a HAZMAT team out to Kent Narrows in Maryland because some painters dumped some plaster in a parking lot at a restaurant, during the Anthrax scare.

I think this being in "Breaking News" is fairly ridiculous.

My guess will be someone who forgot to dump their minnows after fishing, realized he wasn't going fishing again soon, and stopped and dumped the minnows in the reservoir.

[nunya bidness]

I was there for that event. I wrote up the piece and posted it elsewhere.

The best part was when the firemen had roped off the area and they brought the painters over to ask them about the strange substance and one of the painters knelt down and tasted the plaster.

Classic.

[Ole Okie]

My guess will be someone who forgot to dump their minnows after fishing, realized he wasn't going fishing again soon, and stopped and dumped the minnows in the reservoir.

Good guess. Suspect we've all been there, done that.

At least until I discovered that artificial lures will actually catch big bass.

[bluefish]

I think the best previous one were the women who called the police and got a HAZMAT team out to Kent Narrows in Maryland because some painters dumped some plaster in a parking lot at a restaurant,

My vote still goes to the one where authorities were brought in because of a "suspicious white powder"..........................
.........On the counter of freaking doughnut shop!