#Jackson, #Mississippi, a city of 153,000 people, is without reliable #runningwater, due to complications from the Pearl River flooding and the failure of pumps at the main water treatment plant, officials say.
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This is crazy what is the world coming too
And so it finally begins…
Time to leave the state if you know what’s good for your families
The problem is everywhere. Poor people, here Black people, many poor really just don’t matter. From Flint to Jackson to the illegitimate Supreme Court, Wyoming to Florida to Texas poor people do not matter in America. Not talking about Pakistan but in the richest most powerful county that has ever existed
Although this SERIOUSLY SUCKS it doesn't surprise me in the least!! Everytime I drive thru Jackson (or really the state of Mississippi) it just REEKS LIKE A PORT-O-POTTY!!!💩💩😖
Liars. Flooding did not cause this.
Repub fail.
People down south need to realize voting for these fool republicans is not a good idea.
What does fighting fires have to do with drinking water?
This is a RED STATE right. This city is 82% African American. The water plant has been understaffed and underfunded for years if not decades. The water will be out of service indefinitely???????? You got to be kidding me. Vote Blue Mississippi.
⚠️Please read i thank this can help ⚠️OK the water supply that is there can still be used for toilets and putting out fires it doesn’t have to be clean for that
And as far as a bath you just needs to filter it that can be done with a Bucket full of sand and for drinking you can buy a Britta filter that attaches to your Fossett or use a bucket with sand and put charcoal at the very bottom then boil should be safe after that if you want to feel a little safer learn how to do some chemistry with pool shock be very careful because pool shock is solid form of bleach technically and to feel even more more safe you can use a UV light.
But if you don’t trust me please do your own research there’s plenty of videos on YouTube on how to make your own water filters for survival situation as you’ve gotta do is upscale them to meet your needs.
Just trying to help by speeding the knowledge.
Utter shame
Please help these people
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Wonderful state !!!
Let me guess, IS IT REPUBLICAN ????
Governor Tate Reeves (R)
Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann (R)
U.S. senator – 1 Roger Wicker (R)
U.S. senator – 2 Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
Wow do they like RED !!!!
I wonder what they did with all the money that was suppose to maintain this.
I find it interesting that mostly red states are suffering from terrible, outdated and abandoned infrastructure… 🤔And all those hypocrite politicians can do is calling for federal help..How in the world anybody can vote for those deplorable self serving morons is beyond me..
Let’s be clear this can happen to all of us anywhere in the US at ANY TIME!!!
Sad!! So sad!
Thank God I choose to live in IDAHO 😇
Biden's America everyone….we need TRUMP NOW!!!!!
Do not ask for federal assistance for Red Cross or fema. You guys are smart enough you still think Trump is the president you should be able to figure this out on your own.
That failure has been there for years. You have been briefed multiple times in the last decade. The system failure has been ongoing. This city will have a downfall that may very well be the end of the capital. The repairs will be so costly. And the citizens will be told. Let's band together and take up the cost while officials keep padding their pockets
Another Republican governor just killin it…
All that happened was Jed was out hunting for a possum and the shot in the ground produced some black gold ! Texas Tea y'all got nothing to worry about!
since Marjorie Taylor Green hates our government & has such a lifeline to Jesus, why isn’t she in Jackson, parting the waters?
You can bet he's got plenty of fresh water for himself. Looks freshly-showered and prettied-up! Typical Southern governor.
But climate change is a hoax! How can this be? 💯🤡💩
Maybe the elected officials in Mississippi need to do their jobs and stop pocketing the Federal $. maybe use it to HELP their voters drag themselves out of the backward place corruption has placed them in. maybe.
Jackson is 82.5% African-American that is why they shuffled their feet on trying to get things correct in that area
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Ah yes, the great United States.
America currently 🇺🇸 🇺🇲 🌎
We should try to plant trees instead of cutting them.
There has to be something to be done for the citizens 😔
Get some from Detroit
Well there's another reason to travel outta state
Shutting the stable doors after the horse has bolted..Shame shame you better be careful that Jackson does not burn!
Lol I am in Mississippi. Believe it or not Mississippi is eliminating its state tax. Believe it or not most of the federal infrastructure money went to the Cracker Barrel east side of Jackson.
The governor just found out what everyone else already knew. Water and sewage problems in Jax have been known for years.