Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap

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Frustrations are mounting in Mississippi's largest city, more than two weeks since winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the city's water system.

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“I pray it comes back on,” Jackson resident Nita Smith said. “I’m not sure how much more of this we can take.”Smith is concerned about her mother who has diabetes. Her mother and most of the other older people on her street don’t drive, so Smith has been helping them get water to clean themselves and flush their toilets.

The crisis has taken a toll on businesses. Jeff Good is co-owner of three Jackson restaurants, and two of them remained closed Wednesday. In a Facebook update, Good said the businesses have insurance, but he’s concerned about his employees. Four public water systems in Texas remained out of commission Wednesday, affecting 456 customers, and 225 systems still have 135,299 customers boiling their tap water, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Also, 208 of the state’s 254 counties are still reporting public water system issues.

She has not been able to soak her feet in warm water, something that usually provides relief for the neuropathy, or to help her husband gather water to boil for cooking for cleaning.

 

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So their Governor lifted the mask mandates and open 100%? A middle finger to their people’s face?

Sad day's

Don’t send them help let the governor figure that out he’s got that. Texas is all good leave them alone they want to be the Lone Star State and every meaning of the word.

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