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That's strange, I've lived here for 5+ years now, and I've never heard anyone my native spouse say anything of the sort, nor anyone else. More outrage for the

That's strange, I've lived here for 5+ years now, and I've never heard anyone my native spouse say anything of the sort, nor anyone else. More outrage for the outrage throne!

lamroger 4y ago
It's because of massive flooding and a damaged treatment plant. The governor declared a state of emergency. 150k people have been under orders to boil app water since July 29th. I just heard about it yesterday too.
sophacles 4y ago
You missed this announcement then: “Please make sure in the shower that your mouth is not open,” Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health... Specifically for Jackson, where they have been having serious water problems for a month. (This is not in the linked article, but in several others on the topic)
- 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
  No, I did not miss that. If it's not in the linked article, the implication is that we all just know to shower with our mouth closed. 2.9 million people, vs 149k. It's hyperbole, without the details.
  - sophacles 4y ago
    By "miss" I wasn't implying you can't read or something, just that this national news item wasn't something you've seen yet. A common way to express that is "you missed it" or "i missed that". Let me rephrase my first sentence: You many not have seen this yet then... [snip some unnecessarily stuff in light of edit below]. edit: I just realized and maybe you also hadn't seen yet, the linked article is a summary of a video story. Additionally, the summary has been updated to include more information specifying Jackson and the title has been updated since I first looked, I suspect there is much more info now than when you first looked..
    - 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
      I didn't miss it. I read about it on the 30th of Aug, on this article https://www.wsj.com/articles/jackson-miss-is-out-of-running-water-after-treatment-plant-pumps-fail-11661869317 https://www.wsj.com/articles/jackson-miss-is-out-of-running-...? It wasn't the only one I've read, either. Are you not understanding that I live in Mississippi, and I resent the implication that an entire state just has filthy water, because of one city with an awfully young man at the helm?
      - sophacles 4y ago
        I clearly was not. Why did you have to ask?
  - MomoXenosaga 4y ago
    If even a small village in my country didn't have access to clean drinking water for more than a week I'd demand some unfortunate public official to commit seppuku. It's having standards.
    - 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
      "America's not the greatest country in the world anymore. But we could be..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HKbygLjJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HKbygLjJs
57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
The OP implies that this is common to everyone in the state, and I believe it to be nonsense. I know about what's going on in Jackson, but I can assure you, the issues with the Pearl River flooding a treatment plant are limited to the city of Jackson. Where I live, they shut off the water if you don't pay your bill. Jackson isn't handling things very well. The governor is kind of a turd. There's blame to go all around. https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/02/bennie-thompson-jackson-water-crisis/ https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/02/bennie-thompson-jack...
- orionion 4y ago
  >The governor is kind of a turd. So were the streets of San Francisco the last time I was there. Has gov Nonsense fixed that sanitary problem yet? The supply chain problem is a time bomb for many water supplies across the country. Even basic maintenance / upgrades have major problems with getting parts. So don't just point fingers at the "hicks" and think your water supply is safe or will stay that way.
  - 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
    You, like everyone else, seem to have missed that I live in Mississippi. I'm the only one in the comments that has said so. I'm pretty sure me and all my neighbors are 'hicks'. Certainly more so than the good people of Jackson.
chrismeller 4y ago
Having lived in Europe, this feels exactly like the kind of reporting they love. “Did you hear what happened in the US?” Or “did you see what happened in the US?” It’s a big damned place and I only personally care about certain parts of it, so no, I probably didn’t. I used to expect better out of the BBC…

That's strange, I've lived here for 5+ years now, and I've never heard anyone my native spouse say anything of the sort, nor anyone else. More outrage for the outrage throne!

lamroger 4y ago

It's because of massive flooding and a damaged treatment plant. The governor declared a state of emergency. 150k people have been under orders to boil app water since July 29th. I just heard about it yesterday too.

sophacles 4y ago

You missed this announcement then: “Please make sure in the shower that your mouth is not open,” Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health... Specifically for Jackson, where they have been having serious water problems for a month. (This is not in the linked article, but in several others on the topic)

57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
No, I did not miss that. If it's not in the linked article, the implication is that we all just know to shower with our mouth closed. 2.9 million people, vs 149k. It's hyperbole, without the details.
- sophacles 4y ago
  By "miss" I wasn't implying you can't read or something, just that this national news item wasn't something you've seen yet. A common way to express that is "you missed it" or "i missed that". Let me rephrase my first sentence: You many not have seen this yet then... [snip some unnecessarily stuff in light of edit below]. edit: I just realized and maybe you also hadn't seen yet, the linked article is a summary of a video story. Additionally, the summary has been updated to include more information specifying Jackson and the title has been updated since I first looked, I suspect there is much more info now than when you first looked..
  - 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
    I didn't miss it. I read about it on the 30th of Aug, on this article https://www.wsj.com/articles/jackson-miss-is-out-of-running-water-after-treatment-plant-pumps-fail-11661869317 https://www.wsj.com/articles/jackson-miss-is-out-of-running-...? It wasn't the only one I've read, either. Are you not understanding that I live in Mississippi, and I resent the implication that an entire state just has filthy water, because of one city with an awfully young man at the helm?
    - sophacles 4y ago
      I clearly was not. Why did you have to ask?
- MomoXenosaga 4y ago
  If even a small village in my country didn't have access to clean drinking water for more than a week I'd demand some unfortunate public official to commit seppuku. It's having standards.
  - 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
    "America's not the greatest country in the world anymore. But we could be..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HKbygLjJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HKbygLjJs

57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago

The OP implies that this is common to everyone in the state, and I believe it to be nonsense. I know about what's going on in Jackson, but I can assure you, the issues with the Pearl River flooding a treatment plant are limited to the city of Jackson. Where I live, they shut off the water if you don't pay your bill. Jackson isn't handling things very well. The governor is kind of a turd. There's blame to go all around. https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/02/bennie-thompson-jackson-water-crisis/ https://mississippitoday.org/2022/09/02/bennie-thompson-jack...

orionion 4y ago
>The governor is kind of a turd. So were the streets of San Francisco the last time I was there. Has gov Nonsense fixed that sanitary problem yet? The supply chain problem is a time bomb for many water supplies across the country. Even basic maintenance / upgrades have major problems with getting parts. So don't just point fingers at the "hicks" and think your water supply is safe or will stay that way.
- 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
  You, like everyone else, seem to have missed that I live in Mississippi. I'm the only one in the comments that has said so. I'm pretty sure me and all my neighbors are 'hicks'. Certainly more so than the good people of Jackson.

chrismeller 4y ago

Having lived in Europe, this feels exactly like the kind of reporting they love. “Did you hear what happened in the US?” Or “did you see what happened in the US?” It’s a big damned place and I only personally care about certain parts of it, so no, I probably didn’t. I used to expect better out of the BBC…