Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut
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Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut
#2And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK
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#3And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK
Does that suggest that wealth in Mississippi is extremely concentrated near the top?
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#4And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK
The US does, Mississippi doesn’t.
Mississippi has a GDP per capital of about $42,411 [0] while UK has $47,334 [1]. Those are both in current USD.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...
Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut
#5And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK
To be fair the UK (or rather England) isn't exactly an examplar when it comes to water quality.
https://news.sky.com/story/huge-increase-in-raw-sewage-relea...
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#6And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK
The government in Mississippi collects Billions in tax revenue and wastes it... like every government.
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#7That'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!
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#8That'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!
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.
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#9That'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!
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)
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#10That'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!
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-jack...