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  I work for a water utility and it’s crazy how unprepared people were for this weather. 
  We’re in an area that sees cold weather, but not this cold. Average lows might dip down into the teens a couple nights a year, but they’re somewhat rare.
  We were seeing windchills near -30F which is just unheard of. Waterlines are bursting left and right. People just didn’t have their homes set up to deal with this level of cold.
  The utility’s lines are fine, they’re all buried plenty deep enough to deal with a weekends worth of arctic cold, but the homes in the area aren’t. 
  I had 4 calls last night myself. The other 2 guys on call had at least as many as I had. I might not have 4 calls in a month lol.
context: Merry Christmas, if it isn’t the heat it’ll be the cold. >
  
  shocked they haven't rioted against the state government that refuses to provide potable water. what kind of nonsense is it that the wealthiest country on earth still has citizens that cannot access potable water? >
  
  It's Mississippi, they're used to being in the shit.  Just how things are there.  Don't know better if you've never had better. >
  
  And a lot of people in small positions of power want it to be kept that way. >
  
  Wasn't Jackson just having water problems? Is this new or just a new turd on the pile? >
  
  Yes, hence "more water problems" in the title. >
  
  I've been drinking and completely missed the word more >
  
  The water in Jackson? Cause uhhh, you might wanna stop. >
  
  MD 20/20 or original recipe Fourloko is safer to drink than that water