Officials say over 100,000 residents in the Texas border city of El Paso were left with little to no water after a main break over the weekend, and it was expected to take till mid-week for operations to return to normal.

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

It's kinda wild to consider this global news.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    What are you talking about? It's a water main break and the city set up water distribution sites for the affected people while repairs are underway. It's not even a national news worthy event.

    This has nothing to do with the US federal government.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Surely the scale, 100,000 people suddenly without clean water is a lot.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    Yes, but it has nothing to do with the city or country being unwilling or unable to provide for its citizens. And 100k is about 14% of the population.

    It sucks, but shit happens. It was a 36" main, and that's a pretty major break which just takes time to fix.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    This is horrible, but doesn't sound malicious. Things break.

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