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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      28 days ago

      Perhaps it shows that a major world power is not taking care of the basic needs of its own people. And instead is engaging in terrorism both foreign and domestic or something

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        28 days ago

        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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            28 days 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.