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On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 12:57:01 -0300, wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:33:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:48:51 -0300, wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:23:15 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:38:20 -0700, The Other Guy
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:41:17 -0400, S Viemeister
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> >> >> >> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> >> >> >> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
> >> >> >door when we've had major outages.
> >> >>
> >> >> It's what civilized places do.
> >> >
> >> >Civilized places would figure out how not to have those continual
> >> >outages.
> >>
> >> Likely the water mains she talks about were put in place long before
> >> the USA was even on the map ! They delivered water here when there
> >> was a major outage after a hurricane, it is what civilized places do!
> >
> >Your hurricane situation was different and lasted a longer amount of
> >time than normal water main breaks. The idiots who stuck around to be
> >in a hurricane should have thought ahead to order their own water
> >delivered, it's not like they didn't have ample warning a storm was
> >coming.
>
> That really does not make sense. The hurricane last twenty four hours
> but the power outage that lasted a week meant no water from my well. A
> drilled well, 300ft deep, no way water comes out of that without a
> pump!
>
> I stayed in my house and am curious as to why you think that is
> idiotic - I was perfectly safe.

That's the attitude all the people you're saying were so badly off
after the hurricane hit had beforehand. Don't complain afterward if
you don't heed the warnings and get out of the way of danger when
you're told to do it.

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