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On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:44:41 -0300, wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:51:27 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Clearly you are mistaking me for someone else. No reason for me to
> leave my house last hurricane but one. I lost four trees, also lost
> the power (not my fault) but nothing was flying around it was all
> lashed down etc.
>
> I didn't complain afterwards -

Everything is up top. You figure out what you said - I say you are
the one who brought up a hurricane.

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