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Water
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 20:18:36 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>On 4/17/2020 5:53 PM, Janet wrote:
>> In article >, says...
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>>> On 4/17/2020 4:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> This morning I had a big shock!Â* There was a report on the radio that
>>>> many people in USA were having a difficult time because they don't have
>>>> water?????
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>>>> Is that true!Â* You have to pay water bills and if you don't, you will
>>>> have your water turned off????
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>>>> I have never heard of such a thing!!!!!Â*Â* How on earth can those people,
>>>> at a time like this, manage with no water?????
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>>> Rare, but can happen. How many were shut off? Very few of the 320
>>> million of us.
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>> FSV of "rare, very few"
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>> https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ns-us-at-risk-
>> losing-running-water-amid-layoffs-triggered-coronavirus-pandemic
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>> " in 2016, one in every 20 households were disconnected by public
>> water departments, leaving an estimated 15 million Americans without
>> running water."
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>> In the coming downturn there's going to be a lot more unemployed
>> Americans at risk of unpaid water bills
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>> Janet UK
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>Sounds awfully high. Even in the low income areas it is rare to hear of
>it. But hey, have fun,
Could it be that you have no idea what goes on in da hood?
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