Buddy of mine called me last night to see if I had heard about what was going on down in Jackson MS. Apparently, there is an issue with the public water treatment.  Water has been coming out brown for weeks now; it’s unusable. He also said there are gangs breaking into peoples houses looking for drinkable water.

I haven’t heard anything on the news about this.

Anybody from the area that can provide info on what is happening?

I'm in NE MS (thank God) so I don't have any first hand info but Supertalk MS is basically saying that. Not even safe if boiled.  Haven't about the gangs but, hey, it's Jackson. So, plausible.

It’s making national news.

There’s also a thread in GD about it.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/mississippi-capitals/XHNKLTII5OPMENAHG7LGKJYIHA/

https://www.aol.com/news/biden-mississippi-governor-act-jackson-135827381-142741775.html

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/09/02/mayor-governor-attempt-shift-narrative-jackson-water-crisis-moving-forward/

I heard an unintentional, but truly amazing gaffe the other day in reference to our third world capitol city:

“Car-Jackson”

It really fits.