we are going to see cascading effects. folks are going to work less hours. that s going to cause a cascading effect where, on the long term, we ll have health issues, family issues that can arise. so, yeah, it s pretty severe. you attribute this, you know, it s a climate related story, it s not just a city that didn t have, you know, capable system or water system for its people. correct. yes. definitely. yep. we thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much. thank you. let s talk with derek van dam with more on capetown s water dire crisis. he has lived there, has family there and is concerned about the story. there s not a long-term solution now. certainly a crisis. how long. well, day zero is april 16.
factors for the situation. we are faced with the changing climate down here. there s also issues of rapid urbanization and migration. also, folks are using too much water in some instances. on to your next question, in terms of the short term, folks really need to ration their water supplies, be smart when using a tap. don t let it run too long. in terms of longer term vision, look at the organization, water systems, but, yeah, also put development on hold until the situation improves. right. this is the people s story and a climate story, economical story because businesses, many business zs need water to run. what do you think the overall effect, as far as just from a business standpoint and the psyche of the people in capetown? what effect could that have?
do the math. 4 million people in capetown. once day zero comes and goes, 200 water allocation points will be set up across the city where people, 4 million people will go and retrieve their allocated water. 25 liters. the math is 25,000 persons per day at 200 allocation points. how do you handle that? how do you control that? especially when talking about finite resources. this is a deep story. let s get to the details. i m going to put up this graphic to show you what s going on down there. 71 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes, 50 seconds. that s what we have until day zero arrives in capetown, south africa. remember, this is not just a capetown story, it s a western cape story, eastern cape story and other parts of south africa. we want to highlight the 4 million people in capetown directly impacted once the taps are turned off on april 16th.
having a lot of things to do, still. we were out in bitter cold. sunshine helped a bit. they were putting up the ticket booths, rehearsing for the opening ceremonies. in general, people believe these will be the biggest winter olympics, ever. many, hoping now, everything is in place for these to be uneventful in terms of politics. everyone hopes so. natalie? certainly do. thank you paula in south korea, can t wait. still ahead, after the fanfare and build up of the nunes memo wharks is next? we ll take a look. plus, the fired worker who sent out hawaii s false missile alert is telling his side of the story. why he thinks he is being treated unfairly, coming up.
intelligence, not from this christopher steele memo. it s difficult to go public on things like that because that gives away methods and confirms to the people who have been tapped abroad that they have been tapped and how they have been tapped. so, i think that s really the danger here. i think that pales, quite honestly, compared to the partisan nature of this release, as if, you know, intelligence secrets, justice department working the identity and integrity of the fbi all are supposed to be subject to this bitter fight between republicans and democrats. that s, i think, we all ought to be worried about. for the viewers who have been following this story, we have not seen the testimony of andrew mccabe. again, democrats saying the democratic memo important as counter point to the republican