Of water until the water ran out. And after spending their day like this in 90degree temperatures, many were turned away from the Distribution Event at hawkins airfield. The director of the state Emergency Management says seven Distribution Sites will be set up by thursday. In the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. Its very frustrating. Its very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what im saying. You got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. Reporter its just kind of scary. We dont know when anythings going to get done. You come in the store and its empty. Water were talking about. Lets back up and talk about how we got here. Moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the citys largest Water Facility. National guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, theyve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a lifetime storm. American citizens in 2022 struggling for the most
of water until the water ran out. and after spending their day like this in 90-degree temperatures, many were turned away from the distribution event at hawkins airfield. the director of the state emergency management says seven distribution sites will be set up by thursday. in the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. it s very frustrating. it s very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what i m saying. you got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. reporter: it s just kind of scary. we don t know when anything s going to get done. you come in the store and it s empty. water we re talking about. let s back up and talk about how we got here. moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the city s largest water facility. national guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, they ve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a lifetime storm. american citizens i
them. the epa has been trying to work with the city, yet there s still been holdups, even when it comes to hiring people for the water facility itself to keep it running. they knew it was hang. the fact they ve been under a boil warning for the last month is absurd that this is where we are right now. but again, it is when public servants fail to do their dang jobs and can t even do the basics. scott. yeah, i think this is one of the worst run city in america. you re upset with governor reeves but this mayor and this city council has utterly failed, councilman bank we had on, he s been in office since 2017. they ve known about the water problems in jackson for quite some time. i think the infrastructure bill that passed according to what i learned from the governor s office today is actually going to end up funding some of the fixes in jackson along with some state money. it does take time to do that, but i think local leadership matters. it s mayors and city councils that manage t
buying water, and not just my family but also our organization, the mississippi black women s round table, how we ve been serving the community and have begun to put our boots on the ground with other partners to be able to serve the community. so no, we will not use that water, and today i had to remind my kids, you know, don t use the water to brush your teeth. you need to get a bottle of water and so we have bottles of water in their rest rooms because grit comes out of and over the weekend it was even worse. it was brown, and this is even before, you know, the cresting of the reservoir happened. so it s a pretty it s a real inconvenience, and it is a public safety issue, particularly when you re talking about our children and you re talking about, you know, elders in the community. it s a really bad public safety issue for not just my family but for all of our families in jackson, mississippi. yeah, beyond consuming it or using it to brush your teeth, i mean, i couldn t imagi