Michigan’s Water Crisis Has Gotten So Bad The National Guard Has Been Deployed

 While terrrorism steals news attention, our infrastructure is crumbling and many  of our cities have become Third World hellholes.  Detroit, the Motor City is one. Flint, MI is another.Osama bin Laden’s plan is coming true: to make the US spend so much mney fighting terrorism, that it bankrupted itself. 

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Thomas carries free water being distributed at the Lincoln Park 

United Methodist Church in Flint, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) activated his state’s National Guard late Tuesday night to help address a growing public health crisis stemming from tap water poisoned with lead.

The move is the latest attempt from the governor — who declared a state of emergency last week ove the water situation — to address a crisis in Flint that’s been brewing for months.

Flint residents have struggled to maintain access to drinking water following financial troubles that have made this utility increasingly expensive. In 2014, in an attempt to save money, the city switched its water source to the nearby Flint River — a switch that has since been linked toheightened levels of lead in residents’ bloodstreams, thanks to outdated pipes and a corrosive agent present in the water supply. Flint’s mayor says the city is now facing a “man-made disaster.”

The National Guard will help local authorities reach out to Flint residents to provide them with clean drinking water, new filters, and lead testing kits. According to the Associated Press, door-to-door efforts are underway and volunteers hope to reach 500 to 600 households per day. Flint is home to an estimated 30,000 households in total.

Snyder has been criticized for his slow response to the water crisis. Government officials did not start handing out bottled water until several days after the governor first declared a state of emergency. And that announcement itself came several weeks after Flint officials had alreadydeclared a state of emergency on the city level.

 

 

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