"In Northeast Jackson, Nancy Palmer has been without water since Feb. 16. The 82-year-old lives in an apartment in a senior citizens home + uses a walker. Her sister had water, but Palmer couldn’t use her shower cause she needs handrails to avoid falling. So, to bathe + flush the toilet, Palmer paid the man who drives her to + from doctor’s appointments to bring her water every other day.
“I spent like $160 on water to flush my commodes. That’s what we had to bathe with, to brush our teeth. We had to buy bottled water for that. You couldn’t get gallons, just the bottles in the case.”
She bathed in the sink, using the cold water to wash her hair + body. Friday, her toilets began filling up with water. By Monday, she “had a little more than a trickle,” enough to fill a pot + boil it for dish washing. She’s still bathing in the sink."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-jackson-miss-two-weeks-with-no-running-water-and-no-end-in-sight/2021/03/01/2f5a787a-7adf-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html
