Michael Perelman wrote: > I wonder how Dr. Cox would feel however if > groggy firefighters who are supposed to save his house were already exhausted > from > their other job.
he may live in an area where "fire services" are privatized, where the fire-fighters simply drive past burning houses whose owners haven't paid their retainers. Max Sawicky writes: >There is some paranoia because of stories about NYC water being at least temporarily contaminated, also some episodes here in D.C. area. < I remember when there was a temporary scare about the water in LA (in what year I don't know, 1987??). Suddenly there was a surge in the demand for bottled water, one that's never been reversed (even though the tap water is fine). This is one of these cases where a conspiracy theory may apply. If nothing else, the bottled water peddlers milked a real problem to the max (as it were). -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
