Am-Fear: There was an article in the paper, two ladies were complaining about the price of bottled water, saying they couldn't afford it (altho one had an expensive weave and a cell phone in hand) and wanted the local water company to pay for it.

Several people chimed in, saying that the prices on bottled water had gone up. Altho, the local gas company was giving away bottled water, free, just show up and take home a 35 pack. But that would have entailed making an effort.

So I guess there are a lot of people who can't "boil water". I guess they eat out a lot, I don't know. It wasn't that big a deal to me, but appears the sky was falling for some people. They would really be up crap creek should something really bad happen.