Clean Up the Drinking Water of the Impoverished Community of St. Joseph, Louisiana

[JamesATL]

someone assist w embed?

This is the Flint water crisis of Louisiana—a majority black, impoverished town suffering with contaminated water for years


Clean Up the Drinking Water of the Impoverished Community of St. Joseph, Louisiana
The town of St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, LA is the poorest community in the state. Nearly 40% of the population is below the poverty line, and the unemployment rate is likewise staggering.

Since at least 2012, the community has been under a more-or-less constant boil water advisory. Residents, though, say that the problems with the water system were present long before this date. This, of course, affects mostly the poor, black population within the town proper.

City and state leaders have failed to timely and adequately address this issue. Meanwhile, the poorest among us are without drinking water. This petition calls on President Obama to declare a federal emergency in St. Joseph and to divert federal resources for the repair of the town's water infrastructure.

 

[hussla's paradice]

Do that shit.

 

[hussla's paradice]

Gosh, that shit looks like toxic sludge.

 

[D Kline]

If we were proactive ie participated in water shed clean ups annually we can teach the kids to care about the environment.l

If we would show up to community meetings when big oil and others were getting in suckering locals in we could stop some of this.

A local resident is now geeked because he just received an oil rig gig making 60 k he probably won't be thinking long term ie outcomes of screwing up the water system.

 

[D Kline]

Environmental issues matter .

 

[Agent69]

Why am I not surprised. Tensas Parish Correctional Institute is also located around there. Nothing but cotton fields, a small grocery store, a bank, and housing for the guards and other prison officials. That area gave me slavery flashbacks fa real. Never knew they had shitty water though.

 

[hussla's paradice]

Why am I not surprised. Tensas Parish Correctional Institute is also located around there. Nothing but cotton fields, a small grocery store, a bank, and housing for the guards and other prison officials. That area gave me slavery flashbacks fa real. Never knew they had shitty water though.

Wow.

I never been up there. I'm gonna hop in the Chevy and take a ride.

 

[kew]

Damn smh

 

[Carlito]

 

[big enos burrnet]

Shit two years ago i was in Monroe louisiana to visit family and as soon we checked into the hotel the manger warned us to not drink the water,it was just as yellow as piss ther water infrastructure is the worlds worst...and had a cuzzo say for summ reason on that side of town the rate of cancer is high due to summ paper mill....

 

[Agent69]

Shit two years ago i was in Monroe louisiana to visit family and as soon we checked into the hotel the manger warned us to not drink the water,it was just as yellow as piss ther water infrastructure is the worlds worst...and had a cuzzo say for summ reason on that side of town the rate of cancer is high due to summ paper mill....

Not surprised about that either. I've never been to Monroe, but I believe Tensas isn't that far from Monroe which is North Louisiana. I live near the town of Bogalusa which also has a huge paper mill. I had a homeboy that worked there at the nearby box factory, and even though the money was great, I found out recently that after retiring, he had been diagnosed terminal and soon passed away. It's some jacked up shit all around when you live in this states fucked up economy.

 

[big enos burrnet]

Not surprised about that either. I've never been to Monroe, but I believe Tensas isn't that far from Monroe which is North Louisiana. I live near the town of Bogalusa which also has a huge paper mill. I had a homeboy that worked there at the nearby box factory, and even though the money was great, I found out recently that after retiring, he had been diagnosed terminal and soon passed away. It's some jacked up shit all around when you live in this states fucked up economy.

gott damm thats summ wild shit going on down ther...i wonder why goverment allow the state to remain so poor...???

 

[cocobeauty]

Some of that falls on the state. Keep in mind Jindal didn't give a damn. Now let's see what Edwards do.

 

[D Kline]

Some of that falls on the state. Keep in mind Jindal didn't give a damn. Now let's see what Edwards do.[/QUOTE

It could have fell on his great grand mother. Locals, twitter whatever the medium is should have said something . If it was a cop situation it would have been reported asap but since its an environmental issue no one gives a damn on some wait and see bullshit.

If black lives really matter environmental justice should be apart of it 24 7 365 not just when it hits MSNBC first and black twitter second lines and slow drags behind.

 

[xcluesiv]

 

[cocobeauty]

@D Kline so I'm not on your ignore list or yes? And your quoting is way off.

And maybe it's just making it public due to Flint, but I'm sure the city knew of this.

 

[THE DRIZZY]

These stories need to be front and center. It is apparent that drinkable water is indeed a privilege and not a right.