Quote:
Originally Posted by calculoso
Pedestrian deaths (or even car accident deaths) vs safe drinking water supply for 100s or thousands of people?
I think lack of water is a more severe risk
|
Living under a boil water advisory for any period of time would be a massive inconvenience and I'd probably be losing my mind if I was affected. It totally sucks for 3000 businesses and homes. But nobody died in June 2024 or October 2024 or in this latest incident, and I can't imagine (m)any people suffered real health consequences from it.
But in that time about 50 people have died with another 4500 injury collisions on Calgary roads. A bunch of these crashes injured multiple people, and many of the injuries are life changing injuries.
The former is a crisis requiring outrage and heads to roll because they didn't spend a bunch of money to prevent it. The latter is accepted as business as usual because we can't be bothered to maintain/increase enforcement. Which could generate a lot of revenue and reduce a lot of other crash-related costs (including lost productivity from dead and injured people) And all money that could be spent on things like pipes.
So I just object to sensationalizing the frightening experience that a dozen motorists had on 16th the other night (which would have been absolutely terrifying with kids in your car) to suggest the feedermain emergency is a bigger crisis than it really is. The situation sucks, but everyone has made it home safe to their families and AFAIK nobody woke up in a hospital bed with lifelong injuries.