'I think our concern as citizens is even after all of this, after they put all the money into the water plant, will we have qualified staff to continue to run the plant?'
September 3, 2022, 9:01 AMAelicia Hodge helps hand out cases of bottled water at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site, Aug. 31, 2022, in Jackson, Miss.Jackson, Mississippi, resident Velma Warner says the city's most recent flooding brings up memories of two years past, when Pearl River floods forced many in the Canton Club neighborhood of Northeast Jackson to leave their homes.
"It's good to see the people, everybody, coming together, working together to get through this time that's going on. And there's people from outside the city…that have been very very supportive of things going on here," Womack said to ABC News. "A lot of their support has enabled us to continue providing water to the citizens."Steve Helber/AP
And with chances of rain on the radar this weekend, he says some residents are waiting for "a definite" before moving their belongings, paying storage fees rather than taking the risk of having to go through it all again.
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