No Water!

[pegasus216]

Our water went off about 7 PM yesterday. We found out that a truck had hit a water main.
It was back on fully by 2 AM.
Couldn't take a bath, or do the dinner dishes.
The whole town was out, and all I could think of was all the people who went to bed with no bath. EWWWW.
Have any of you been without water for an extended amount of time?

 

[FlakeNoir]

Our water went off about 7 PM yesterday. We found out that a truck had hit a water main.
It was back on fully by 2 AM.
Couldn't take a bath, or do the dinner dishes.
The whole town was out, and all I could think of was all the people who went to bed with no bath. EWWWW.
Have any of you been without water for an extended amount of time?

Glad it has been fixed now.

Yes, we had a large flood in 2004 and it took out major water pipes leaving the whole town without water for almost 2 weeks. They trucked water in to us once the town wasn't cut off any more, thankfully we were able to catch rainwater in the first day or two before the trucks could get through. Stores and the council gave out bottled water and we went house to house making sure everybody had some.
We had no power for several days also.

Re: the washing.... I have a camping shower, we heated water on the gas cooker and hung the camp shower over the bath. Lots of people borrowed that thing as I remember... until I dropped it one afternoon, rupturing the bag.

 

[Spideyman]

Well water here, so when power goes out so does the water supply. During past tropical season have been without more than once. Toilets are flushed using a bucket of water/ Bottled water is always kept in stock.

 

[Out of Order]

Ice storms are the culprit for us. We've had two that have led to state of emergency declarations in the last 20 or so years. First storm left us without electricity and water (like Spidey we are on a well system too) for 16 days. Second one for 11 days. You learn quickly how to keep the tub filled with melted snow and to keep a supply of bottled water, juice, beer etc. on hand in the winter months. It becomes a challenge more than anything. Having a small 5000watt generator for the second outage was great. We hooked up lights, the satellite, the fridge and microwave oven. Had everything you could want...except running water. Thank God for the wood stove!!

 

[pegasus216]

You don't realize how much you depend on water until you don't have it.

 

[carrie's younger brother]

Our water went off about 7 PM yesterday. We found out that a truck had hit a water main.
It was back on fully by 2 AM.
Couldn't take a bath, or do the dinner dishes.
The whole town was out, and all I could think of was all the people who went to bed with no bath. EWWWW.
Have any of you been without water for an extended amount of time?

Yes, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. No water or electricity for 8 days. That was a bad scene.

 

[TheRedQueen]

Growing up, my folks used to joke that our electric company should be renamed "The Mickey Mouse Power Co" and that "if a bird farts on the line, the power goes out."
Winters were the worst, and, like Spidey, we had a well. The well had a tendency to dry up on us, too, so I got really used to taking short showers where you turn the water off in between the shampoo and conditioner. (one time the house water failed in the middle of my shower; my mother had to drag me out to the backyard and turn the hose on me so I could get the damned shampoo out of my hair. Fun times.)
Flushing the loo with a bucket of water was second nature for us, and we got so good at handling power outages that it became a family game night. (Kerosene lanterns, kerosun heater, fireplace...electric was overrated anyway.) The only thing that set us apart was the fact that we had a stream out front. Our livestock depended on it more than we did, but it was great to have. Especially in the summer!
I will say, living in apartments for the last seven years has been amazing; long showers, no having to deal with a septic tank, everything that's supposed to work does....living in the country is fantastic, but if your folks can't fix stuff when it breaks, it can also be a huge pain in the arse.

 

[no bounce no play]

We lived on a street for a few years that had an old water main under the street that kept breaking. The city kept repairing it instead of replacing it so we went without water like once a year. Watch out, there will probably be a lot of dirt in your tap water from the ground where the pipes lie. And then the city put more chlorine in the water to sterilize the mud. Be sure to buy bottled drinking water.

 

[Haunted]

Our water went off about 7 PM yesterday. We found out that a truck had hit a water main.
It was back on fully by 2 AM.
Couldn't take a bath, or do the dinner dishes.
The whole town was out, and all I could think of was all the people who went to bed with no bath. EWWWW.
Have any of you been without water for an extended amount of time?

Glad your water is back!

 

[paper_is_sweet]

I've never been without water for more than 24 hours. However, after a particularly horrifying storm a few years ago, we were without power for the better part of a week. 6 days total, if I recall correctly.

I'm glad you've got water again!

 

[Neesy]

Our water went off about 7 PM yesterday. We found out that a truck had hit a water main.
It was back on fully by 2 AM.
Couldn't take a bath, or do the dinner dishes.
The whole town was out, and all I could think of was all the people who went to bed with no bath. EWWWW.
Have any of you been without water for an extended amount of time?

Terrible - water is so essential to life (second only to air).

Do you still have any young babies or anything like that around? - glad to hear things are back to normal.

 

[pegasus216]

We have a 7 year old, and a almost 3 year old.
Karen sad that my s-I-l washed down with baby wipes last night! I thought that was funny as all get out!
First thing I did this morning was wash the dinner dishes from last night.
They said wehave to boil our water until it gets tested today. I boiled enough for a potcher full, and we have bottled water to drink.

 

[arista]

I think that living without water is almost as bad as having no electricity. I do not know how many times during an ice storm, would try to flick on a light.

 

[Dana Jean]

I have had MAJOR water issues this year. And yes, I went a week almost two without water until they could put in a new main water line. I was taking showers at the gym. Bought lots of bottled water for drinking, cooking and the cats. Went to the laundromat for clothes.

I had a disaster company in my house tearing out my floor and setting up 10 industrial fans to dry things out in the kitchen and one huge one in my crawl space. I had the plumber in fixing the leak under the sink. Twice to put on expansion tanks and pressure relief valves on my water heater.

 

[Out of Order]

I think that living without water is almost as bad as having no electricity. I do not know how many times during an ice storm, would try to flick on a light.

Ain't it the truth.....!

 

[fljoe0]

In 2004, we had two hurricanes 3 weeks apart. After the first hurricane, I was without power for 2 weeks. I got my power back on and wham, another 10 days with no power. The water was only out a day or two each time but my problem was I had nowhere to put the water. We had over 40 inches of rain during that span and I'm on a septic system. I had standing water in my yard for weeks which prevented much toilet flushing, laundry and showers. I had to get inventive for showers and laundry (not much you can do with the toilets). I used a transfer pump (small pump with a hose on each side used to move water) and when I took a shower, I plugged the drain and let the tub fill up - then I pumped the water from the tub out my bathroom window. For laundry, I got a 44 gallon plastic garbage can and let the washing machine water drain into the garbage can, then pumped it outside. It was a gigantic pain in the butt, but I smelled good.

 

[Neesy]

In 2004, we had two hurricanes 3 weeks apart. After the first hurricane, I was without power for 2 weeks. I got my power back on and wham, another 10 days with no power. The water was only out a day or two each time but my problem was I had nowhere to put the water. We had over 40 inches of rain during that span and I'm on a septic system. I had standing water in my yard for weeks which prevented much toilet flushing, laundry and showers. I had to get inventive for showers and laundry (not much you can do with the toilets). I used a transfer pump (small pump with a hose on each side used to move water) and when I took a shower, I plugged the drain and let the tub fill up - then I pumped the water from the tub out my bathroom window. For laundry, I got a 44 gallon plastic garbage can and let the washing machine water drain into the garbage can, then pumped it outside. It was a gigantic pain in the butt, but I smelled good.

I can smell you - you smell fresh as a daisy!

 

[fljoe0]

I have a well and am on city water but I'm not sure I'd want to drink or bath in what comes out of my well. That is some nasty water.

 

[Out of Order]

I have a well and am on city water but I'm not sure I'd want to drink or bath in what comes out of my well. That is some nasty water.

Which do the gators prefer?

 

[Neesy]

I have a well and am on city water but I'm not sure I'd want to drink or bath in what comes out of my well. That is some nasty water.

Which do the gators prefer?

Right - Fl Joe! (I forgot he was in Florida = hmmmm - I guess you cannot go jump in the ocean?) are you anywhere near the water?