This Should Be Fun....Uh, NOT

funny you should mention this-i'm due to have to shut it off for awhile for a sink repair..hopefully it's not all day.when this sink was put in around 1880 or so,for some god unknown reason,there were no shut off valves put under the sink.so every lil repair requires the main to be shut off. ..and every thing on the line burps when it's first turned back on..

That does seem strange when it happens. I tell you want tho, one of the nearby colleges, Texas State in San Marcos (where Rosekitty lives) had no HOT water for the dorms for about 2 weeks! I honestly don't know if it is on yet...

Hi pye, No, I haven't had any problems with water yet (keeping my fingers crossed) but I've have had power cuts, that really bugs me as I cannot use my pc or have the tv on but just sit there with candles lit, mind you I have done meditation while the power was off though but its difficult when hubby is around complaining. Bright Blessings. Tamara

I have had to do without water at times and without electricity. I have to say that doing without water is the worst. Flushing the toilet is the biggest thing cause you can buy water for other things. And don't it seem like you have to go more often when you can't flush?

We had that happen here when they had to do maintenance or something to fix our broken water or something. It was a right pain and it's only at time like this that you realise how much we take turning the tap on for granted. We had pots and pans, you name it we had them full to the brim before the shut off for the day. We are almost guaranteed a power cut at least once a year here without fail and then its, "where did we put those candles?" time,

Count your blessings, honey, when we lose power here, there is NO WATER either since we are on well. No power, can't pump the water to the house! Also, no power means no heat here too. Yes, I've had it shot off for a whole day, and when we had a bad snowstorm in 1996 we had no power OR water OR heat for about two damned weeks! Everytime it happens, especially if we lose electric during the day when the house is fairly light even without power it feels totally weird to turn the faucet and have nothing come out, but out of habit I'll keep turning the danged thing everytime I need water just out of habit. The last time was a few months ago when a truck flipped over on the road and took out the utility pole. ALL DAY I couldn't wash my baby's bottles or my hands after changing him - it was not fun! Two little kids, no water, not power, no TV, we pretended that we were pioneers. LOL

They have had to do it for a couple of hrs. at work, and this makes it really interesting. Especially when you really need to go to the restroom. It also makes it interesting to keep things clean, etc. But at least it only lasted a short time, and things were back to normal as well.

Well, with no electricity, the well pump will not work. That means no lights, heat or water. Not fun. Bearable but not fun. We can light candles and lanterns, use ice chests and cook over the camp fire or on the barbeque. We camp at home everytime there is a storm that affects the electric supply. We entertain ourselves with cards or dice games. We try to make it enjoyable. It does no good to complain. The longest we were without electric and water was about a week. It would have been longer but we borrowed a generator. That helped a lot.

We have had to turn our water off for a few hours to a day for minor repairs or change out a water heater. A few years ago we endured the water being turned off daily for about 4 hours a day for a couple of weeks while the city replaced a water main. Neither situation was too bothersome. Being a volunteer first responder I'm trained in disaster preparedness and have a supply of water on hand at all times. We have a 55 gallon barrel next to our water heater which is strapped to prevent it from tipping over during an earthquake and has a quick pull shut off on the inlet. This gives us at least 90 gallons of water for drinking, cooking and sanitary use. At 1 gallon per person per day with our family of four & pets we are good for about two weeks. Following a wide spread disaster we are not likely to have sewer service so flushing is out of the question. One thing you can do during a prolonged outage of water or lack of sewer service is to double line the toilet bowl with garbage bags and use ordinary cat litter to cover/ absorb waste. Depending on how many people use the facility change the bag as often as needed and burry or place in tight sealing cans until services are restored. The use of waterless hand sanitizer or hand sanitizing wipes can reduce water use as well. In your area you are not likely to have a major quake but you could always have some man made disaster or industr8ial accident that disrupts services. Be prepared to be self sufficient for a week to 10 days.

you know how it goes it takes the city forever to do what they need to do and they don't worry about convience for us just for them. I'm sorry about this for ya and hopefully they'll have it back on sooner than that. Take care.

I think I would rather go without electricity instead of water. We don't know how much we depend on water, until we don't have it. With electricity if it goes out we can still use candles if we have to. I've had to go without water for a day, and it was awful, you can't do what you need to do...lol.

Being without water is never fun but if you have a warning it can be done more easily than if there is no warning. No warning is how it happens here, all of a sudden the power goes out and that means no well pump so no water.

HI Pye; I hate it when that happens too; At least you all had a bit of notice about it, its much worse when there is no warning, like from a bad storm or something; I always keep like 4-5 or more gallon jugs of water handy so that I can flush my toilet if the water is shut off. I hate not being to flush the toilet, one of my "pet peeves" I guess you could say (G)!! if I think there might be no water from a severe storm coming I will fill up pans and other things, jugs, pitcher's so that I can have water to drink, cook, etc; and if all else fails I can always run out to the farm as my Father's water is on a rural set up and not the town water; so at least out there I could shower or get more water if needed;

Not having water is a royal pain. I've been there and it never fails, when it happens I have a ton of things I need to get done that require water. Thank goodness you know when to expect it to be back on though. I think that if I were you, I'd try to stay away as much as possible during that time.

I have not gone w/o water in a long time. I would rather be without water. I can always go to the store and buy water, but if your electricity is out and your are broke, you are stuck.

It has happened twice in the last month, but I was not at home, but my hubby had to put up with the inconvenience all day. It does not make him a happy camper.

Yes, it happened to me when they were replacing the sewage system here. I can manage without electricity because, as you know, I have a lot of candles in stock but water is different. I guess I could manage from 9-6 with warning, but if it went on much longer, I wouldn't be happy. It's not so much the drinking, but the bathing, showering and as you say, flushing the loo. Brightest Blessings.

This has happened where I live a few times, pyewacket, and it is very inconvenient, to say the least.I think it's the knowledge that you don't have access to something which makes you desire it more. I have learned to keep bottles of water stored in my freezer - just in case. We truly don't miss our water 'til the well runs dry.

Gee that that really sucks. I don't think I could go that long without water, I use water without even really thinking about it, especially when I have to get ready for work, I don't go to work till late afternoon so I don't start getting ready till mid morning.

Haven't had that pleasure yet. Once last year it was shut off for 3 hours while they were doing work on the sewer line. We were told NOT to flush the toilet. We just used that as a good excuse to go out for lunch. A whole day would drive me nuts.