The things we take for granted.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230332)
Chile
March 3, 2016 6:18pm CST
Today I had plans. My youngest daughter was going to check her car for the annual permit and then she had to buy the lots of books and stuff for the kids as today is the first day of the school year.
I would do her errands and I would make lunch for her and the kids. So far so good.
But when she came to have a cup of coffee with me before taking the car for the check out, she noticed that there was no water at the house. I WAS MAD!
Tomorrow I am invited to a diner for a friend´s birthday. I had planned to dye my hair today and be relaxed tomorrow. And here I was, I had not even washed my teeth and did not have water for a shower.
I had some water in the water heater to make a couple of cups of coffee. But we both opened several times the faucet forgeting there was no water.
Near the fence, and placed it today as it wasn´t there yesterday, there was a notice from the water company telling that there would be no water during the whole day as there would be some repairing.
We washed our hands a bit with a bottle of water I keep for my plants and I filled a handbag with clothes. And off I was to my daughter´s house to wash, shower and eat there.
When she brought me back, there was water, inicially muddy. I let the water flow while I wondered whether I would have water tomorrow.
We take for granted clear drinking water out of a faucet. And we all use more that our share. The same thing happens with electricity. I still remember how difficult were those 3 days we had no electricity after the Feb 2010 earthquake.
Do you also take for granted water and electricity? Do you try to save on that?
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
4 Mar 16
I try to save as much electricity as I can. But I use a lot of water in my garden.
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@dodo19 (48119)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
4 Mar 16
@marguicha saving electricity is always good. We try to do the same as much as possible. But sometimes, you have to use a little water.
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
4 Mar 16
@dodo19 Of course. But many people don´t just use water but also waste it.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
4 Mar 16
this is why we have a huge drum and lots of buckets to handle this situation. we have two bathrooms and it has buckets of them. we have three here just in case. I don't mind with out electricity we have candles, it's not having no water supply causes huge problem. I know we did during those aftermath typhoons, we literally didn't have water for days.
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
4 Mar 16
When the water company tells in advance that they will make repairs, I save water in the tub. But it did not happen today.
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
4 Mar 16
Every time I hear about people that do not have a small bottle of pure drinking water I am ashamed of myself. But unfortunatly the shame is soon forgotten
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Mar 16
I am afraid that we do take it for granted. Many cities in this country have water that is less than pure, such as Flint, Michigan where led in the water has probably created may mental problems for huge numbers of children.
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
4 Mar 16
It is a pity! In my country, there are some cities near mines that have water that should not be used for drinking. But the authorities don´t care and the people don´t have enough money to buy water.
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@marguicha (230332)
• Chile
4 Mar 16
There are these new LED bulbs that use less energy than the old ones.
