Boiling water

@GardenGerty (169530)
United States
August 12, 2020 3:23pm CST
Evidently we have a water main break, in our quadrant of the town. They will shut off our water tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. until it is repaired. Meanwhile, as a precaution, the entire town is under a boil water order. I already have some gallons of water that I have stored for an emergency like this. I am boiling more water right now and filling up jugs. I have also put some pitchers of unboiled water in the bathrooms for flushing and hand washing purposes. I will be at work most of the day tomorrow. I hope things go well for the repair crew. This seems to be one of those years for small and large disasters both.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Aug 20
I hope it's repaired by the time you get home from work. It's good you're prepared.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
15 Aug 20
Hubby says if it was off it was not off for long. He was home all day.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Aug 20
@GardenGerty That's good it wasn't off very long.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382357)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 20
It's good you have some water on hand. It is awful to be without any.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
15 Aug 20
I carry water in the vehicles as well. Just so we always have some.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382357)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Aug 20
@GardenGerty It's a good idea. We went out the other day and thought we'd be a short time but ended up being out for much longer - and we didn't have water with us. I won't do that again.
Amber
@AmbiePam (120998)
• United States
12 Aug 20
My water tastes bad, so I always have a couple gallons around, thank goodness.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
15 Aug 20
My older sister, who lives in Kansas, says Kansas water tastes bad and she misses Oklahoma water. To me it tastes musty, but it is drinkable.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120998)
• United States
15 Aug 20
@GardenGerty I can drink the water at my dad's house if I need to, but I think the pipes in my apartment do something to the water that makes it taste weird, and bad.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135910)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Aug 20
Hope it doesnt take them too long.
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
15 Aug 20
They seemed to get it done quickly.
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Anna M. Wilkes
@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
12 Aug 20
They shut our well off twice already this year for repairs. I'm ok with it as long as I have time to get jugs ready and fill some buckets for toilet flushing. Hopefully it won't be off for long.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169530)
• United States
15 Aug 20
That can be frustrating. It seems that old lines break as much in summer as in winter.
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Anna M. Wilkes
@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
15 Aug 20
@GardenGerty Yes they sure do, these pipes here are ancient, lol.