Update....
The radio reports that some areas of town have "low pressure". We have zip, ZERO, none, NADA and haven't for over 24 hours now. I bought two cases of drinking water. I found two 5 gal containers and went to visit a friend and fill them up. Of COURSE.....5 gal tipped over in the van on the way home and now I need to clean THAT up. ::snort:: I stopped at a water kiosk to refill it...not sure why I didn't think of THAT to begin with! Not to be gross but it took almost 5 gal to flush ONE toilet..... ::gag:: This so reminds me of hauling water up the stairs to the toilets in that one house in the Philippines, Mom. ::snort:: BUT THEN I WAS THE KID and it was a GRAND ADVENTURE!!!! I'm trying to keep this all upbeat...but honestly....I'm a bit worried that it's going to be harder to find water....because the radio is saying it will take 3 - 5 days to fix this.....that's a long time. I would take LOW pressure....
We thought we'd go shopping, out to eat and a movie and the water would be back on. We went shopping....all the stores had restrooms that were closed with signs. All the eating spots were closed. Most the restaurants on this side of town are closed....in fact at this point I'd say all...earlier today it was GROSS...for instance Red Lobster would be closed and across the street another one would be full....well...ummm...no water....yuck! As I said, driving home, they all had empty parking lots. The health inspector was visiting restaurants this afternoon. This will hurt businesses. I know that for Chick-fil-A this is the busiest week of the year. They're closed. Josiah got time off - that's nice. We stopped at the theater and it was closed too - no water.
I planned to bake bread and muffins today - but that didn't work.....tomorrow I'll have to go buy some "finger type" food to go with our produce...
I did figure out where to go for showers. Adrienne offered...but I have some children who think the idea of showers at a friends house is terribly invasive....I don't get that...but then I AM a missionary kid. LOL I haven't gone to the base gym because they are so picky about minors at the gym...but I'll have to figure something out for the morning....I'm thinking I'll go out to the lake....they have a campground there and showers.....now don't all ya locals go out and use all the water before we get there. ::snort::