Today's Problem: Water?

[chomiji]

So today I should be doing wash and packing. But while I was getting the Young Lady off to school for her last 2 exams, I found that I couldn't turn the kitchen tap off completely. This is a symptom of low water pressure, and sure enough, the Mr. heard on the radio that there's a major water main break down the highway at Piney Branch Road.

They haven't locked down the main yet, so by using the basement bathroom, I was able to shower, and I'm running a load of cold water wash (mostly lingerie and some linen tops) - I hope it gets through the rinse before the water goes away entirely ... and I've been catching the trickle in the kitchen sink in every soup pot and bucket I can, to flush the johns and so on once the water goes off.

This is, BTW, the third time we've had water issues in 10 days. I feel like I'm living in a third-world country instead of one of the nation's wealthiest counties.

Comments

[avierra.livejournal.com]

Oh man, we had loss of water last year for a day or so (with no warning), and I thought I was going to go INSANE. No toilet flushing, no water to drink, NO HAND WASHING, yuck. I hope they get it fixed soon in your area.

[chomiji]

Well, I heard the trickle into the bucket in the sink stop, and just went to check - the water pressure seems to be normal! So either they've fixed it already (which seems unlikely - the WSSC phone person said it would take 6-8 hours to fix) or they've set up "local water distribution" - I'm not sure how they do that, but I've heard a lot of big trucks driving up and down the street while I've been online.

I better go run hang up the cold wash so it will have a snowball's change of heck of drying before we leave tomorrow (the nylon bras should but maybe not anything else ... that's OK, the tops were for work when I get back).