On the evening of the 23rd of December I turned on the water in the kitchen and the water pressure had been reduced to a trickle. Hmmmm......the neighbor came over to see if we had any water because she sure didn't have much pressure either. Well, it turns out a 50" water main had broken on Belcher Road north of East Bay....which means about 350,000 people were affected by the break according to the news.By the morning of the 24th, the news was reporting that we were under a boil water notice under told otherwise. So, the picture above is how we managed to wash all our dishes until the morning of Dec. 26th. One pot for washing and one pot for rinsing. At least the water pressure came back up so we could take showers and wash clothes. Boy, was I ever glad when they lifted the boil water notice! We are so used to all our modern conveniences that you forget how much more labor it takes to go about your daily life when one of our utilities has a glitch.
Thanks to all our camping experiences for helping us take it all in stride. So, this year it was plastic plates and cups for meals. Hey, I might do that next year, too! Sure did eliminate a lot of dishwashing. We still had a wonderful time with our family. Hope you did, too.
Back to running water,
Debbie
