Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 02, 2022

That’s why I keep 15 gallons on hand, at all times (refilling ‘empties’ with filtered water, as I go) .. or perhaps I just do that by reflex, because I’m in SoCal.

drive to the mega-mart and empty the shelves of water

Given JJ’s penchant to incorporate his personal experiences into the “lives” of Arlo and Janis, are any of his faithful here aware of these events happening near him?

The Earth’s surface is 70% water.

That water is uncarbonated. Therefore, the Earth is flat

We were on vacation and had no hot water for three days. It was terrible!

I work for a water corporation. He’s not wrong.

Just get a bucket and head to the town well.

Mni wiconi.

All my life water has been “right there”, turn the tap and water comes out. When the water is not there you KNOW you’re going to have to find it, without it you won’t live.We are living in the “Golden Age” right now, having no water is very different!

Temporary first world problem. We are very fortunate.

At least with a planned outage, one can fill the tub beforehand for a day’s use. One can also keep 10 to 20 gallons around in containers for emergencies.

Janis is concerned about all the planting she did in the yard last week needing water.

Much ad about climate change and fresh water…

This is why I have a 55-gallon drum of water in the garage.

A couple of years I moved to a rural area where we have a well for our water. Great until the electricity goes out. This past winter we were without power for 6 days. That’s why I have a whole house generator now.

Try flushing a toilet without it.

The Rules of Three:

You can survive for:

3 Minutes without air (oxygen) or in icy water

3 Hours without shelter in a harsh environment (unless in icy water)

3 Days without water (if sheltered from a harsh environment)

3 Weeks without food (if you have water and shelter)

what about a fire in your house? or your next door neighbors? That would be a reason for a weird feeling…

Go to the store. Buy several gallons of water. One for drinking. One for washing hands, faces and dishes. When done with the wash water, pour it in the toilet tank for flushing.

You can have it all except my water. lol

That is why I keep 50-60 gallons of water in 5 gallon containers in my garage. I refresh 1/2 of them in the fall after hurricane season and the other 1/2 in the spring before hurricane season.

you don’t know the cost of water until you run out. Benjamin Franklin

And that’s why more people are going back to Rain Barrels… even if it’s not best for drinking/laundry (although you can still boil the water), at least it’ll keep the toilet tank full!

Point

The shortage of distilled water several weeks ago led us to buy a distiller. It uses about 30 cents of electricity for each gallon it processes. Since we use about 1.5 gallons a week for medical purposes it’ll pay for itself in about a year.

Just wait until you have to go potty…

Those pipes corrode over a hundred years and suddenly burst. In Portland it happens in downtown area mostly—the oldest pipes.

In August, 2003 there was a massive in power outage all along the East Coast, Midwest, and parts of Canada …the outage was so large even utilities like water were affected… just like Arlo…we found it easy to live without electricity… but the water also stopped flowing…and THAT was the hardest thing to deal with… no drinking water…no toilet water… it was a tough 24 hours for most who were affected….

Water is life.

Without water we dry up.

We had a slightly different situation recently where our main outflow pipe clogged up, and it was two days before the plumber could get a long enough snake into the pipe to clear it. So we had water available from the faucet, but we couldn’t let any go down the sink, and most important – we couldn’t flush the toilets. The neighbors were kind enough to let us use theirs, but we still felt very much in distress.

Always good to have food and water to use in emergencies.

“Water is life.”