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Not a drop to drink
t 10:30 p.m. on a Saturday night about a month ago, my wife
noticed a growing puddle of water behind our washing machine
in our laundry room. I quickly shut off the water to the machine,
but the water kept dripping.
Then I felt the wall and noticed it was warm, and quickly realized
that the problem was much bigger. On the other side of the wall is our water
heater, and sure enough I found that the outlet pipe at top had sprung a leak.
More bad news followed when I learned that the shut off valve for the tank
no longer worked, so I had to shut off water to the entire house. At 10:30 on a
Saturday night.
That Sunday was bleak, to say the least.
Fortunately, we were able to fill a couple of ice chests with water from our
kind neighbor’s garden hose to use to fill toilet tanks when we flushed (which
was only when absolutely necessary, if you know what I mean). We ran to the
store the next day to grab some more drinking water, then hunkered down for
a day and a half of deprivation until the plumber could come.
It was hardest on my oldest daughter who was working all weekend and
never had a chance to take a shower. The rest of us were able to shower at the
neighborhood pool house.
We also had a pile of dirty dishes left over from Saturday night’s dinner (I
was washing them when we discovered the leak). Instead of cooking a Sunday
dinner we grabbed some Bojangles chicken, so that’s not bad.
By Monday afternoon we were back in the flow of things, so to speak, but a
lesson was learned: We are certainly a little spoiled here in the U.S. Over the
summer we also experienced a protracted AC breakdown that underscored
my family’s dependence on modern convenience.
It makes me appreciate what we have and more keenly aware of the fact that
we could easily lose it. We are a nation at peace and even if the economy gets
bumpy we still have plenty. At the same time, there are children in this country
who go hungry except for their lunches at school.
So here’s hoping the lights stay on and the toilets keep flushing in all or
our homes, and best wishes to the millions of people who do not have such
luxuries!
Edward J. Brock, Senior Editor
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