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    Default It's not always for survival

    We had opportunity today to break into our emergency water. The city is updating our neighborhood to metered water today and so it is shut off. It's slightly more than a simple comfort to be able to continue flushing toilets while we know the water will be back on soon. It's not a very big deal in the short term, but it amounts to nearly zero deviation from our usual habits.
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    'Zactly. That's why we have stuff. I've used my supplies a whole lot more for things like that than I have asteroid impacts.

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    It;s good to rotate stock as well........If I don't use my bulk storage....I change out supplies spring and fall anyway.

    Good thinking though.......
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    Well that's for the best; I don't store nearly enough water to absorb an asteroid impact.
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    Cool All's I can say is...

    Sounds like a survival scenario to me, also a nice "shakedown, dry-run!" Things that happen like this can alert you to something you may have overlooked!....
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    Emergency water storage, I'm sure most will agree, is for shot term needs. Some will be able to store more than others. I've always kept a couple ceramic water filters, plus extra filter elements, on hand. Also, chemical water treatments are a must when using these filters. I live 100 yards from the shoreline of Lake Erie, that would be the closest water source to my home. The water needs to be filtered and treated for drinking use.

    Since the sewage system uses pumps to move waste water to the treatment plants, with a long term power outage the system would eventually backup and make it impossible to flush the toilets. Something to think about.
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    You never know. Your water might be back on when expected, or not. A few years ago ours came back on when advertised, however in order to get it done they sent a crew from a separate sewer line problem to help out. Guess what. They contaminated the whole water supply for our neighborhood. Took days of boiling drinking water till the lines were flushed good enough, and the amount of chlorine they pumped in was more than sufficient.

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    when they tell me the water's off, I remove the flush handle and break out the shovel. If I get some warning that the water is going to be shut off, I fill the bathtub, too. I keep the water heater free of crud and the drain faucet free of corrosion, too.

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