This is just a small object lesson on preparedness. Yesterday when I got up the water in my bathroom sink came out in a trickle, so I went to my kitchen sink and turned the water on there. Same thing with just a trickle of water and low water pressure. Next I went outside to check that there wasn’t a leak in the pipes coming into my house. Everything looked normal.
After 9 am, I decided to call my local water department, as I’m on municipal water, and the lady told me there was a water main break and they were working on that. Later, the water pressure returned to normal, but then came the announcement of a boil water advisory until the water department completes testing of the water. Here’s the quote:
“The advisory is being issued out of an abundance of caution – there is
the potential a health hazard may exist due to microbial contamination in these areas without positive pressure.”
Once again it’s been driven home to me that having emergency drinking water stored is important. I didn’t have to run to the store or alter my daily routine, because I have drinking water stored and a Berkey water filter. I have lifestraws and other water purification means too.
I certainly wasn’t expecting a water main break near me when I woke up yesterday, but having bottled water and other water purification options on-hand was a relief. You never know when some type of incident or emergency will happen, so even small preparedness efforts can bring peace of mind when something out of the ordinary does happen. And the thing is all sorts of things out of our control can happen to create problems. Just a small bit of preparedness effort can mitigate a whole lot of inconvenience and worries.
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