We got an unexpected and unwelcome phone call last night at 11:00. It was our neighbor Glen (who is referred to as ‘Dr. Doom’ whenever he calls us very late or very early). Glen got right to the point: “We have lost our water, do you still have it?”
I rushed into the bathroom and turned on the tap. Initially, some water came out, but it fizzled out quickly.
“Damn, damn, damn,” I thought, “This is really bad news.”
We couldn’t do much about it at night, and I had a very unrestful sleep.
We haven’t been up to the culvert yet to see what exactly the problem is. Has Sunbeam Creek slowed to the point where there isn’t enough water to fill our culvert? Has frazzle ice blocked our intake? Has our waterline frozen up somewhere? I guess we will see later today. We plan to go up to take a look in an hour and a half.
The lack of water leaves us with the following problems:
Drinking & Dishwashing- We can buy jugs of water at the hardware store to take care of that.
Bathroom- Fortunately, many years ago I did build an outhouse, so although not much fun in this cold
weather, and the outhouse’s frosty interior, it does solve that problem.
Showering- Hopefully we will be able to shower at the McBride Arena’s “Fit Pit”, but we might have to
get on an exercise machine for a while just to make the shower “legal”.
Washing Clothes- There used to be a laundromat in McBride, but the rest of that building is closed, so
I am not sure if the laundromat part is still open. I guess we will have to check.
Once when our waterline froze during the winter, it took well into April for it to thaw out and give us water again.
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