Time to look up and down the street to see if there is a City Crew doing any kind of water and/or sewer work. It they have a trench in the street or along side the curb you probably have found the source of the problem. Also check the local news or Municipal website.
I can go longer without water than electricity. Always have gallons of reserve water but no stored electricity . "If it’s yellow, let it mellow, if brown flush it down. You can refill the tank from stored water.
Hello! No point in going into if they are on catchment, well water, back up flushing jugs. The funny point here is if the water is off the outside hose will be off too. Hate having to explain a joke.
we’re on a well with a pump, so if electricity goes out, so does the water! the first time we got to find out was 6 weeks after we’d moved in, during our housewarming party! :O
No electrical power has no effect on plumbing. If the water has stop flowing due to a broken (main or whatever), nothing can come through the garden hose either……
Even with the water off, you still have one flush left. In a California water crisis in the 1970s (before I escaped) they promoted a slogan: “If it’s yellow, it’s mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.” With one left, use it wisely.
Its already too late but keep voting in those republican climate change deniers, and then you’ll see what a real full blown water crisis is. Think Sahara in the southern states.
RV has a toilet bowl also. So part of our 30 gallons in it can be used for that – as long as we have notice to fill the tanks when a storm is coming and it is not cold weather when the water system is winterized.
I get it Janus. Last night the electric went out Rain storm. I ran upstairs and closed windows……. Then tried to turn on the fan to cool the bedroom down. DUH!
C over 2 years ago
Married men ought to be accustomed to dry spells
Ahuehuete over 2 years ago
Wait until the lights go out and the cell phones stop working,
Tyge over 2 years ago
Some brains are stormier than others! 8^ )
SpacedInvader Premium Member over 2 years ago
She didn’t really need the water until she found out it was off. Now suddenly….
KenTheCoffinDweller over 2 years ago
Time to look up and down the street to see if there is a City Crew doing any kind of water and/or sewer work. It they have a trench in the street or along side the curb you probably have found the source of the problem. Also check the local news or Municipal website.
Maizing over 2 years ago
I keep several jugs of bottled water in case of water outages.
alasko over 2 years ago
D’oh!
GerardEngelage over 2 years ago
Could help here, outside water is from a rainwater tank, not from the water company
Dirty Dragon over 2 years ago
Here’s an idea Arlo…
Beer.
Lucy Rudy over 2 years ago
I can go longer without water than electricity. Always have gallons of reserve water but no stored electricity . "If it’s yellow, let it mellow, if brown flush it down. You can refill the tank from stored water.
ISENOTHING over 2 years ago
Hello! No point in going into if they are on catchment, well water, back up flushing jugs. The funny point here is if the water is off the outside hose will be off too. Hate having to explain a joke.
annefackler61 over 2 years ago
I’m not the type to “live off the grid”, so when the power goes out I get nervous. Okay, just call me prissy !
trainnut1956 over 2 years ago
Or, you know, you COULD try calling the Water Department…
hk Premium Member over 2 years ago
Mighty funny. Running a hose from outside will not work if the water is off.
Oceanic over 2 years ago
we’re on a well with a pump, so if electricity goes out, so does the water! the first time we got to find out was 6 weeks after we’d moved in, during our housewarming party! :O
DawnQuinn1 over 2 years ago
I have a power generator that kicks in immediately if the power goes off.
Going Nuts over 2 years ago
Janis said what is thought many times during a power outage (usually a prolonged one from a hurricane), “It’s hot in here, let’s turn a fan on.”
assrdood over 2 years ago
You can flush with a two gallon bucket of water from a pond, swimming pool, river or stream. Just sayin’.
The Pro from Dover over 2 years ago
I just roll and unroll with the flow.
Gameguy49 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Arlo & Janis wouldn’t make it camping in a tent.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
They may have to visit a as station…
Billys mom2022 over 2 years ago
If they don’t have inside water, how do they have outside water? Unless they have a well, then they would have inside water.
raybarb44 over 2 years ago
No electrical power has no effect on plumbing. If the water has stop flowing due to a broken (main or whatever), nothing can come through the garden hose either……
Cincoflex over 2 years ago
Isn’t it usually Arlo who has the bizarre suggestions? :)
KEA over 2 years ago
“Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.” — W. C. Fields
JoHo Premium Member over 2 years ago
We always called it a water hose. My college roommate started talking about a hose pipe one time and I had no idea what he was referring to.
dnotkin Premium Member over 2 years ago
Um, if the water isn’t running, the garden hose probably isn’y working, either.
cbs1947 over 2 years ago
So riddle me this: if the water is off, what good is a garden hose?
KennethPrice2 over 2 years ago
If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown flush it down. Tree huggers mantra.
ron over 2 years ago
Even with the water off, you still have one flush left. In a California water crisis in the 1970s (before I escaped) they promoted a slogan: “If it’s yellow, it’s mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.” With one left, use it wisely.
jonesbeltone over 2 years ago
When I spent summers with my grand parents we went to the trees with a shovel when the water was cut off
sjsczurek over 2 years ago
Hurricane season has officially begun, so – stock up on that bottled water.
crazeekatlady over 2 years ago
From the neighbor’s yard?
Devonshade over 2 years ago
Its already too late but keep voting in those republican climate change deniers, and then you’ll see what a real full blown water crisis is. Think Sahara in the southern states.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 2 years ago
I like water. I’m practically made of the stuff.
eced52 over 2 years ago
No water coming out of the taps, no water coming out of the hose Arlo
mafastore over 2 years ago
RV has a toilet bowl also. So part of our 30 gallons in it can be used for that – as long as we have notice to fill the tanks when a storm is coming and it is not cold weather when the water system is winterized.
shapmandoo about 2 years ago
I get it Janus. Last night the electric went out Rain storm. I ran upstairs and closed windows……. Then tried to turn on the fan to cool the bedroom down. DUH!
tcviii Premium Member about 2 years ago
Uh, there is water in the tank. They can flush once with no problem. Tank will refill when the water comes back on.