No I don’t. Tanks are empty
CHAT Well, my city water is gone
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Having a couple of old fashioned rubber stoppers in the junk drawer comes in handy more often than ya think. I get peeved in the fall when canning, because my SS kitchen sinks like to slow leak too. Cheap fix. If the bathtub leaks, you'll probably have to remove the original leaky stopper first.
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My tub won’t allow those to be used.
Hm, I have a ton of water stored and fairly easy access to water all year long - but never once thought about using all the carboys around I've found around here. Sigh, guess I have a chore tomorrow - It's either that or start learning how to brew porters and stoutsInteresting that you guys don't have water stations in towns like we have up here. Maybe because so many have dry cabins I guess - but one can get a lot of potable water in about every little village - or of course dip your own to treat.
Meanwhile, you're in my prayers. I know you know how to deal but it's a lot easier not having to!
all those empty 5 gal; water jugs that folks buy their water in
some have a deposit fee and they don't toss them
but I find that the blue ones are for 1 use, and discard
if I see them out on recycling day, I grab them
they also make great mini greenhouses for your plants
just cut the btm out
NoDandy
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Those would work. I use empty Gatorade jugs, empty Ocean Cranberry Jugs, and empty Bourbon 1/2 gal jugs. All heavy duty plastic. The Ocean Spay even have built in handles. Don't use empty milk jugs, very weak plastic. cola 2ltr jugs work also.
dstraito
TB Fanatic
Here it is Friday, still no water
Down to last case of bottled water. There is a store called Blue Jug here. They sell alkaline water but are out today and have to recharge over night.
I will go early tomorrow.
The Snack Artist
Membership Revoked
Reminds me of a friend who bought and stored at least 20, 5 gallon jugs of water from Hinckley in a loft above his garage ceiling. I asked if the ceiling had buckled yet. He moved some after that.
To store water for handwashing, dishwashing and for flushing, I save those big laundry detergent jugs with the press spigot. Set one by the sink as soon as the power goes out...much easier to wash hands, rinse dishes, etc. with the spigot. Also great to take for washing up when camping. They are made of tough plastic and hold about 2.5 gallons.
33dInd
Veteran Member
Now that’s cleverTo store water for handwashing, dishwashing and for flushing, I save those big laundry detergent jugs with the press spigot. Set one by the sink as soon as the power goes out...much easier to wash hands, rinse dishes, etc. with the spigot. Also great to take for washing up when camping. They are made of tough plastic and hold about 2.5 gallons.
night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
You'd be surprised how well they also work for filling stoves and lamps...
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Do NOT use milk containers. It is IMPOSSIBLE to clean out the milk fats so they ALWAYS smell and taste like sour milk.
It's hard enough to get the coffee out of the big 3-5 gal mylar bags....even if the coffee was plain black. (RELIC's company used to have office and team parties or thank-you breakfast treats on occasions...It took 3 rinses with Stearamine tabs (6 each 2 to q gallon, 3 gallons) to kill the coffee taste/smell.
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Do NOT use milk containers. It is IMPOSSIBLE to clean out the milk fats so they ALWAYS smell and taste like sour milk.
It's hard enough to get the coffee out of the big 3-5 gal mylar bags....even if the coffee was plain black. (RELIC's company used to have office and team parties or thank-you breakfast treats on occasions...It took 3 rinses with Stearamine tabs (6 each 2 to q gallon, 3 gallons) to kill the coffee taste/smell.
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hunybee
Veteran Member
i'm watching this thinking, "how have i never heard this before?!"
i closed my eyes as i basked in it's resplendence, then.... "i can only watch you eat, my face pressed up against the window pane"
(record player needle screeches across)
WTH?! this is the stalker's national anthem!!
i told fezzik this, and he said, "oh no, baby! you want to see the stalker's national anthem....i got you.....here....go look at this!"
as i sat and watched, my first reaction was absolute stunned shock. it was like a slow train wreck.
he was throwing off some SERIOUS "put the "lotion in the basket!" vibes!
sincerely
i watched, my eyes getting bigger and bigger........
what
am
i
watching......
dude climbed in her window!!
i jerked my head up and looked up at fezzik
"what's he gonna do with the rug?!.................."
as fezzik is laughing his butt off, he says, "i told ya...." LOL
then we read the comments
i was clearly not the only one to have those thoughts....
Macgyver
Has No Life - Lives on TB
They make brass ones with an extended nipple for replacement on those.
Or you can screw on one of those brass garden hose valves on what's there already.
hunybee
Veteran Member
xtreme_right
Veteran Member
Smart! My DH was messing with me today and said how it’s a pain to pour out the water from a jug instead of getting from the fridge door. I told him I’m the one whose boiling, cooling, filtering and decanting several gallons every day. He said, but that’s your job! (And then laughed and ducked!)
ka5gtc
Contributing Member
Were on our 4th day with no city water. The city has many breaks and one of those is on the Island across from the city and it is a 24 inch line. You have to cross a high bridge to get to the island and the bridge is curved and slanted to one side and icy. I have many cases of water and 2 liter bottles filled and stored. No time line on restoration of water yet.
NoDandy
Has No Life - Lives on TB
That is a very good idea. Also, with the residual soap in there, great for washing hands with soap in the liquid. Like you said, very sturdy jug, and the push button spout, great convenience !!!!To store water for handwashing, dishwashing and for flushing, I save those big laundry detergent jugs with the press spigot. Set one by the sink as soon as the power goes out...much easier to wash hands, rinse dishes, etc. with the spigot. Also great to take for washing up when camping. They are made of tough plastic and hold about 2.5 gallons.
Thunderbird
Veteran Member
My friend that winters in the Austin area just E mailed me his power and Water were back on.
helen
Panic Sex Lady
Short version: our family has been co-housing with multiple households and multiple generations for all of our collective history. We hold houses in many locations, inner city, small town, isolated, whatever. The houses had different issues during this storm. The people had differing skills. We had some some interesting group chats.
We all kept power and water most of the time, but pipes froze under the houses at minus 10 and below. In some cases we were able to thaw the lines quickly by putting dryer vent hoses under the house and running the dryers intermittently.
At the farm, unruly rescue dogs ripped the foundation vent insulation out on the north side, and the pipes froze in minutes. After covering the foundation vent holes up, I put a large pot of boiling water under the house, covered the entry, and thawed the pipes in about ten minutes. The dryer was too far away to use it.
For the future, I've already bought two 25-foot dryer hoses and connectors so I can use the dryer idea at the farm. At two other houses, we're going to install 25-foot dryer hoses under the house pointed exactly where we need them, with a through-the-wall connector near the dryer. Next time we'll just connect the normal dryer hose to the wall port when needed.
Using the dryer depends on having power. For cases without power, we can still use the dryer hoses as planned, only with warm air forced from the house into the dryer hose with a battery-powered fan in a box. Or use a pot of boiling water. Whatever works. In the old days, my elders put pans of hot coals under the house, but I had no help coming if I set the house on fire.
I saw a non-electric shop heater that runs on propane, shaped like a cannon. The people pointed it through their foundation vent hole. That looks like a fire hazard, but it worked,, and we're looking into it.
Hope this helps.
We all kept power and water most of the time, but pipes froze under the houses at minus 10 and below. In some cases we were able to thaw the lines quickly by putting dryer vent hoses under the house and running the dryers intermittently.
At the farm, unruly rescue dogs ripped the foundation vent insulation out on the north side, and the pipes froze in minutes. After covering the foundation vent holes up, I put a large pot of boiling water under the house, covered the entry, and thawed the pipes in about ten minutes. The dryer was too far away to use it.
For the future, I've already bought two 25-foot dryer hoses and connectors so I can use the dryer idea at the farm. At two other houses, we're going to install 25-foot dryer hoses under the house pointed exactly where we need them, with a through-the-wall connector near the dryer. Next time we'll just connect the normal dryer hose to the wall port when needed.
Using the dryer depends on having power. For cases without power, we can still use the dryer hoses as planned, only with warm air forced from the house into the dryer hose with a battery-powered fan in a box. Or use a pot of boiling water. Whatever works. In the old days, my elders put pans of hot coals under the house, but I had no help coming if I set the house on fire.
I saw a non-electric shop heater that runs on propane, shaped like a cannon. The people pointed it through their foundation vent hole. That looks like a fire hazard, but it worked,, and we're looking into it.
Hope this helps.
Thunderdragon
Senior Member
Off topic. But..weather related. .I doubt anyone is crazy enough to do it. grew up on farm in country. We stored up a lot of extra charcoal briquettes. We set them in oven cookie type trays to warm up frozen stuff. but...we mostly used them on Hog and cattle waterers and lines. The internal heat things worked sometimes. But not always. Much more dangerous. Most everything was parked outside. And we would set them under cars and tractor engines if temps were below 0 and things would not start. I would say. this alone worked to get things started about 70% of the time. Crazy as it sounds. Lucky I guess.
So sorry to hear this.
Not at all. The charcoal method was recommended to me by the vendor of the 500 gallon propane tank I bought. he said it would be necessary if I needed the gas in the middle of a Wisconsin winter.
So sorry to hear all this,..
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
We'd plug in auto trouble lights to long outdoor extension cords and put those near the engine blocks for cars that sat outside. I still do that when it gets colder than -5 because I have an unheated, uninsulated garage.
That's where I use my few incandescent, rough service bulbs. They throw off a lot more heat than LEDs.
Thunderdragon
Senior Member
yea. Sounds familiar lol.
Mary Contrary
Inactive
Wow. That is so kool you got your own hand pumped well. Good for you. I got a cheap hand pump on my well too. Had man do it like 3 or so yrs ago. I didn't pump it last summer and not now for sure. I have to prime and pump this summer or before. I read the leather can dry out. I need to buy one. Got pump for a hundred bucks.
Mary Contrary
Inactive
I don't think LEDS throw off any heat at all. I don't like them., and they are supposed to destroy the melatonin in our body which makes it hard to sleep and they give off a silent buzz that is bad for our brain.
Marie
Veteran Member
Do you have access to square bales? In the winter when I had my little house I used straw bales around the foundation.
Marie
Veteran Member
We did too. I forgot all about that!
Fairwillows
Where I am supposed to be.
We always take those on camping trips!
We are out too.. I have spent all day getting a emergency drop for our area from the county.. Tomorrow we will know if Sam's Club is donating a semi load for our people..
This is a pain... I have enough for personal need but not enough for our city and the four towns around us..
mzkitty
I give up.
mzkitty
I give up.
helen
Panic Sex Lady
Our temps went way lower than the forecast. We thought of using hay or straw bales. By the time we knew we were in trouble, all we had were trash bags and leaves in some locations. Bags of leaves saved my wellhead. Large flat cardboard boxes lining the outer walls of the pump house helped too. They held up with t-posts leaning on them. Thankfully we had very little wind.
magnetic1
Veteran Member
Old trucker trick and works very well...
hunybee
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hunybee
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yes!!! that was one of the comments! you saw all the others!
when i saw this one, i whipped around and looked at fezzik and yelled, "SEE?! i told you so!"
hahahaha