Little Rain
Posted on December 12, 2009 - Filed Under General News | Leave a Comment
LITTLE RAIN
The rains have not been as generous as we had hoped. The skies opened up
for the last couple weeks in October and some brief showers for a couple
days since and that is about it. The reservoir from which we get our piped
in water has run so low that they have turned the water off. We are more
fortunate than most, in that we have 3 large tanks which catch water so we
are surviving on that and trying to be frugal with it. We are not sure how
long it will last so we are also investigating the possibility of being able
to buy water. The good news is that if it rains at all we can catch a lot of
water in a short amount of time as we have gutters all around the house
which flow into our tanks. The bottom line is that we badly need rain and
others are worse afflicted than us. The flip side is, of course, we must
have water to live here. Yesterday I called a friend who has lived with this
challenge as a part of their routine for years. She gave me some good tips
on saving water and was very encouraging. I said I didn’t choose to be a
pioneer woman, but here I am. I also recently joked with a friend in the
States how we’d give up our flush toilets in a minute in exchange for
lightning internet. So now that I’ve done the first part, when does part two
of that compromise kick in??
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