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caridad
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 08/08/2010 : 02:52:32
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Is anyone on this forum from Boston? In Cali during may 1st we get waylaid bycommunist protestors demanding immigration and healthcare reform. So when I, literally just now, found out about the water main break in Boston on may 1st of this year I wasn't surprised. I learned about it from You must be logged in to see this link. .
So my question is is anyone here from Boston? How did you cope from this disatrous nightmare? What did you do before during and after?
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2010 : 12:06:23
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I live 10 miles west of Boston, inside the MWRA district where that water main serves. The main that broke is the main feed from the quabbin reservoir out in central mass. Its a 10 foot diameter feed main serving 2 million households and businesses. The MWRA imediately put into place several emergency backup resevoirs, including the sudbury aquaduct, spot pond reservoir and the chestnut hill reservoir. All of these backup sources are untreated. The minute they announced the break, which was between 10 and 11 am on a saturday morning, bottled water supplies from every supermarket and warehouse inside the district was gone within 2 hours. I sat out on my porch sipping my cup of coffee watching neighbors flee in their vehicles to grab any bottled water they could. Some had to travel over an hour outside the district to find any bottled water. After I finished my coffee, I went down to my basement and admired my stacks of water cases and went about my day as if nothing was going on. I was running a little lower than usual on my stack, but it was still enough to get through the whole ordeal plus some. That morning I was actually planning a Costco trip to replenish a few cases, that plan was cancelled. Supermarkets were flocked, cases of water were rationed, some fights broke out in parking lots over cases of water. It would take a couple days for poland springs to ramp up 24 hour production and truck in 18 wheelers full of water, which they gave out at locations all across the city. Meanwhile, I continue to go about my business as usual.
How did I cope with this nightmare? I already had enough drinking water available on hand BEFORE the incident.
What did I do before the incident? I always keep a minimum amount of bottled water on hand at all times.
What did I do during the incident? Nothing, went about my day as if nothing was wrong.
What did I do after the incident? Went out and replenished my stock of water at a discount since supermarkets and warehouses had to much bottled water after the water main was restored. |
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caridad
Penny Pincher Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 12:20:28
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2010 : 12:30:57
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| It pays to be prepared for anything, I was able to convince some nieghbors to keep bottled water on hand at all times after this incident. If I had to, I was prepared to offer some of my water to neighbors that weren't able to get any, but from everyone I talked to, they were able to get some sort of bottled water. Boiling the water was also an option. |
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Beau
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 08/08/2010 : 12:54:31
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| did the protesters break the water main? |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 13:07:54
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justoneguy
New Member
17 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 23:57:41
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does anyone have a large tank in their basement??
I am thinking of putting a 300 gal tank inline in front of my water heater.
It should save me on heating energy costs, water gets close to room temp b4 heating it.
any ideas on the pro's or con's of this?? |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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IdahoCopper
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 10:49:40
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I have a 150' deep well and a 6.5kw diesel backup genny for the house. There is 25 gal of diesel in the shed.
It would be nice to have a 250 gal. diesel tank, but I haven't decided if its such a good idea to cycle that fuel to keep it fresh, in the diesel Mercedes, and the diesel pickup. Could be trouble not paying the $0.45 per gallon road tax. |
See - http://IdahoCopper.com
and:
http://beefjerky.com |
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harper
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 08/17/2010 : 03:00:53
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I've heard of the hot water tank water resevoir.... they were required in london for some time. made for horrible water pressure there.
how about a berkey filter? |
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Nickelless
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