My power pole that used to supply service to my old house and now just supplies electric to my water well pump, rotted off at the ground and broke off. I called the electric company and they came and shut the power off to it. I told them that meant that I wouldn't have any water. They insisted and said it was for safety reasons. They cut the wires, rolled them up, and placed them at the top of a tall electric pole way out of my reach.
The only way that I can get water again is to run a wire from my other pole that services my home, to the pump. That means going to the store tomorrow to buy another breaker and 150 feet or more of heavy wire to get the 220 volt service to my pump. My son loaded his big generator in the frontend loader of his tractor and brought it up. He hooked it up to the pump but the pump started running but was just making a funny noise and didn't pump any water. I suppose that it needed primed but that takes a lot more water than I have on hand and I only want to put clean water into my well. I hope we can come up with some kind of solution tomorrow. Heck, I didn't want a shower tonight anyway. . . Now, you all take a big drink of water for me and have a great day, you hear?
Having no water is no fun at all. Hope you can sort it out fairly soon. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteIsn't funny how you don't get thirsty until there is no water?? We have bottled water to drink, so we will get through this.
DeleteAny water in the motor home?
ReplyDeleteThe motor home hasn't been used for over a year and before last winter, I drained all the water out of the fresh water system.
DeleteI read somewhere you can drink urine, if you really, really get thirsty. Just sayin'.
DeleteNot that thirsty. . . yet.
DeleteWater problems suck, especially in the cold weather.
ReplyDeleteWater problems suck any time of year.
DeleteWell that's a rotten piece of bad luck you had. Hope you are able to get that problem resolved right quick.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes the problem worse is at my age and at this cold temperature, I do not move very fast, so it may take awhile (grin).
DeleteHey JO, for some reason, blogger will not let me post a reply after you comment, so I will put it here. I went to the store and bought a lot of gallon jugs of drinking water, so am OK so far, unless I want to take a shower or flush a commode.
DeleteSorry about this problem and you know it never happens when its convenient to fix. Hope you get it fixed soon. I always have extra water in my shed just in case.
ReplyDeleteI saw how bad the freeways got with all the ice you received and the accompanying accidents.
ReplyDeleteHope you get your water issues resolved. Thankfully, I always have extra water on hand and I also capture rain water.
I need to get my 55 gal water barrel filled for an emergency. I just haven't felt up to it for a while. Your experience makes me think that maybe I should do it tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteThat really "blows"; not having water is a bummer. Hope you get it fixed soon. Just don't slip and fall on the ice like i did last week. Not fun at our age.
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