For the last 2 or 3 days, there has been a broken water main at the end of our street – where it meets the main road. For that long, water (good water too) has been pouring unchecked into the road at a steady pace. On day 1, there were workmen digging, but they didn’t stay long, and they left a large hole filled with water until today.
This morning, a much larger crew arrived on scene and started digging again. I didn’t really pay much attention to them until hubby said he was on his way home for lunch. It was then that I realized they had shut the water off almost completely. There was a trickle but I wasn’t sure it was not just residual. The point is that for the first time in 3 days, the water was shut off for them to work on the main. That alone was surprising to me.
Next up, I decided to take a walk and check the mailbox and see if I couldn’t get a feel for what the problem was from the guys standing around. Well, colour me shocked when THEY approached me as I walked down the road … on the opposite side. They were apologetic – over and over – while they explained to me that it could be minutes of hours until they got the issue sorted.
What amazes me about this whole thing is this:
- water has been flowing unchecked from this broken main for 3 days now
- they haven’t shut the water off once in 3 days until today
- THEY were apologetic and eager to tell me ALL about it
If I was unsure what country I was in before now (possible, considering the heat, insects and terrain), there ain’t no doubt in my mind now. This is NOT Jamaica.
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by yolospat
30 Oct 2009 at 08:05
That's insane. No way would that happen in Colorado or here in Georgia. Texas is it's own little (big?) world over there. Oil is more important than water. I remember that happening in Colorado just right down our street from where I lived. It wasn't 10 minutes after the water came a gushing that a crew was there fixing it.
by fyrfli
30 Oct 2009 at 08:32
They were saying that it was a much larger problem than just a broken pipe though – so maybe that's why? /shrug
The debate was whether to put a band-aid on the problem or fix it. I hope for all our sakes that they fixed it. Water was off long enough for that anyway…