Water Story

I am back. Just thought I would pop in and say "hello". Hello!

Yesterday, was quite the day. I woke up, which is a pretty good start to the day already, and went to get the paper. I noticed while looking at the front of the house, that it was either raining pretty hard, or there was water trouble on the street.

There was a large flow of water moving towards the catch basins, which were probably covered with leaves and shit. Then again, I did not care because we are on high ground, in between the catch basins and our driveway does slope down. I learned that back in 2000 during a torrential down pour (the one that caused all the fun in Walkerton, by the way).

I do not think much about it until I go take a shower and notice the water pressure is low. I finish and check to make sure that it was not happening in the house (it was not). Meanwhile, the water continues to flow outside. The area by the catch basins, in between speed humps, is full of water. I am watching cars increase their speed to go through it. Actually, I am watching morons trying to hydroplane their cars and minivans.

I call the City. They were working on a fire hydrant or water main the day before. It seems that when they recharged the water system, it caused another fire hydrant or water main to burst under the pressure.

On my way to work, I saw the fire hydrant that was the problem. The front lawn, in front of the hydrant, was spewing water. It was kind of neat.

I get home after six and there is still no water. The trucks are working on things. Meanwhile, we have a dishwasher full of dirty dishes, a sink full of the same (it was after dinner) and a Wife and Lad who needed a shower (eventually). I was taking out the garbage when a big, old city truck drove by with a "new" fire hydrant in the back. I laughed. That was about 7 pm.

Long story short, we had water back on by about 10:40pm. It could not have been soon enough. I did not want to think about the dishes, let alone not being able to shower, or have a coffee, in the morning. Well, all is well that ends well, until the next thing goes.

It is wonderful to live in a City with crumbling infrastructure and nobody willing to be held accountable for that situation. It is like a fantasy land. Fuck! Sign me up and get me on board. Get paid to do very little and not have to take any responsibility.

Ciao!