Submitted by heretolearnlady t3_11avzj0 in LifeProTips
astralwizard85 t1_j9ue7q4 wrote
Fill your entire bathtub with water. You don't know if you'll end up needing it to flush your toilet, etc. Having access to 30-40 gallons of "clean" water can be great during a winter storm.
PrisonerV t1_j9uvebq wrote
Most water doesn't stop with a power outage.
JesusPotto t1_j9vug1y wrote
Urbanite detected
PrisonerV t1_j9vutrg wrote
Yes, that is where the people are located.
Frost312 t1_j9v2ucy wrote
Warm water might depending on how it's heated. But that's miniscule in the grand scheme of things.
PrisonerV t1_j9v7lje wrote
But how does that affect flushing a toilet, which is a gravity fed process?
JesusPotto t1_j9xqfc4 wrote
The flush is gravity fed, the tank refill is fed by your water pump. No power = no water pump = you have one flush to make it count.
milochuisael t1_j9y91q0 wrote
What does that have to do with warm water
JesusPotto t1_j9yxpy5 wrote
You do know they both come from the same source? If you lose pressure on your cold main you don’t have hot main.
milochuisael t1_j9zch05 wrote
Original comment said most water. Sorry you’re in the 5% of people that loses water pressure in a power outage
JesusPotto t1_j9zlhoo wrote
Where do you think you get water pressure? The only reason you don’t lose pressure is because the lift pumps have diesel generators as a backup. You arent as safe as you think when it comes to water and power loss.
PrisonerV t1_j9y998e wrote
Like 99% of the US population doesn't rely on a water pump for water.
JesusPotto t1_j9yxg7d wrote
Again, urbanite detected.
JesusPotto t1_j9yxmtt wrote
And you’ve never seen them, but your building absolutely has lift pumps if you live in anything with like, more than 5 floors.
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