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So for the past three days, there was no water in the bathrooms – which means hauling water from the kitchen to the bathroom for bucket baths and to fill the toilet tank.  This issue was slightly inconvenient but not horrible given the upside – your arms get a workout.  

There is something about hauling your own water and being ohhh so conscious about ensuring there is enough water in your bucket to rinse your soapy hair/body….and this is a good thing given most take for granted when a tap is opened, water is there….Here we have learned the hard way, that might not always be the case.

However, the universe has a very funny sense of humor (in my darker moments, I say sick and twisted).  A little before 6 pm, half of the sky went dark…with clouds like I had never seen before in my life (even after 2 monsoon seasons here). 

Here Comes The Rain

D ran to pull the laundry down; I ran to get my camera…

Ominous Clouds

With about 10 minutes of these pictures, there was plenty of thunder, lighting and WATER – just not in the taps.

The terrace and balconies flooded – about 4-6 inchs of water.  Water was coming in under every door and within about 5 mins there was a half an inch of standing water in both the office and family room, while water was pouring down the stairs from the terrace. 

We were coping just find – D had the foresight to pull the electronics, computers etc off the floor and I was busy pushing the water towards drains and laying down towels when we heard a crash….A bird, branch or other object, being hurtled by the huge gusts of wind had hit the family room window and smashed it – sending glass flying all over the room and providing yet another opening for water. 

@#$@ was about all D and I said – repeatedly – well ok, it was me more than him.

D goes and starts the handle the glass/flood in his room and I return to moving water out of the office and trying to ebb the flow of water down the stairs….

So marble and water make for a slippery, very hard surface as my head, neck and butt can now testify.   That’s right, in the mist of all of this, I slip while trying to walk and fall flat on my @#$.  Anyway, we eventually got the water out, the glass cleaned up and sure as @#$@, the power goes out….not just one of the small little outages we are used to here – apparently some 200 trees were felled by the storm.

Our power lines (being above ground) were cut by falling trees  – as well as the vast majority of our neighborhood.  Our power backups (both up and downstairs) having been taxed with all the power cuts before the storm lasted about an hour before we had zip current….

Mind you at this point, we really need a bucket shower but now the water in the kitchen tap is now coming out brown….

Ok, so I will say, not having water and electricity automatically is a pain.  However, the lack of it does make you hyper aware, forcing you not to take it for granted.  Given the state of the environment, this is a lesson a lot more people could use to learn.