13 hrs. and counting and still no water

Yes better start stocking up, lots of rain but no water in the faucet

@louievill I think you could also get water from rain, just not for drinking if you put buckets outside.

@Letranknight2015 we have a double stainless rain barrel in the garden but it has not been cleaned for a long time

@louievill ...Our sewers are still worse..lol

@vandana7 because you have more people in a large land mass, we have less people living on islands so drainage is should I say a bit more efficient.

Oh god i know how terrible, India and the Philippines share very identical problems.

Yes they should cause it might affect sanitation, good thing I'm a prepper and I have quite a stock in our store room that I rotate from time to time, plus my rain barrel, Im worried about my friends and neighbors who were caught unaware especially those with children.

@louievill I can imagine how horrible it is for those with young children. We usually do not have water problem, but I also have rain barrels in the garden and bottled water in the cellar.

@LadyDuck its always best to be ready in any situation that may arise, my rain barrels were not in the best condition coming from a long hot summer, think i need to do a little cleaning soon

We have rain barrels and we store tap water on drums but we have no pump as yet so i have to bring it up manually using pails and containers so some are already in 5 liter pet bottles ready to use incase. Pumps would raise our electric bill which is quite expensive in our country.

@louievill After the power has been off I sometimes fill buckets ready in case it goes off again but eventually I have to tip the water out and next time we get caught again. We catch rain water off our roof but it is a bit hard to access if we have no power. I'm glad you weren't completely without water.

@JudyEv if you heard the word" prepper" Im one or have that kind of mentality but not the extreme doomsday type just prepping for calamites that always seem to hit us, I'm also a chess player so I plan 5 to 6 moves ahead and try to predict outcomes

It's back already thank God, From now on I am doubling my water stock

@MarymargII it went up to around 21 hrs. Before it was restored, thank goodness

@louievill Wow- so glad for you- but 13 hours is crazy!

Yes to be always prepared for anything is the best practice.

@Gita17112016 our water is suppled by foreign contractors, and come to think of it that I am living in Metro Manila, yes what more in the rural areas

@louievill It's sad though that Government can have a steady supply of water into the rural areas. And water is a basic commodity.

@louievill That's good news as we are disadvantaged without running water.

It has been fully restored but once in a while they still have to shut it down for shorter periods of time to do minor repairs and they have started giving advisories thru text messages. Yes our world is beginning to become quite different from what we are used to

@louievill When a pipe is frozen deeply in the ground, you cannot do anything else than to pray for warmer days. It is very rare in my area, but it happens times to times. You are right. We are unable to live today without tap water and electricity like were doing our ancestors. Does a "basic jungle survival course" helps to find water or to deal with giant snakes?

@topffer good thing we do not have snow or frost, it's like the pipe has constipation There are a lot of courses to choose from incase you visit our country, some of the instructors are sons of aetas ( pygmy like people who inhabit deep tropical rain forests of the Philippines) who trained the green berets in jungle survival during the Vietnam war. They do it on the same place in Subic, the former American base surrounded by jungles and tropical rain forest, yes getting water from plants, making fire, cooking and making utensils with bamboo is just a few skill, here's to give you a preview amd idea.

Yes we take things for granted till it's gone. 4 days is very difficult what more weeks. If i was single and alone like I was for a long time, this 15 hrs. Now is nothing, I finished basic jungle survival course, now merely surviving and getting things done is very different from missing the convenience of having it delivered right from the tap. I still have ample supply in my storage and garden but people in the house are still complaining, it's not water that's gone, it's the ease that we have all gotten used to.

We always have a stock of water in the house

Its nice to see you too and thanks much for the care

@louievill Always my friend..missed you as always

Yes we had, we always do plus ones not yet cooled in containers cause our drinking water is mineral that we buy

Yes but in case it does I hope they would be prepared and have a stock of water good for several days.

Good thing I have a " rain barrel" got the name and idea i guess it's from your country, I'm a self confessed prepper so i was prepared in a sort of way. I dont think anybody was prepared with the turbidity issue, it came together with the tornado that is extremely rare occurance in our country

@louievill I read about that tornado. Glad that you were 'sort of' prepared.

Good thing we always have a lot of water stocked, you know how life is down here in the Islands you have to rely on yourself, I don't put my trust on Government and utility companies

@antonbunot i really hope so too

It was just a few hours until it becomes a full day with no water before service was restored

Twas restored at 7 a.m. The following day

Yes it has been, thank you very much

It went back but there are intermittent shut downs like last night, think they are doing major repairs

Yes we now have water after 21 hours

It's more than 13 hrs now, water turbidity due to sediments is making it unsafe and would take time to settle down.