[MR] flushing a toilet when the power/water's out

[Maire O'Halowrane]

If you know a storm is coming and you plan on staying.. and know there is a 
chance to lose power, one of the best things to do prior for being able to 
flush your toilets... is fill your bathtub with water before the storm 
hits.. then keep a small pale nearby to help flush. If your tub's drain plug 
doesn't work well.. I say first fix it.. but if you can't, then use a cooler 
or even those metal large buckets people use to put ice in for beer and soda 
hehe. No need for making purchases when most homes already have tubs. Just 
plan ahead.. same thing for your fridge..

if you have an ice maker, then bag in ziploc bags ahead of time, as much ice 
as you can. This way, if power goes out, you can use the bagged ice to help 
keep the fridge part cool or use it in coolers for food.

For water.. if you aren't evacing.. don't go out and buy tons of bottled 
water.. just prefill your empty plastic milk jugs, and any other empty drink 
containers like from juices and such, that you haven't already thrown out.

I do recommend people go to walmart or similar stores and get one or more of 
those collapsable water containers.. in the sporting goods section. They 
come in 1gal and 2 gal sizes as well. Most people here probably do modern 
camping as well as medieval.. and might already own a coleman stove.. if 
not, they aren't real expensive.. so get one for next time and keep a few of 
those small propane canisters for them around. Then you can still cook food 
if power is out and you don't have a gas stove.

Just a few ideas for people to think about for next time.

Maire


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Chessler" <chessler at usa.net>
To: "Penny Haller" <pennyhaller at yahoo.com>; 
<Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] flushing a toilet when the power/water's out


>I note my local hardware store sells rain barrels with covers (too keep 
>from
> breeding mosquitoes or worse), that you run your downspouts into directly.
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:46:42 PM EDT
> From: Penny Haller <pennyhaller at yahoo.com>
> To: "Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" 
> <Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: [MR]  flushing a toilet when the power/water's out
>
>> We also have the well/electricity issue, we just put out clean drywall
> buckets and collect rainwater to use in the toilet. I always mean to get a
> rain barrel set up but never manage to do so.
>>
>> all my best
>> Penny
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