We live in a rural area with only tank water to rely on. If we have a power outage, we don’t have water in the house, because it has to be pumped from the tanks (with an electric pump).
Big power outage today for scheduled maintenance on the transmitter in our street, from 11am to 3pm. I leave before the outage starts. Hubby goes out after, forgetting to turn off the hot water tap in our downstairs bathroom.. no water coming out during the outage of course.
I get home at about 3.30pm, hubby is still out. Unlock the back door to be met by a wave of water! When the power came back on so did the water, and hubby had left the plug in the bathroom basin! Have just spent the last hour or so mopping up.
Can’t really blame hubby too much I suppose – although normally it is me who leaves the taps dripping – and I am always being told to turn them off tight!