Some normal services resuming.
Feb. 22nd, 2011 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drcuriosityWe arrived back home to find that power and phone service has been restored. Water may take a while longer, since there are areas with far more serious problems in that regard to be seen to first. Still, with power comes the ability to cook, and keep our perishable foods in the fridge and freezer, and boil water. The necessities of life catered for, even if not some of the conveniences.
It's raining now, which is going to make things trickier for the rescue efforts in town, and put pressure on city drainage and liquefaction-struck areas. On the other hand, it also gives us the opportunity to take buckets outside and gather a bit of relatively fresh water to augment our emergency supplies and random household beverages. A mixed blessing, but one where I'm happy to look at the bright side of for now, and see what the morning brings.
It's raining now, which is going to make things trickier for the rescue efforts in town, and put pressure on city drainage and liquefaction-struck areas. On the other hand, it also gives us the opportunity to take buckets outside and gather a bit of relatively fresh water to augment our emergency supplies and random household beverages. A mixed blessing, but one where I'm happy to look at the bright side of for now, and see what the morning brings.
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They're talking about having a thousand-odd police, civil defence and army people on the ground tomorrow, and I'm thinking that a lot of the riskier areas in the central city will be dealt with by them. In the outlying suburbs there's going to be a lot of other things that need doing, though - even if it's just stuff like helping to shovel silt out of people's yards and such.
We've also been collecting more water than we need, so that we can share with others who aren't so lucky/prepared. And just looking out for other people in the neighbourhood who might need help. I'm thinking I'll go down to the local shops in the morning and check on Andrew at the dairy and the folks at the bakery, and see if I can't help them with stock pickup/cleanup - getting places like that back on their feet again will be good for the local community, if we can manage it.
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