On 6/28/2014 5:56 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 6/28/2014 5:01 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 6/28/2014 3:57 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I don't get the whole bottled water for emergencies thing. If there are
>>> facilities to pump water and package into bottles they should be
>>> facilities for filling tankers. Let people come and bring their own
>>> containers. The army used to have large water tanks to supply troops in
>>> the field and they probably still do. They also have equipment for
>>> desalinating and purifying water.
>>>
>>
>> We had a water problem in our town a few years back. The town had a
>> tanker as you suggest. Meantime, every store was out of bottled water.
>
> Same here. The water company provided bottled water plus you
> could bring your own containers and fill from a truck. But
> that was a severe problem, not just a one day tops water main
> break.
>
> nancy

Exactly. Now that I understand what this tanker thing is, it would make
sense in the event of a disaster. This was merely an unforseen
breakage, projected problem no more than 24 hours. It didn't even last
that long.

Jill