On Tuesday morning I turned on the news to find out that 40 % of the neighborhoods of Montevideo had been affected by a main water pipe rupturing and were without water.
However, I was able to take a shower that morning so I thought that my building had not been affected but by the time I got home I was also one of the hundreds of thousands without water. Can you imagine it? I mean, not only did I have to walk around without taking a shower for about two days and could not flush my toilet but businesses had to close and emergency water had to be pumped into the tank supplies of hospitals!
A few things I learned:
Unplug the water heater--it could explode because it lacks water to heat up.
Washing your hair with cold, bottled water---not worth it, if you want to do it then heat the water up first
Wash your dishes every night---I could have had a lot less dirty dishes lieing around the house if I had done them before the water disappeared.
