On Monday afternoon, I heard a sound outside, like someone firing a fire hose against my master bedroom wall. I walked out of the bedroom, through the living room and looked out into my backyard. The patio was flooded, I thought we had a freak thunderstorm, but it was 90 degrees outside! No such luck.
I had a water leak underground in my back yard. Fortunately, I know a guy and he said he could come over to fix my leak, in the next day or two. To turn off the water and wait.
The water leak explosion happened at almost noon, and for over 24 hours, I had to turn off my water from the street. Imagine, there is no water in my home, no water for the toilet, or to take a shower. Guess I take it all for granted. When my wife came home from work, she took us to Walmart, we bought some buckets, and we took water from our pool. We put it in the buckets so we could flush our toilets. No shower, no dishwasher, no clothes washer, for at least 24 hours but the TV worked fine, and I saw the devastation of hurricane damage, and I felt a pang of guilt. The following day my water leak was fixed and every day since, and I feel very grateful.