Since Sunday there have been power and water issues in my neighborhood in NYC.
This isn’t to complain. Rather I just have to do some tasks that normally I wouldn’t do.
For example I talked before about having a backup of everything. I had not replaced my water backup after moving here. Now I just did. Target is going to deliver water in less than two hours and then I will have enough water for today and for some emergency in the future.
There is a balance between over preparing and being reasonable. For example, today the traffic lights were not working for many neighborhoods and my friend couldn’t have her dentist appointment. So that is annoying when you can’t do something. If I was a professional and had an office, for sure I would have power/water backup.
Now when you do WFH having power/water issues becomes less of a problem. It is my habit to take a shower every morning, and sometimes at night too, and it is kind of stressful not taking a shower. However in addition to the water, I bought some body cleaning wipes so that will help me feel better about being clean and hygenic. I have a friend who has water in my neighborhood so if this continues all day I will go over there and take a shower.
I had power/water problems at my last place. I expected this place to be better. So far it has not been better. Sadly as I researched this today I saw that other places in other NYC boroughs also had unexpected lack of water. I doubt that I am alone in NYC having water/power issues lately. I have to assume that this summer was too much for ConEd and that why we are having power problems. Perhaps the power problems lead to the water issues. I don’t know.
I am so fortunate in that I have friends and resources to get through this problem with just a minor inconvenience. I am only sharing because it highlighted weakness in my preparations. Now that I have water I suppose I should stock up on emergency food again. That will be the next thing that I look at.