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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a complete disaster that there’s no water coming out of some taps and fire hydrants. I wonder if the insurance companies will sue the local government for that. It seems like the losses are a lot higher than they otherwise would have been.[/quote]

I feel like people simply do not understand how water systems work. There is not an unlimited supply of water in any area. The water in the area is stored in massive tanks capable of holding multiple million gallons of water.  These tanks help maintain enough pressure for water to travel in uphill areas through pipes to homes and fire hydrants. They saw four times the normal usage for 15 hours and water pressure was lowered. They are repeatedly filling the tanks but the fire fighters are using the water as quickly as it can be filled, and the pressure can't get to the point it needs to get to in order to send the water uphill. This is also a common issue with fighting wildfires and has happened many times. It is just how water systems work.  In this case the strain was worse on the water system than normal because they typically rely on more air support to drop water but haven't been able to due to the winds.

The city of Richmond has been without water for like 4 days people and we have a republican governor! Just as a reminder. Everything in our modern world is really just held together by a delicate balance and can easily fall apart if something goes wrong or is overused.

https://apnews.com/article/richmond-virginia-water-outage-winter-storm-bafe6389f59f16f194df4a46975f9461

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