Kyle's leftovers

Ok, so it wasn't named when it was raining on us, but now it is-Tropical Storm Kyle. After college choir last night, and talking with some of the staff, I have a better understanding now of how it's actually affected us. Apparently because of all the storms and rains, the city/municpality reservoir is full of silt, and has to be processed differently before being dispersed to homes, etc. This process takes a lot more time, so the city is only turning water on from 2AM to 8ish. Problem with that is that we don't find out that the city has been turning the water off until we are close to the bottom of our reserve tanks. Last night we only had 1200 gallons in the tanks for the college kids to shower, etc. since we had used so much water for the bathrooms at the school. Hopefully over night we were able to get some water in the tanks so we'll be able to have school. The weekend should be a little better because there won't be the huge water consumption of the 600 school kids to deal with-just the college which I think is somewhere around 35-36 people. Last night we had carryout food and plastic utensils from the cafeteria so that there wouldn't be any dishes to wash. Right now we're just trying to conserve water to make it through the day-remind me not to walk past the bathrooms unless I have to......

Also, on Wednesday, the governor canceled sales tax for the day supposedly to help storm victims (who wouldn't get aid money that soon anyway) who are rebuilding/recovering from the storm. I don't know how much rebuilding is done since structures are more built to withstand winds etc (everything is concrete....ok, almost everything), probably just more flood recovery. It's not just the storm victims taking advantage of the no sales tax-people are rushing to buy computers, plasma tvs, and other large items. And, the governor extended the tax holiday until Saturday. I'm dreading a needed trip to Walmart-the parking lots and aisles will be packed!!