Austin Water Issues Boil Water Notice

[Digdogger 1344]

I had a high colonic scheduled, now what am I supposed to do?

[safe sex 11738]

3 minutes ago, DaggerHorns said:

So what do they do now? Do they boil the water, just do the surgery today, or post pone it?

or did some people already do it not knowing the boil notice?

Can't speak for every hospital, but mine cancelled every surgery that was scheduled today. Not entirely sure what they do for emergent situations. I should probably find out. 

[BlueGreySky 1021]

14 minutes ago, Digdogger said:

I had a high colonic scheduled, now what am I supposed to do?

Proceed as normal.  Use beer instead of water.  The kids call it "butt chugging." 

[Monster 219]

Do people shower during these kinds of events?  Because I'm going to start using this as an excuse if not...

[gsoda3 3276]

are round rock residents affected?  

[atomheartbevo 89765]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Yep. I was somehow able to boil water without leaving the house:

If you shared your black magic techniques on Twitter you would rack up millions of followers.  

[Biff Tannen 45696]

31 minutes ago, Monster said:

Do people shower during these kinds of events?  Because I'm going to start using this as an excuse if not...

Why would you not want to shower?  You filthy animal.

[Biff Tannen 45696]

Also, with people panic buying probably hundreds of dollars worth of bottled water, I bet you the $30 Sawyer Squeeze filters and others at REI are fully stocked.

[Updawg 2282]

Also, with people panic buying probably hundreds of dollars worth of bottled water, I bet you the $30 Sawyer Squeeze filters and others at REI are fully stocked.

Yeah, I was thinking it would be a great time for Amazon to do targeted marketing for water filters etc

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

With the water panic, I dare someone to start a facebook rumor that a combination of the hurricane in Florida, local flooding cutting off roads, and the lack of clean water is keeping gasoline deliveries from being made to the Austin area.  Another gas panic on top of the waterpacolypse would do us all in.

[Trey3216 15350]

Just now, Judge Roybeanbag said:

With the water panic, I dare someone to start a facebook rumor that a combination of the hurricane in Florida, local flooding cutting off roads, and the lack of clean water is keeping gasoline deliveries from being made to the Austin area.  Another gas panic on top of the waterpacolypse would do us all in.

That's so hilarious it just may work

[texastough 1129]

4 hours ago, CleverNickname said:

Can confirm panic buying at HEB is ongoing. I suspect shelves stripped by 7am.

Source: Was at HEB at 6:05am panic buying 

People go early because it takes a while to boil all that Ozarka

[DaggerHorns 3085]

6 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

With the water panic, I dare someone to start a facebook rumor that a combination of the hurricane in Florida, local flooding cutting off roads, and the lack of clean water is keeping gasoline deliveries from being made to the Austin area.  Another gas panic on top of the waterpacolypse would do us all in.

Mix this in with freezing temperatures and we’ve got ourselves a real life apocalypse. This would cause ammo to run out and looting to occur. I support this as we need to purge Austin a wee bit.

[Newdoc 3448]

I wonder what percentage of the population could handle any real emergent situation. One that you can’t Google, call customer service or go to HEB to stay alive or safe.

[phdhorn 6224]

Hopefully, this will cause at least a half million recent transplants' dreams to shatter and they'll all move to another state by Friday.

Edited October 22, 2018 by phdhorn

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

45 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

are round rock residents affected?  

 

[Trey3216 15350]

11 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

I wonder what percentage of the population could handle any real emergent situation. One that you can’t Google, call customer service or go to HEB to stay alive or safe.

About 10-12% could actually figure out how to gather water, farm and garden for staples, hunt for meat, and build shelter.  

[Pato del Muerto 52540]

3 hours ago, bolverk said:

I'm on my fourth cup and just saw this. Am I going to die?

Pretty sure coffee makers heat up coffee pretty hot. 

[Deej 76868]

33 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

With the water panic, I dare someone to start a facebook rumor that a combination of the hurricane in Florida, local flooding cutting off roads, and the lack of clean water is keeping gasoline deliveries from being made to the Austin area.  Another gas panic on top of the waterpacolypse would do us all in.

Start a rumor that there has been a recall on bottled water due to high bacteria concentrations. Watch the apocalypse unfold. 

[jimmyjazz 46002]

It wouldn't shock me if a good percentage of bottled water sold in Austin is source from . . . Austin tapwater.

[Trey3216 15350]

4 minutes ago, Deej said:

Start a rumor that there has been a recall on bottled water due to high bacteria concentrations. Watch the apocalypse unfold. 

Yep.  Say Austin Officials/Grocers didn't want all that bottled water from the airport runway in Puerto Rico to go bad, so that's what everyone just bought.  

Edited October 22, 2018 by Trey3216

[JimmyGlass 21]

6 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Pretty sure coffee makers heat up coffee pretty hot. 

To kill bacteria the water has to be brought to a full boil for several minutes.  Coffee makers don't do that. 

[phdhorn 6224]

Just now, JimmyGlass said:

To kill bacteria the water has to be brought to a full boil for several minutes.  Coffee makers don't do that. 

Just go buy some McDonald's coffee but don't spill it on your lap.

[pantone159 719]

1 minute ago, JimmyGlass said:

To kill bacteria the water has to be brought to a full boil for several minutes.  Coffee makers don't do that. 

I think it is sufficient to bring it to a boil at all. Going the whole 'full boil for three minutes' will make you 100% sure you killed everything, but if the whole volume gets to boiling at all, you are good. So coffee makers are ok, thank god.

 

 

[staboner 4984]

just go home and boil your water. it ain't that gd hard

i hit up twins at 10AM for their limited bottled water and some whiskey. 

[MrBig 5424]

Fuck it. As long as the water doesn’t look like the water from Back to the Future 3, I’ll drink it. I’ve been pretty constipated lately anyways.

[KaiserSoze 998]

Yep. I was somehow able to boil water without leaving the house:

Same, the easiest part of my day so far.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

Didn't stop at the coffee shop on my way to work.  Haven't grabbed a cup in the office.  I'm going to try to make this disaster into my first caffeine free day in probably years.

[Chet Steadman 940]

I refuse to either boil my water or purchase my water from a bottle.  All this ado about nothing.

Been nice knowing y’all though.  

[Orange&White 5528]

We need to remember to add this event to the list of things we tell out of towners when we are trying to convince them to not move here.

 

[atomheartbevo 89765]

27 minutes ago, MrBig said:

Fuck it. As long as the water doesn’t look like the water from Back to the Future 3, I’ll drink it. I’ve been pretty constipated lately anyways.

Politicians are telling us we are turning into Venezuela anyways. 

[Macanudo 13001]

3 hours ago, J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. said:

No shit.   Before Harvey hit last year, I hit HEB with one plan.... Beer and wine.

[CooterBrown 18021]

Went to the gimp HEB on Burnet at 6:30AM. Parking lot was full. Grabbed 4 gallon jugs of water and the line to check out was 80 people deep. I left the water there.  I'll wait until HEB restocks later and most people die off from thirst.

 

Edited October 22, 2018 by CooterBrown

[woohorn 1131]

Anyone know how Amazon same day/next day holds up during an event like this?

[atomheartbevo 89765]

1 hour ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

With the water panic, I dare someone to start a facebook rumor that a combination of the hurricane in Florida, local flooding cutting off roads, and the lack of clean water is keeping gasoline deliveries from being made to the Austin area.  Another gas panic on top of the waterpacolypse would do us all in.

I’ll go you one better.  Because so many tens of thousands of parents are rushing around looking for water, and then making trips to schools to drop off water for their kids, and because so many water delivery trucks are making a lot more trips in and it of Austin, and because people are stockpiling gasoline for the rain Tues-Thur, and because so many people are having Amazon deliver water, what if they were buying/using a lot more gas, and Austin has used up our weekly allotment of gasoline?

Edited October 22, 2018 by atomheartbevo

[BrickHorn 18258]

1 hour ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

With the water panic, I dare someone to start a facebook rumor that a combination of the hurricane in Florida, local flooding cutting off roads, and the lack of clean water is keeping gasoline deliveries from being made to the Austin area.  Another gas panic on top of the waterpacolypse would do us all in.

There is no gas shortage.  We have plenty at the pumps.  People just need to be sure to boil their gasoline for a full three minutes before use.

Edited October 22, 2018 by BrickHorn

[HRSchenker 2271]

Time to get those jars of urine out of the freezer.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

6 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Time to get those jars of urine out of the freezer.

It's sterile - you can wash your hands with it.

[Steel Shank 9430]

I have to laugh. I'm on a well. The water passes through a UV light before hitting the house. Guess who controls all of Travis County now?

[Deej 76868]

34 minutes ago, woohorn said:

Anyone know how Amazon same day/next day holds up during an event like this?

Checked Prime Now out of interest at about 10 this morning. No bottled water.

[hornian 5222]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

Checked Prime Now out of interest at about 10 this morning. No bottled water.

They do have dehydrated water though. 

[sachick 1189]

H-E-B to the rescue.

 

[Anastasis 23481]

This would be a good time my friends to remind you that we are at all time 72 hours away from total societal collapse. Have a good evening. 

[Js1 85452]

Do you have to boil the water before you douche?  Sounds painful.

[Deej 76868]

Waiting for the Mexican cartels to jump into the bottled water business. 

[jimmyjazz 46002]

I'd be interested to see a "before" and "after" price comparison on HEB bottled water.  Maybe they'll surprise.

[Digdogger 1344]

37 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

I have to laugh. I'm on a well. The water passes through a UV light before hitting the house. Guess who controls all of Travis County now?

That's a lot of pipe to lay

[Trey3216 15350]

6 minutes ago, Digdogger said:

That's a lot of pipe to lay

That’s what your mom told me last night, and again this morning 

[TXSooner518 2438]

21 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'd be interested to see a "before" and "after" price comparison on HEB bottled water.  Maybe they'll surprise.

No reason they shouldn't increase price on increased demand. There isn't a shortage, so it isn't gouging IMO. Water is plentifully available, and no reason why someone shouldn't pay more if they aren't willing to spend 3 minutes to boil the water, JFC.

[Halohal 498]