This past weekend, after a tsunami warning at 6:00am, we brought out our emergency supply kit and recharged our battery operated lights from Vector and OXO. No one knew what to expect but we were prepared to run or drive to higher parts of Lanikai if needed. Well, nothing happened. Chalk it up to good training.
As usual Percy started today off before daylight and I knew something was wrong. Our Toto toilet would not flush. (It does that automatically, neat huh?) At first I though the power had gone out but then I realized that there was no water pressure. It was dark and I used one of our OXO lights to get a water bottle from the emergency supply to brush my teeth and make the coffee.
Daylight came and I called the Board of Water Supply. They expected at least a couple more hours before there would be any water pressure in Lanikai. It could be that the road paving crew had broken a water main at the entrance to Lanikai.
Leilani however had her own plans on how to overcome the lack of water. She spotted a coconut fresh from the tree on our walk in the neighborhood. When we got home, Leilani had the end of the coconut open in about 5 minutes of focused chewing. She then lapped up the freshest coconut water to be found in Lanikai.
So, if we have another prolonged water outage, here is the plan. Pick up a coconut in the neighborhood and let Leilani chew the end off and then try to get her to understand the concept of sharing. We have a bit more disaster training ahead of us!
