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It’s been a chaotic weekend. At WBUR, the newsroom was buzzing Sunday afternoon with reporters clad in shorts and sandals, running between towns and cities in the area. Radio Boston was already at work yesterday preparing for a special broadcast about the water emergency. This special airs today at at 1pm.
While working yesterday, I tried to go out and get a coffee during the water news extravaganza but poof! Starbucks was closed. I felt a momentary panic. Then I learned that the town of Lexington ordered all of its restaurants closed on Saturday afternoon. Restaurants were allowed to reopen on Sunday if they could prove that they could serve food safely. I stopped feeling sorry for my caffeine-lacking self.
I must admit, though…cooking last night was quite frustrating. I decided to raid the Trader Joe’s frozen food aisle (zip goes my sodium levels!) and settled for some shrimp stirfry and pre-washed salad greens. Not half bad.
How have you been dealing? Any crazy water stories to share? Don’t be shy….share ‘em below.
There are plenty of dramatic pictures of the water pipe gushing & whining about lack of coffee but other side of any emergency is how it brings people together. Several people in my neighborhood in Arlington went door to door to make sure everyone heard the news & gave offers to help. My husband & I got up at 6:00 AM on Sunday to shop for water in other towns & distributed it to friends & elderly folks who couldn’t manage to get it. Aquapocalypse for me –a bit annoying, a lot heartwarming.
It’s been kind of interesting at the bakery… boiling all of our water before we can use it for anything. And kind of strange to have to put a sign on the door that says we can only serve bottled beverages. I’m sure the whole city must be in a caffeine lull. What drives me nuts is that Cambridge is fine (not MWRA water)… and if I walk one house over, I’m in Cambridge. But I live in Somerville, so my water is not fine. Go figure!