Kinda makes sense... they are usually heavy duty and opaque, any residual chlorine would sanitize the stored water and would off gas pretty easily before consuming. Chlorine is used to sanitize many municipal water supplies.
Hoping for the best for y'all
Yep, when I lived somewhere else and came back here, it smelt like a swimming pool having a shower.
I live rural with a well, had some tap water from inside the village limits the other day, the smell of chlorine was pretty strong, but it off gassed quickly even out of the bottle I filled from a public drinking fountain. Still tasted kinda weird, but I knew no nasties were living in it.Yep, when I lived somewhere else and came back here, it smelt like a swimming pool having a shower.
Yes. My auntie used to grow african violets, they don't like the chlorine or cold tap water. All you have to do is let the water sit for a bit and the chlorine disappears.
Most older houses in New Orleans are raised, any where from 3-6 feet above ground. some higher. After Katrina some are 10-12 feet above ground. Only Houses built starting in the 50's were ground level or on slabs. Ours is 5 feet up. The bad new is with 5 feet of water inside our home for about 3 weeks, it took years before we were back home. Keep hope, we are all with you and truely feel your pain. Know lots of people all over the country as well as the world care and will come to your aid as time goes on, for years. Avail yourselves of the people who wish to help, it will help you and make them feel better about themselves that they could do something. Just beware of the scam artist, as sadly there will be many of those as well. Remember, material prices will be high in your area in the first year at least after the storm, so also remember NOLA is only a 5 hour drive from Houston, get a trailer and come visit us for material. We would love to offer some hospitality.Thanks. It's very difficult to understand the scale of something from photos, especially if you don't know the area. That's a LARGE area. I know Texas is big, but I've no clue how big the areas within Texas are. You can look at a map and see a dotted place name, but that tells you nothing about how much area that place covers.....
Yes, any encroachment of water into the house can cause a lot of damage, but if the house is otherwise standing, you can "camp out" while repairing or waiting for repairs (obviously depending on how much water has got into what), go back to your job (if your job is still there). What do you do if you've got no house, no car, nowhere local to stay to keep working....
rjohns39, they build houses up north on "stilts", I was surprised when Katrina happened to see that houses in Louisiana are built flat. It's very low-lying isn't it, Louisiana? I suppose it costs more in engineering to do that, and people build what they can afford. After Darwin got flattened by a cyclone, they changed the building standards and the houses up north are now built "better" than they are down here, to withstand cyclones better.
I just hope the people affected don't get jerked around by their insurers and can get it sorted ASAP without further upset from insurers and contractors.
Just be real careful. New report that Irma has reached Cat5 with 175mph winds.
