There are few events more unsettling than a toilet not refilling after flushing ... and no expectation that it will for some time. One of this summer’s projects is to set up real rainwater collection (built makeshift last fall when Hurricane Irma was targeting us).
During one of our famous hurricanes, YEARS ago, hubby reassured that we wouldn’t have to worry about flushing our toilets....since we have a big cement pond, with PLENTY of water in it.
Guess what? Schlepping that water - that can become filled with storm debris, quick - into the house would get OLD, fast!
Luckily, we had filled up ALL of the bathtubs, as we always do before a hurricane, and had plenty of ‘flushing’ water.
This was the time our power was out for weeks (pre-generator days).