I watch as the water drains from the pipe above into the well below. It must be still raining up above, I think. Most of the city must be underwater by now.
It’s been over a month since we piled into government-created underground shelters. Did they know? I wonder. Did they know that after five years of drought, the world would suddenly rain like in Noah’s Ark?
“Whoa, cool!” A small boy arrives beside me, pointing at the torrent of flowing water. I smile at him. He smiles back before growing bored and running away.
Yeah, cool, I think, smiling.
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That is a good one. One can really imagine just such a thing occurring. food for thought….
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Thank you. My State’s governor declared drought a few weeks ago and I saw how a nearby reservoir shrank. So absolutely, anything can happen.
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Here, if it doesn’t rain for 3 days people start screaming drought. I just roll my eyes.I hear your fear, though. I DO remember when we DID have a real drought back in the 80’s and the village I lived in had No water. It had to be shipped in by the National Guard… a gallon a day per person for ALL needs. It wasn’t an easy time at all… even the creek dried up and the fish died.
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Wow, now that’s a drought there. I don’t think we’re there yet but it’s never too late to start conserving.
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Water is nectar and yet we treat it badly. This was a well told warning
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Thanks. 🙂
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I love how kids can find fun in anything. I’ve often thought back on moments like that from my childhood. Me: That is so cool! Mom and dad: That is going to cost so much to fix. Shoe’s on the other foot now but sometimes I do pause to be like … haha. Life is full of ironies.
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I agree absolutely. 🙂
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That sucks, get a shelter and then it never stops leaking! Good story.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Children get to be so innocent and so oblivious of what is really going on all around them
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I get envious sometimes.
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I most certainly understand that feeling
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I enjoyed that and can imagine such a thing happening. Well done!
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Thank you.
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Of course they knew. And yes, I can see it happen. And it nicely shows that the children grow up not knowing anything better, so for them it’s the way it is, normal and even cool. Those old tales from the good old days, who isn’t bored by them?
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Governments seem to know a lot of things. I bet a lot of mysteries are concocted by them. 🙂
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Some governments, certainly. Others probably try to hide things their voters won’t like and hope they go away… which never happens.
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As long as they have a way to keep it from filling up the shelter. I’d rather have flood than drought, but I prefer neither.
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Me too, I wish this world has no flood or drought or pandemic.
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That image did have an apocalyptic feeling. You nailed it!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Little kids may not understand the value of fresh, plentiful water. I remember visiting my grandparents in western Colorado, and playing in the irrigation ditch was a highlight. I had no idea of the life-giving trreasure the water was until I was old enough to have read something about the dustbowl years.
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