No Water?

And it Just Rained So Hard Last Night! Where is this all coming to? They say the Polar ice caps are melting and flooding all the seas worldwide with excess water due to climate change. And yet, no water? Can they not channel the excess water to the city dams and filter them and turn them to potable water? I mean, we're in the 21st century, and we're supposed to be able to do that, right? Don't we have an effective water technology?

Early this summer they complained about a cloudless sky. They could have seeded clouds if there were any, they claimed, but there weren't. The planes for seeding clouds were all ready to take off at the slightest sign of clouds. Okay, good excuse, I told myself. So let's pray for clouds. Then came heavy, dark, angry clouds. Did they seed? No rain came. Still no water, said the news. So where's the effective water technology I saw on TV documentaries?

Then last night it rained. It was a glory to feel the refreshing cool breeze. Wow! They seeded the clouds, at last! But early this morning, we found our faucets dry. I opened them and they released nothing but air--in a ghostly moan that sent our cat scramming in fear. Is this a joke or what?

How can you workout when there's no water to take a shower with after? How can you go to work? How can you cook and wash dishes? How can you fight the blazing summer heat? How can you....where's that effective water technology? Only Japan has it? Why didn't they take that technology here years ago then? 

The 7000 plus islands we have are surrounded by bodies of water. That should eliminate all excuses of having no water during drought or El Nino or climate change, or what-have-you. If we have an effective water technology and wisely invest in it, we would have nothing to worry about no matter the climate Nino or El Change that happens around us. 

So, there's no water. Hmmm...I think the bottled waters in the fridge would do for taking a bath and using the toilet. The phone rings....my sister asks if we have water supply. "Yeah," I answer, "we have lots of water...in the fridge and in our bodies---70 percent of body weight is water! Ain't that good news?" She hangs up. 

Now here are tips on saving water:

1. Conserve water. After gurgling water when brushing teeth, keep it for later use--I mean to wash car tires or the street canal--not for gurgling again. 

2. Save the water when washing your hair. Use it for flushing the toilet bowl. 

3. Use paper plates, cardboard cups, and other disposables for a while for dinners. No, don't eat them--I mean, us them for containing food and transporting food from container to your mouth. Okay?

4. And use Downy softener when rinsing clothes--the type that allows for super effective one-time rinsing.