Bureaucracy at work: Between 8 and 9am today, DH Richard and I detected that our house had very low water pressure. He called the city non-emergency number for public works and was told that there had been a water main break not far from here. He had the presence of mind to ask about drinking the water and was told that the entire city is under a boil advisory. So, we knew to brush our teeth with bottled water, etc.
Just before 2pm (that's 6 - count 'em 6 - hours later) we got recorded telephonic message alerting us to the boil advisory. What about the folks who didn't call early this morning and who went ahead and consumed the water?