I think water has to be the biggest problem for people in a disaster situation -- even more than electricity.

Rick and I are going to close down our house up here in Ohio for the winter, and they are going to shut off the water from our well and drain our pipes sometime late this afternoon. So I have to face the prospect of no longer being able to clean a floor, rinse out a dirty piece of clothing, take a shower, do laundry, wash dishes, use a toilet. So I rush to get everything done that might involve water.

It is very trivial for us, but this is the kind of thing that people in hurricane-hit areas have to face for weeks or even months!

It is amazing the number of things that we take for granted with water. We can survive without electricity, but it is much more difficult to survive and cope without water.