https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 16:17:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584431 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:01:37 +0000 skipra 2584431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Caly: I don't really remember too much. It was kind of like camping. We filled both bathtubs all the way so we could flush the toilets. Big jugs of bottled water to drink. And some friends in the other part of town got their electricity back like a week before us so we would shower and eat at their houses the second week. I have no clue how my parents kept us fed! I will have to ask. The thing that I remember the most is that we were evacuated and the cat peed on my mom in the car on our way home. So gross when you dont have running water to clean! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584428 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:56:34 +0000 MediaNaranja 2584428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in the peace corps for 3 years and didn't have hot water the entire time. You get used to it! One year was in a very rural, high-altitude area and we would go weeks without running water, and when we finally got it again it was ice-cold. Those showers sucked, but also felt sooo good because I'd get so grimy. The other two years were in a high-altitude cloud forest, and it got pretty warm some days so cold showers felt pretty good, ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584406 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:57:09 +0000 travellingbee 2584406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last hurricane we were out of power for a couple of weeks but I left town after a couple of days so I only had to be uncomfortable a short while. We had a flight already booked as luck would have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584327 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:56:01 +0000 Caly 2584327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@macintosh: wow, I'm with you. I could never. Ever.</p> <p>@psw27: Ugh, all while being pregnant, that sounds awful!</p> <p>@Tanjowen: Definitely not a saint...I don't think a saint would whine and complain as much as I did. Your dad sounds like a smart man! Ha!</p> <p>@littlebit7: February in nyc without hot water sounds awful! And I imagine showering on the way to work every morning doesn't make for the best am routine.</p> <p>@skippra: How did you survive two weeks without running water?! We have gas and this time I made sure we would have hot water even when the electricity goes out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584324 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:53:19 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2584324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was on a ship and the hot water went out in our stateroom section for a few days. After I worked out and was sweaty, I took a very quick shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584259 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:30:09 +0000 Iced Tea 2584259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I studied abroad, I stayed in an old dorm that only had hot water for an hour every morning and an hour every evening. Everyone clamored to use the shower room at that time. If you missed it, it was freezing cold water. I stayed there for two semesters. </p> <p>The boiler system was intermittent as well. It would blast on high for about 15 minutes every two hours or so. We had to open the windows (even in the night) when it started or it would be like a sauna. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584253 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:19:58 +0000 skipra 2584253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was little we lost our power during a hurricane and it took at least 2 weeks to get it restored. So not only was our hot water gone, so was all our running water since we had a well.<br /> We had a gas water heater and city water at our last house so even when we lost our power for a week we still had hot water! It was amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584247 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:12:45 +0000 Littlebit7 2584247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About a month. We had a gas leak in our multi unit (5 unit) building on the upper east side and the city locked the gas. And getting the gas unlocked post repair was a NIGHTMARE. Red tape and excuses and bureaucracy. I had to shower at my gym on the way to work. Oh and this was in February in NYC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584173 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:09:02 +0000 Tanjowen 2584173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Caly: You are a saint in my opinion. My husband would probably cave and get a hotel room before I would, haha. I have only gone a few days at a time due to power outages.</p> <p>Growing up though, our hot water tank broke and whatever my Dad did to fix it, it didn't work very well and only held about 10 minutes worth of hot water. He decided to not bother with it because it forced us all to take short showers and get moving in the morning. :silly: To this day I ask my husband what on earth he is doing in the shower for 30 minutes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584161 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:48:48 +0000 Portboston 2584161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grew up in souther california and we had a lot of damage from the 1994 northridge earthquake. We were out of hot water for a while...maybe a couple weeks? Not sure. Power as well. I was in 6th grade so it didn't bother me as much as it would have now. I actually thought it was cool that we had to 'camp out' and all the neighbors were playing outside constantly since schools were closed due to damage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584155 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:44:26 +0000 psw27 2584155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted a couple of days... but technically we had no shower for three weeks once. And I was 6 months pregnant. And I was very angry about it! (Botched construction/delays). I had hot water for dishes and such but I couldn't use my shower so I had to go to the gym every morning (errr... every other morning really cause I gave up on showering if I was tired!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584148 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:35:46 +0000 periwinklebee 2584148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the U.S., I've never gone without hot water. I did though spend awhile living in an area of the developing world where there was no hot water (or heat!) and it did drop below freezing every night. It was pretty unpleasant at first but after awhile just became a fact of life, and I almost forget what a hot shower was like... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584146 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:30:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 2584146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A couple days once, but pre kids. We showered at our gyms so it wasn't too big of a deal. Now with kids? I could do a few days in the summer I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584143 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:26:19 +0000 OldpuebloJenn 2584143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted two-three weeks- *but*- we kinda cheated. Ours went out last summer and we live in the southwest, literal desert. So, if we showered in the evening, about 5-7pm, the water would be hot for a shower. I'd wet down, turn off water, lather up, turn it back on to rinse, quick shave and done. My DD got hosed down outside! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584128 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:02:14 +0000 macintosh 2584128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was only a fraction of a day. The gas company did some work and when they left the pilot light apparently had gone out, found out the next morning during my shower.</p> <p>When DH was young, his family lived so remotely that they didn't have indoor plumbing. The used an outhouse, heated water in the stove and bathed in a bucket. When it was warm they bathed in the river. I could never. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584125 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:48:10 +0000 yoursilverlining 2584125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Caly: oh yeah, it was when I was back in high school. If it happened today - HOTEL FOR SURE! Even if it was a hotel out of state :silly: </p> <p>We've had to do 2-3 days before in our old condo when the hot water heater died, but anything more than that and I would be out of there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584123 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:47:17 +0000 Truth Bombs 2584123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm weak and would be in a hotel after 1 day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584114 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:38:45 +0000 youboots 2584114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I've ever been without hot water except during chosen homelessness aka camping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584110 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:36:03 +0000 Caly 2584110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: You win. *bows in reverence* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584094 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:17:55 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2584094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Three months. I voted stone age.</p> <p>We were renting and the landlord was doing non-permitted construction which punctured the water line and then destroyed the six month old boiler/water heater. It was a combo system and we were out of both heat and hot water from August-October.<br /> We had to get a court order and put a lien on her property before she got it fixed.<br /> It was awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584093 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:15:49 +0000 Caly 2584093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: Oh. My. :shocked: In the middle of the winter would be awful! Was it before you had kids? I couldn't imagine dealing with that and all the more worse with kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584091 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:14:03 +0000 Caly 2584091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Wintertime without a hot water heater would be "stay at a hotel" to me!</p> <p>@ Mrs. Pickle: Ugh, 16 days is a long time to go without power! We had a hurricane years ago that left us without power for a couple weeks and it sucked. A lot. Not having any power at all for an extended period of time is awful.</p> <p>@marym: having those two mins of hot water would make for a super fast shower! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584085 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:09:46 +0000 yoursilverlining 2584085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 12 days, but we were in the middle of a massive ice storm so there was also no power or anything else. Fun times were had by none. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584082 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:07:25 +0000 MaryM 2584082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went about a week when our hot water heater died. </p> <p>It started out that we'd get maybe 2 minutes of hot water, then it would all be cold. Eventually, we lost those two minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584081 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:04:08 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2584081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16 days is the longest I've gone. It was after a hurricane. It took that long to get our power back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584078 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:02:08 +0000 Adira 2584078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us it would depend on what season it is. We live in New England, so in the winter, my hot shower is the only time I really get warm! I could only go a couple days without hot water in the winter and I'd just skip showers and be dirty!</p> <p>In the summer I could go longer and deal with cold showers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-longest-youve-gone-without#post-2584061 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:51:18 +0000 Caly 2584061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hot water? </p> <p>Today marks 20 days for us. The power went out a couple weeks ago in our neighborhood and when it was restored, our hot water heater didn't come back on. We have a tankless and my husband isn't familiar with them so we had a company come take a look at it. Anyhow, a series of parts had to be ordered and ultimately, today, a new hot water heater is going in. Yes, those would be angels you hear singing. Nearly 3 weeks of cold showers and heating water on the stove like peasant woman has gotten really old.</p> <p>So, how long have you gone without hot water? </p>