..wait...what?? a drought?

OHHHH craziness: We had a water scare yesterday. Apparently the 2nd rainiest place on earth can experience an actual drought! We haven't had any rainfall in about a week, so although everyone was completely unaware, our water supply was dwindling. On Tuesday evening without any kind of warning or announcement, they turned off the water to many places on island and then by Wednesday afternoon, the water had been turned off all over the island (the tanks were empty). In the hours that followed, bathrooms were locked, people's bodies were left unbathed, and people started hording water (just in case) from spickets producing minimal water. The Governor called off school "indefinitely" for all elementary schools and high schools in Pohnpei. That's when rumors started to fly. It was rumored that the rivers had all dried up. It was rumored that the water was turned off because of a hepatitis A outbreak. Whatever the ungrounded rationale, the overall buzz was that of doom and gloom. We were all going to die. I tried to remind people that there was no need to panic--it will rain. Seriously, this is Pohnpei, the second rainiest place on earth...we were going to be okay. But, I guess some people really like to worry and (I think primarily) like to talk about the "what if-s" and "we're all going to die-s", so panic prevailed over reason.

Six hours later the skies opened up and poured down serenity...or more like a dose of I TOLD YOU SO...or maybe a little sprinkle of CHILL OUT! Ahh, the glorious sound of rain. I never knew how important water was until the threat of having none became reality...or more like mere speculation.

*sigh* Pohnpei Met. This is Pohnpei.