fearwithloathing

At the moment about the same as anyone else: wait for the government to release more information about the collection points and how they work, collect drain water and borehole water and, mostly, hope we get some sweet, sweet downpour this winter.

Beyond that, flee.

Oh boy, this has been a real fear for me for a while. Since the information being released has been sporadic at best and the work done has been incredibly unreliable, it's hard to say what to trust.

For instance, will they make us aware when there isn't enough water for collection points? Will it degrade to utter, dystopian chaos? Who knows. I'm scared to know, because as much as it's hard to digest the reality is that that is a possibility.

I'm lucky, feels horrible to say, but I do have places out of the continent, and in Africa too, to which I could seek refuge with family. My parents don't usually live here, and if worse came to worse I'd go to where they do live I think.

There's still a normal stocked amount on sale in stores, though I'm pretty certain that'll all disappear really quickly when the taps are shut off. Many people are buying bulk water now as well as using collection points in advance.

The tap water is drinkable however, and isn't dangerous by any means, we just don't have much of it left.

I've lived here my whole life, I study here, my home is here, everyone I know and everything I love is here. It's sorta easy to think about moving if you have to, but otherwise I genuinely adore Cape Town. I see myself starting my life somewhere else but it hasn't been something I've considered happening for a few years at least. I suppose it's just something you have to grasp and then actually decide to do, and, well, I think my family and I are just hoping it'll figure itself out so we don't have to, I'd also move with them. Stupid, maybe, but it is what it is.

The prawn kept his promise, now that man is acting in shittier films