013008 When it Rains it Pours - Day 1 No Showers, No Laundry

So its wet and windy and rainy in Iraq right now but our water situation has gone from bad to worse (not unlike the global subprime mortage meltdown crisis but that is a different story). Basically we have no laundry service now and this is day 1 of no showers. To use a toilet I now have to walk about 100 yards to a communal toilet trailer. The Army did send out a nice PowerPoint presentation (the Army REALLY likes PowerPoint). I've attached a few of the pics from the presentation below. But overall Urgh, it's gonna suck for a while. Some women here are REALLY upset! A few of them just figured out that no water for a shower means no water for the toilet. I'd like to say 'at least we're not getting shot at!' but we went to bunkers just yesterday.