062511 Why'd the AF turn off the hot water? To say 10 cents per shower...

062511 Why'd the AF turn off the hot water? To say 10 cents per shower...

Iraq is very much winding down.  The plan is to have all combat troops out of Iraq by 01 Dec (which is only about 5 months away).  Any 'combat troops' still in Iraq after that date will become 'training troops.  For most contractors and military personnel the drawdown has affected our housing.  The CHUs that we lived in WERE supposed to be moved to the  bases that will be maintained by DoS (Department of State) after the military departs Iraq.  But the rumor is that DoS didn't want them (not good enough) so our CHUs were still removed and then sent to the DRMO (the Army's version of a junkyard/disposal facility).  URGH!  So everyone had to double up in housing. The pics above are of the old housing areas.  If ANYTHING the AF here could have left the housing units in place for the incoming Iraqi personnel.  It just doesn't make sense.  And neither does turing off the hot water.
Now the AF is planning on turning off hot water to everywhere except the DFAC (dining facility) and the hospital.  Fortunately it's hot outside (at least 110 here everyday) and the cold' water isn't really cold.  While the nights cool to the high 80s and low 90s a shower in the morning will now be a tempid shower at best.  And no more hot water to wash your hands either.  All this to save about 10 cents per day per person (the facilities guy gave me that number).
Removing perfectly good housing units to just be sent to the junkyard and turning off the hot water are just dumb. Eh, we'll see how the drawdown continues...
R/Chris