@artificialirrelevant: How to Flush a Toilet During Hurricane Isaias in Pensacola, Florida Water pressure dies before the toilet does. In Escambia County and the rest of the Panhandle, a flush only needs a fast pour into the bowl. Hurricane Isaias does not have to leave you with a full toilet. Fill the tub before the water goes ECUA tells Pensacola customers to store extra water for flushing, separate from drinking water. Fill the bathtub and a few buckets while pressure is still on. Tub water is for the toilet only. Keep drinking water in clean, food-grade jugs. Plan on about one gallon per flush. Check the sewer before you flush Do not flush if the yard is flooded, the cleanout is overflowing, or the septic tank is underwater. Lift stations lose power in a storm. A flush into a dead system can push sewage back into the house. Wastewater emergencies after the storm go to ECUA at (850) 476-5110. Pour into the bowl, not the tank The tank is only a holding box. The fill valve needs city pressure, and that pressure is gone. Pulling the handle on an empty tank does nothing. 1. Keep the lid down and the handle alone. 2. Pour about one gallon of tub, rain, or pool water into the bowl in one fast dump, from about waist height. 3. The water has to rise quickly to start the siphon through the trap. A slow trickle will not flush. 4. If the bowl does not drop, pour a second gallon the same way. 5. Leave a little water in the bowl so sewer gas stays in the pipe. Filling the tank and then flushing also works, but it uses more water and still ends in the bowl. Skip it. Make the stored water last Flush only when you have to. No wipes, paper towels, or trash. Pee, poop, and toilet paper only. One good pour beats three weak ones. When the tub runs out, switch to a bucket with a tight lid and a trash bag until ECUA says the system is back. #hurricaneisaias #hurricanetips #howtoflushyourbowl #panhandle #hurricaneprep

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