For North Texans without water, it was a day to round some up. One place to get bottles was Dallas鈥� Fretz Park in North Dallas.
Monday at the park, volunteers standing by stacked pallets of water bottles helped load them into cars that pulled up every few minutes. All the water workers wore masks. Scott Peterson pulled up in his pickup.
A volunteer asked 鈥渨ant me to put it in the bed of the truck?鈥�
Peterson replied. 鈥淵es. Absolutely.鈥� He said his apartment pipes froze five days ago.
鈥淚 have no water at my apartment. The water鈥檚 cut off. It's frozen. I spent the last two nights there and it was rough,鈥� Peterson said. 鈥淏ut I have family in Rowlett I can stay with them and take showers there.鈥�
After Peterson pulled away, Alex and Hazel Portray drove up. Alex was grateful the city was distributing water. Hazel, her tail-wagging pit bull, stood in the passenger seat.
鈥淚鈥檝e used snow as toilet water,鈥� Portray said. 鈥淩ight now, in my apartment complex, we鈥檙e using pool water as toilet water. I鈥檝e used several gallons of bottled water for showers every day.鈥�
Portray then said Hazel could use a bath too, she鈥檚 overdue for one.
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