We're not prepared

Today there was a water main break at the main pumping station that provides our water. We have to boil our drinking water for at least the next day. I told Speed Racer to use our emergency supplies.

• which consist of three gallons of water.
• for six or (given what our house is like) more people.
• for at least twenty-four hours.

After this I'm going to go out and get some real emergency supplies.

(But we still have 3 cans of Spam squirreled away for when the North Koreans (or whomever) attack -- I wonder why I thought Spam was so important to have on hand?)