Here is something I had not considered before

[NorthernRaider]

Anyway getting the thread back on track, a burst water main could within minutes or hours totally destroy a preppers home, gardens and entire prep plans and after TSHTF regadless of you being urban or rural if you have badly chosen your location and luck runs out you could have a serious problem to contend with. The main in the article was only a 36 inch main and the leak was turned off after a couple of hours, image the size of the flood and the associated damage if there was no one to turn off the water ???. Blocked drains in following years may be an issue, but a blown main could be disasterous.