Warehouse has been without water since Sunday. Therefore, the trade stopped production at the confectionery and is selling outsourced products. The establishment also had no power yesterday and was only accepting cash, but today the power supply was restored. “We have an emergency water reserve, a small water tank, but we are using it to wash utensils. We also have a mini power generator, so our cold room – where the meats are kept – was not affected.”
Water trucks take water from hydrants in the south zone. From there, the water is taken to city hospitals. “Is this water to supply the neighborhood?” asked Dmae employees a resident who drove by. “No, this is for emergency use”, explains one of them.
Stations without gas and with queues
Stations record queues and lack of fuel. The reporter went to 12 stations and only found gasoline in two. “The only thing left is the additive. It will only last another hour”, estimated the gas station attendant at an establishment on Avenida Eduardo Prado.
“We’re going to have to wait in line, there’s nothing we can do”, says resident of the extreme south of Porto Alegre. Student Viviane This, 25, said that she filled up a week ago and that she has tried to use her car as little as possible, but ends up needing it to deliver donations. She says that the gas station in her neighborhood hasn’t had gas for two days, so she had to drive around the city until she found fuel.
Where I live, there has been no gas at the station near my house for two days now. Only here, after many kilometers that I found Viviane This, students
