It's back

City water is back this morning . . . with all the air in the line every faucet turned on sounds like a mini-explosion. The two repair guys our landlord sent arrived at 7:30 . . . . yep, the pump died. They're off to buy a new one and then will come back to replace it later this morning. Hurray, we're back in business.

Footnote: we had a really strong tremor just a few minutes ago--didn't last long, but it was definitely the strongest one we've felt.