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post hurricane water

metropical's picture
metropical

post hurricane water

dunno why it took me so long to realize it, but after the storm, we were not hit that hard, I couldn't get my starter to wake.  Normally I use tap and there is never an issue.
But I changed to filtered fridge water and boiled it for extra safety.  Took a few hours, prolly coz the starter has a bit too much "leftover" in it, but it is breathing again.  The rye starter I just halved again and am refeeding as it was taking longer than the ww and ap.
Lesson learned ... hopefully.

Mini Oven's picture
Mini Oven

went up after the storm.  And this slowed down the starter.  U R Lucky the starter didn't outright die on you!