+884 When you were little, you thought that water towers were literally giant towers filled with gallons upon gallons of water, and if the hatches were opened, the town would flood, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

haha i STILL think that!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

wait....... aren't they??????

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah, I thought they were! Are they not? I'm SO-OO confused.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

wait they aren't?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I dunno. I think they are... Right? Anybody! Are they filled with water or not?!?!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I could've sworn that they are!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Wait... Did anyone see that movie Aquamarine? She has to stay in the water at night, so she stay's in a water tower.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Is that not what they are?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They're filled with pipes.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

they are!?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

haha really? Thanks for clearing that up

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Pipes full of water. Aparently, if you like, shot one with some big gun that made LARGE holes water wood flood out. This said from my older brother.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I've seen one with a not so large hole in the side that was leaking water... like, not very big at all

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's curious. Hmmm...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

@617594 (Anonymous): yea really.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They are filled with gallons of water. The purpose of Water Towers is for in case the city loses power, there are pipes that can bring people water. It lasts about a day or so.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

.....they aren't?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

In Aquamarine, it was filled with water.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Hahaha I thought of that to!!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I just commented on that! Before I read this. You posted first though.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

WHAT?!?! I still thought this until I read all these comments...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

so there's no water in it?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah, what the heck! Obviously we're all very naive. Someone needs to make some kind of documentary on this to educate us all.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

a documentary on water towers :D

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Are they really not??? Dude I totally thought they were :\

by Anonymous 14 years ago

My dad always told me it was an enormous golf ball for a giant

by Anonymous 14 years ago

um....wow..i always thought thats what they were. facepalm.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I'm in the same boat as everyone else who's commented..

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I googled it. I think it is just full of water. http://www.howstuffworks.com/water.htm

by Anonymous 14 years ago

well if apparently it's not, then what would it be full of? cotton candy? i'm so confused now.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i still think that...?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They are filled with water, but there are pipes that lead to the rest of the city if there was a power outage.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i thought they were...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

wait...what?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I always wanted to go swimming in one... Actually, I still do, but if they're not filled with water, what am I going to do?!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

lol me too!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I felt stupid bc I thought that's what they were. Then I read all the comments (:

by Anonymous 14 years ago

what are they then..

by Anonymous 14 years ago

lol i didnt...... i never even knew what those things were!!!! i thought they were filled with air and that if the oxygen runs out, that they pump the air to our homes.....

by Anonymous 14 years ago

GOD, YOU'RE FUCKING STUPID.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(+1): *** sarcasm

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I feel as if I've been living a lie. What ARE they filled with, then?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I thought that that was where we got our water pressure?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

:O your called the sonofposeidon. you should know!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

umm.... they are??

by Anonymous 14 years ago

if they aren't filled with water...what else do they put in a huge container on top of a tower named "Water Tower"?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i used to think that's where the zoo animals slept at night. i was really gullible.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

yes they are. http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5147845_do-water-towers-work.html

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ummm...they aren't??

by Anonymous 14 years ago

If they don't hold water then what the heck are they for?

by Anonymous 14 years ago