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Mary Edsey's salvaged toilet paper roll
12020-04-20T14:06:40-07:00f8aac65083dd8407d9238044a16c756173f4d1dd370401An image post by Mary Edsey depicting a salvaged roll of toliet paper2020-04-20T14:06:40-07:00Mary EdseyNorth Center, Chicago, Ill.cov1398641.945930, -87.6834684/8/20Imagef8aac65083dd8407d9238044a16c756173f4d1dd
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12020-04-20T14:02:37-07:00Mary Edsey's salvaged toilet paper roll5A text post by Mary Edsey describing her experience salvaging toliet paper following an unexpected leak in her home.plain2020-04-20T14:17:59-07:00North Center, Chicago, Ill.Mary Edsey04/08/2020cov1398641.946031, -87.683567TextMany people were strangely hoarding toilet paper when news of the pandemic first broke. With a personal supply of five rolls, I left the few packages remaining on the shelves for others, thinking I had enough for one person. Several days later, when not a roll could found anywhere in Chicagoland, I was mortified to find that my roof had been leaking into my bathroom linen closet and had damaged two of my remaining rolls of toilet paper. I'm not sure if I was more upset about the leak or the toilet paper. Relieved to see that the entire rolls had not been destroyed, I tore out the stained sections and salvaged the rest.
