Doug doesn't want me to post these pictures, but considering that I'm the anal one and I'm good with it here they are.
This is what our kitchen looked like after three days without hot water. Apparently one of the side affects was that we couldn't take out the garbage and recycling or put anything back in the cupboards.
What you can't see is that the garbage under the sink is full. That 's why we just piled up the used coffee filters.