Water Main Break!

This was an interesting day. I had been hearing this dull roar under the house and kept thinking I had left water running or something. I decided to let the dogs out in front, while I watered the flowers and lo and behold, this is what I saw when I opened the door!!!!! (If you click on the pics, you get a better idea of how much water and how big these rocks were!)

So, I secured the dogs and grabbed the camera, of course, and wandered out into the yard. I walked down my side of the street toward the source of the water, but once I found it, I had to cross the street to get to it. The current literally made me steady myself, because it was really moving and it was over my flip flops completely!!
The water was originating from a yard down the street and it had literally pushed the yard up and was spurting rocks and gravel out into the street. The man that joined me, alerted me not to stand in that particular yard because it was forming a big cavern under their yard and hollowing out a cave and the yard would collapse at any time. Now, I don't know if he already had me pegged as gullible and was having a little bit of fun with me ( I'd like to think not, since he wasn't smiling and backed away himself), but I did as the man said. I knew it wouldn't happen quite that quickly, but didn't seem too far fetched.
He also said that if I wanted to get a shower today, I better rush to it, as they would likely shut the water off soon, in order to fix this, and it could be off all day. He was right about that part. I raced home, showered, and they shut the water off within 15 minutes of me getting ready for the day. It was off for about 6-7 hours. The CU men told us that 8 water mains broke around town due to the intense heat we've been experiencing. The heat causes more people to use the water supply; therefore, CU had to up the water pressure. That caused some of the pipes to adjust underground, and since the ground is so dry, some rubbed against a rock or something that caused it to rupture. Plus, the simple increase in pressure might have been too much for some of the pipes. Then, they had to purge the fire hydrants in order to get the air pockets out of the lines. All of this wasted water was frustrating to me!! I was wishing I could get much of it up into my dried up yard! We still have silty water and it has a slight odor. Anyone else experiencing any of the above?