Christopher and Susan Rose, who live in West Seattle with their daughter Julia, were told to check for leaks after a meter reading showed that an astonishing 976,000 gallons of water had gushed out and vanished. Not only couldn’t Christopher find any leaks, at first he couldn’t even find the meter, and neither could a Seattle Public Utilities crew. Then he went online and discovered his enormous bill. It wasn’t a mistake.
(Photo: Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)