Will leaving my nappies in the pail hurt them?

[bky]

We had an earthquake so while we have water/power etc, other areas don't and we are told to conserve water so I wasn't going to do laundry for a few days until we have a better idea of infrastructure damage.
Basically I'm wondering if leaving my nappies in the bucket for a little while will hurt them. I dry pail and have about a half bucket of nappies. They are just in there with baking soda. I did rinse some of the poos out in the sink so there were some wetter ones. I guess a main concern is stink and mould?
How long do you think I could leave them?

Wondering if I ought to just do that laundry load then keep on in disposables for a bit.

 

[henny]

Not sure what to do on the nappy front but hope you are all ok I saw it on the news today.

 

[Aunty E]

Oooh, gosh, hope you're ok! When I've had the odd load stay in the nappy bucket for a week or more, I've done a boil wash with biological and they've been perfect, but that was just with the cotton nappies. I would take anything which can't stand a boil wash out and give it a preliminary wash so that it doesn't go manky, then you can wash everything again when you have water and electricity on full.

 

[bky]

We've been given the all clear for baths and showers if we have water so I'm doing laundry!
Still can't drink it without boiling but that's not a huge problem really as we have power.