Posted on 12/07/2013 7:01:05 AM PST by cizinec
IBTZ
[I’ve always wanted to sy that ;-)]
It is -4 right now and about 58 degrees inside. It was -17 a couple days ago. Oh, we had a flood here in half of the state of Colorado also. The temperature is falling, Arctic 29% above last year. They missed the flood also and they expect me to believe their religion of global warming.
you went from Texas to Oklahoma? Serves you right! /h
Do you own an SUV? If not then you are not doing your part to warm the planet. I own two.
People like you keep the economy rolling by giving jobs to repairmen.
Not sure I’d stress about the pipes. It won’t stay cold for long. I lived in Michigan for 45 years. A few times, it got so cold pop cans would explode in the garage, but I never had any pipes freeze. There’s often enough residual heat from the walls to keep the water warm.
I used to live in Oklahoma City. You have my sympathies.
Frozen solid here NE of Dallas.
Amazing how the lack of sunspots effects the temp of the solar system.
I went deer hunting in Alberta Canada with my husband, took my south Texas hunting clothes....... right?
I nearly died, it as 20 below and I don't mean 20 below freezing! YIKES!
Oh, come on. It’s -21 in God’s Country of Northern Minnesota this morning.
Toughen up. :D
Got up one Christmas morning to a frozen pipe on the main water line into the house.
A hair dryer will get the water flowing in no time.
You definitely want to let the pipes run. I live in a very new house (10 yrs) and year three of ownership the interior bathroom tub pipe froze and broke resulting in the ceiling in the entry way filling with water and collapsing. It cost us several thousand dollars to repair. Turned out the contractor didn’t put ANY insulation in the north side of the house. What ever the water bill costs you, it will be less than the money to repair a broken pipe and walls/ceilings. Oh, I’m in Omaha were the current temp is -1.
If your water pipes freeze you obviously do not have protection against the cold entering the pipes. Get a good repairman and have him install the proper anti-freezing work on the OUTSIDE of your house. Been there, done that. No more problems. And I live in the COLD north.
Didn’t you get the memo? Record cold temps are caused by global warming. As well as advancing polar ice and pocket lint.
I’m going to light off a few truck tires on your behalf.
That works around 30, it was 5, insulate your pipes.
When the weather gets this bad, I'll say to my enviro-whacko friends, “I could use some global warming right about now.” Fun watching them implode at that remark.
So THAT'S where it came from ... thanx, Spruce.
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