Hiker wrote: Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:57 am
Here in Kentucky there was a pretty bad ice storm Wednesday night. Everything has a 1/4" layer of ice on it.
The adjoining county had almost an inch of ice. I lost internet for about 24 hours. Most electric outages are localized in my county. Parts of Kentucky in Appalachia didn't fare so well. One county has a 100% outage.
Temps are going to be below freezing for about the next week. I am very worried about my water pipes. I've had the slow trickle going for 3 days now. We are expecting 8+ inches of snow on Monday, which, when added to the ice on tree limbs, could result in more outages.
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Keep your COLD water faucets dripping day and night. That allows any ice to expand up the pipe without bursting the pipes. Our water pipes were not designed for this kind of cold.
If you have a heat gun and access to cold water pipes, warm them up when you can. Focus on the ones that are in outside walls. That will give you a sense of doing something, it will keep you moving around, and will help stave off burst pipes.
Keep warm. Stay hydrated. Stay fed. Keep your pipes from bursting. Help others.
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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