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Posted January 13, 2017
Shit, getting hit with 40 MPH winds which means I am probably about to lose power.
Posted January 13, 2017
Below freezing here, but the cold never bothered me, anyway. :)
Posted January 13, 2017
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Always the DRAMA QUEEN,it needs ATTENTION and a BIGGER STORY.Yeah,that's right you it's you.
Posted January 13, 2017
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Lostinablock: Meanwhile it is +2 Celsius here and the rain turned the snow into thick ice. Last winter this happened in December and this one in January. I hope no major city water pipes burst this time when the temperature gets back to -15.
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timppu: Doesn't it go the other way? When some water pipes get frozen and then the temperature rises, the ice within expands a bit (before melting), breaking the pipes... Or something like that?

At least here they always warn that when it has been quite cold (like -24 C last week) and then it rapidly goes above 0 C, many water pipes may be in danger.
I think what happens isn't that the ice expands a little bit as the temperature rises but instead that the pipes had already cracked at the lower temperatures, then the water melts and flows as the temperature rises. Keep an eye out for where it's flowing when it can again, I think is what they are saying.
Posted January 13, 2017
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nightcraw1er.488: Let it go...already.
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tinyE: He can't. His hands are frozen.
Reminds me of Howard Wolowitz from big bang and the robot arm...
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tinyE: Shit, getting hit with 40 MPH winds which means I am probably about to lose power.
Are you a plane...

Sorry, thought it was charades time.
Post edited January 13, 2017 by nightcraw1er.488
Posted January 13, 2017
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What do you want from me?
Posted January 13, 2017
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Frozen: What do you want from me?
We have a snake problem, looks like you're the solution

(and +1 for showing up in this thread)
Post edited January 13, 2017 by Zoltan999
Posted January 13, 2017
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Frozen: What do you want from me?
Ah, don't worry about it. Just let it go.....

:)
Post edited January 13, 2017 by drmike
Posted January 13, 2017
If that makes you frozen then don't move to Italy, Lombardy. There are 4 degrees Celsius right now.
Post edited January 13, 2017 by OlivawR
Posted January 13, 2017
Ahh Canada. Reminds of some lame mountain climbing movie a few years ago, cant recall the name but did have a tremendous line. Someone acting bitchy and some other talent-less hack says "Shes French Canadian. Today, clearly more French!" Or something to that effect.
Posted January 13, 2017
One time during the winter in New York my heater stopped working and the water pipes got so cold it cracked due to temperature changes, maybe with hot water running through it or with the ice build up. So the basemen was flooded, fortunately the firefighter people drained it.

When the heater was fixed after a while, I swear I could feel my bones warmed up in my body.
Post edited January 13, 2017 by eksasol
Posted January 13, 2017
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timppu: Doesn't it go the other way? When some water pipes get frozen and then the temperature rises, the ice within expands a bit (before melting), breaking the pipes... Or something like that?

At least here they always warn that when it has been quite cold (like -24 C last week) and then it rapidly goes above 0 C, many water pipes may be in danger.
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thomq: I think what happens isn't that the ice expands a little bit as the temperature rises but instead that the pipes had already cracked at the lower temperatures, then the water melts and flows as the temperature rises. Keep an eye out for where it's flowing when it can again, I think is what they are saying.
Water is a fluid, and it does not compress. When it freezes to ice, however, it expands into a crystalline lattice. That is what can crack pipes and other things. :)
Posted January 13, 2017
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eksasol: One time during the winter in New York my heater stopped working and the water pipes got so cold it cracked due to temperature changes, maybe with hot water running through it or with the ice build up. So the basemen was flooded, fortunately the firefighter people drained it.

When the heater was fixed after a while, I swear I could feel my bones warmed up in my body.
Yeah, losing power/heat anywhere where temps dip below freezing for prolonged times can be a problem for water pipes of any type, That's why I have had a generator for quite a few years now, and also installed a couple in-wall digitally controlled electric heaters in my home. They supplement the oil fired boiler heat, as well as helping to keep energy cost down when fuel oil costs soar. I'd love to escape New York and move somewhere a bit warmer, but just not in the cards for me in the immediate future unfortunately. On a kind of silver lining type of view...burst pipes do create more work for me, being a contractor.

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Tcharr: Water is a fluid, and it does not compress. When it freezes to ice, however, it expands into a crystalline lattice. That is what can crack pipes and other things. :)
Exactly...it's when the pipes thaw, and the ice is no longer plugging the crack it created, the leaking and flooding happen
Post edited January 13, 2017 by Zoltan999
Posted January 13, 2017
It's 75 right now where I live. I actually plan to sleep outside for the next few nights.
Posted January 13, 2017
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Tallima: It's 75 right now where I live. I actually plan to sleep outside for the next few nights.
shut up :P
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