0n (24 Jan 07) bob klahn wrote to CINDY HAGLUND...

 bk>  ...

 CH> Anyway can you see how dizzy this all is making me? All I
 CH> did was comment on how shocked I was that someone would be
 CH> so stupid as to run their sprinklers during an ice storm...
 CH> I did not expect any excuse making to support such
 CH> acknowledged (by others including our HOA) stupidity. I
 CH> really didn't.

 bk>  In some citrus areas they do that to protect the crops from
 bk>  frost. The sprinkler water is above freezing.

That is interesting Bob. Thank you. But I was speaking of a
residential area where a lot that water goes where people walk and
drive cars. I imagine it may be difficult for someone to understand my
point if they have never slipped on ice or were involved in a car
accident due to icy roads. I can understand that.

Now the case I brought up turns out to have been a new house where the
sod had just been laid. The builder, according to my HOA rep was
supposed to turn the water off that week of our unusual amount of rain
then ice. It is not the par de course here and I suppose I should not
have mentioned it. I didn't think it was going to snowball like it
did.:)

 bk>  Running an outdoor tap in very cold weather helps keep the pipes
 bk>  from freezing. The moving water doesn't freeze as easily. They
 bk>  recommended it around here years ago, back in a very cold
 bk>  winter, back when we had cold winters.

 I've heard of that but here in North East Texas as well as parts
south, it never gets cold long enough for the ground to freeze. And
seeing nobody is doing except for that one case, I guess it was a
fluke thing that day.

See. I'm thinking more on the line of safe roads.. etc.

Cindy

...  'Nuff said.

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