I have dumb newbie question re: pipes. I've covered my bases with all outside pipes and faucets. I've got an older house not well insulated. Should I run (drip) a hot and cold water faucet in my house? TIA.
My FIL, who is a typical old man, told me he is shutting off the water at the main and draining all pipes for a couple days at least. He had a disaster on his hands the last time we got in the single digits. We'll see if my MIL murders him in their waterless home
I certainly understand doing this in the hill country if you are pier and beam. My pipes are in my attic. I am in Houston, where the low will probably been in the teens for one day.
I get infuriated when roads are obviously icy and some dickhead trucker comes barreling past me doing 65 on the interstate.
this kid that works for me is taking full advantage of the ice out today i don’t work from the office but he does and sends me this email
GF also missed the huge wreck on her way down to Ft Worth today. Helping her daughter move into a new apartment. After seeing the wreck news I asked if that was still happening and the movers are apparently still showing up at 2pm to load up and take her shit to the place.
If you're going to have multiple days where it doesn't go above freezing, I'd rather be safe than sorry and run a drip overnight. Certainly run a drip the night its in the teens. I'm not am expert at all. But its about the prolonged time below freezing.
it’s difficult to understand when you’re from the north but as someone who lived down there you have to understand 1) these cities own no equipment to mitigate winter weather and 2) no one there has any idea how to drive in it because it only happens once every five years I am sure the news stations have been blaring about it but the reality is most of these folks just don’t understand how dangerous it can be
those accident vids are everywhere now imagine finding out your family member died because you watched a video on the internet before someone could tell you jesus
Holy fucking shit. Been 5 years since I moved back but I'm guessing that would easily be the coldest temperature there since I originally moved there in 2009. Also that car/18 wheeler wreck video was incredibly upsetting.
Yes all of this, but also the biggest aspect is that ice is more slick at 32 degrees than it is at 20 degrees. I would much rather drive on a completely frozen sheet than drive on rain that has frozen.
Just noticed the entire pileup looks like it was in the express lanes. Two lanes with minimal shoulders, concrete barriers on each side, and a 75 mph speed limit.
hopefully no one was in the VW bug or the white vehicle crumpled above it. But I think we know that is unlikely.
I dont know the science behind it because I never questioned it. However as a young person there was always a watch of the weather once it started getting cold. As soon as it gets below freezing unhook your outside hose if you have it hooked up still. That's generally where your going to fuck your pipes up quickest. So if your hose is still hooked up, do yourself a favor now. Also yeah ice is the worst. But I lived in two places where I never drove in ice, sleet or snow. Washington State Olympia area and then Raleigh Durham area. It's dangerous everywhere of course, just that it happens so frequently in both locations that no one is in any way shape or form equipped to maintain the roads.
Yes on express lanes. I was donating $240/month to those express lanes before covid and it was worth every penny
what are you supposed to do in that situation? i imagine you want to get out of the car and get to the shoulder (or maybe the front of the pileup) but its a freeway with people driving fast so there could be debris or further wreckage coming behind you. i would imagine you want to be inside a car if that happens.
Stay in your car until the possibility of cars continuing to pile up diminishes and brace yourself as best possible
Bruh, we’re getting at least 3-4” of snow on both Monday and Wednesday. Lows of 3, zero and -4? So much for global warming!
Bruh I’m getting the fuck out of the car and running to the side of the road. Imagine seeing an out of control semi coming at you in the rear view mirror. Fuck every bit of that. That’s how tons of people die every year.
Yeah but you do that and you're likely smashed between two cars considering you'll A be running on ice and B likely needing to jump or climb over cars. It always looks like there's mere seconds before another car crashes.
right, i get this but there's this. getting pinned between cars sounds in freezing weather sounds horrific.
Maybe, they're probably being over cautious after the shit show txdot had to go through when i10 was shut down for 8 hours after the junction with i20 after Christmas
I’d worry reaction time wouldn’t be nearly enough before you got smashed or getting froggered after jumping out.
I had to change out two belts on my 86 f150, on i35w south of Alvarado, after spring break +10 years ago. Don't know how I didn't die
It uses a peak based model so at prime traffic times the costs go up to use the express lanes. One through Dallas on 635 is like $5 for say 10 miles or so each way. It can get pricy to say the least. Texas is no stranger to toll roads so most are used to it.