Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago
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@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before.
About 12 years ago, I got a call, on Christmas Eve, no less from a neighbor up at the Cheddarshack.
Seems a pipe had frozen (on an outside wall) and burst - flooding the entire 1st floor of the house.
See that can of Raid? It's floating in the garbage can.
Doing extensive damage to the lower (walk-out) level.
Damage totaled about $125K, iirc.wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 02:19 last edited by@George-K Ouch!!!!!!
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@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We had one pipe (supplying water to the basement wetbar sink) freeze that hasn't frozen before.
About 12 years ago, I got a call, on Christmas Eve, no less from a neighbor up at the Cheddarshack.
Seems a pipe had frozen (on an outside wall) and burst - flooding the entire 1st floor of the house.
See that can of Raid? It's floating in the garbage can.
Doing extensive damage to the lower (walk-out) level.
Damage totaled about $125K, iirc. -
@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip.
Yeah, that was something we learned in Canada. In England the pipes would freeze if it got below freezing for more than an hour. The English live under the delusion that they live in a tropical climate, and design accordingly.
wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 03:45 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
@89th said in Gonna be a cold week here in Chicago:
We've had cold snaps before, but lesson learned that if it's -30 for like two or three days, I should leave the sink on a drip.
Yeah, that was something we learned in Canada. In England the pipes would freeze if it got below freezing for more than an hour. The English live under the delusion that they live in a tropical climate, and design accordingly.
The explains a lot about the cars.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 04:19 last edited by
am I the only one here who can't complain about the current weather? Another sunny day of 65. Colder inside my house than out. I'm a miser for burning gas. That's what jackets are for, right Jon?
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 10:12 last edited by
Aright guys, I’ll hold him down, you beat him.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 10:13 last edited by jon-nyc
But how close have fires come to Fresno in the last decade or so?
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 12:47 last edited by
Funny, I just got a flashback to the TNCR map we created like 15 years ago to see where people lived.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 12:50 last edited by
BTW I'm not complaining about the cold. I wish I had a bit more free time to go out and cross country ski and other fun snow-related activities, but otherwise I like winter...this area converts nicely to provide lots of indoor activities too (especially with the boom of pickleball, golf and sport simulators attached to pubs!). The only bad part about winter is early April.... it's usually a sloppy mess as things are trying to thaw out and melt as plants begin to bloom.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 13:09 last edited by
Look, it's a snow angel!
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 13:31 last edited by
6 degrees right now. Heat pumps were not built for this crap.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 13:34 last edited by
Yeah, but they're energy efficient!
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wrote on 28 Jan 2025, 19:23 last edited by
NOLA
Google Street View
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wrote on 28 Jan 2025, 20:09 last edited by
Not only is it cold, but it's gone back in time 200 years!