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Old 02-23-2021, 08:16 AM
RickeyM RickeyM is offline
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Originally Posted by Mark B View Post
One would think that when the power went out most homeowners would have known that they needed to shut the main water valve and open taps to drain any standing water.
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Originally Posted by Pio1980 View Post
Few people know that, or could find or operate the pertinent valves if they did.
When you seldom experience sub-freezing temps for decades knowing what to do to handle it isn't fresh in your mind. Warnings could have and should have gone out ahead of time since it was known what was coming. Instead, after the fact we have blaming and finger pointing. Since there's only a month or so of winter left will anything get done to prevent a recurrence?
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