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jesus it's only 70 here in SC
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Dec 25, 2021 16:28
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Paradoxish posted:You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. It's not liquid backpressure literally bursting the pipe, it's the pressure of the water on the faucet side trapping freezing water in the center of the ice plug. Water doesn't freeze uniformly. It's going to freeze on the outer surface of the pipe first, just like it freezes on the outer edges of ice cubes in an ice cube tray. You can even get spikes in ice cube trays from the ice pushing water through the unfrozen portion of the surface. professional pipe person chiming in. You are correct that ice will expand along easier paths or resistance to an extent, so a long straight length can freeze without bursting. however the pressure drop from a dribbling faucet would only slightly effect that, and the main benefit of the open faucet isn’t “moving water” but bringing warm underground water past the cold spot to meditate its temperature. basically like a pc water cooler in reverse, absorbing the cold temp and dumping it down the drain. (yes i know it’s actually giving heat, not taking cold) There are two contributing factors to burst pipes. One is elbow turns where it freezes on both side of the turn and then expands into the elbow fitting which blows it off. Second, the actual pressure of the ice based on how cold it gets and for long it stays at that cold temperature. plenty of times a pipe will fully freeze through to where you lose all water at the tap, but the psi pressure at the freeze is still low enough to be contained by the pipe wall. If you thaw that section out soon enough you are fine with no damage. however even if there is a straight path for the ice to travel, if that plug stays cold enough for long enough it will expand outwards and you will get inline pipe fractures. source: grew up with a plumber father, and now spend every winter dealing with frozen fire protection systems that people don’t know how to maintain.
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Mr. Lobe posted:It's crazy that people climb those things with ice axes Not for much longer
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Dec 25, 2021 18:02
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Happy Christmas from the land that is retaining all the cold. Currently -27C
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SpaceCadetBob posted:professional pipe person chiming in. You are correct that ice will expand along easier paths or resistance to an extent, so a long straight length can freeze without bursting. however the pressure drop from a dribbling faucet would only slightly effect that, and the main benefit of the open faucet isn’t “moving water” but bringing warm underground water past the cold spot to meditate its temperature. Thank you for your service 
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Milo and POTUS posted:Not for much longer Oh there will still be seasonal ice. For instance the cold snap about to bust up some Seattle infrastructure. Very excited about that. Hope my pipes don't burst
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Dec 25, 2021 18:55
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brisk and sunny chicago christmas as usual, happy hoolidays yall
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Dec 25, 2021 18:57
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a nice high of 80 for Christmas in Austin is this what the Australians experience? lol yep it’s 79 in Perth
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wolfs posted:a nice high of 80 for Christmas in Austin it rules, i'm gonna jog today in pflugerville and get a tan
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Dec 25, 2021 20:44
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wolfs posted:a nice high of 80 for Christmas in Austin lol it read 81 where I am. the unseasonably warm air reminded me to buy some sleeping bags and propane for the inevitable power grid failure that’s coming in a month or two
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Dec 25, 2021 23:09
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We had 100 where I am in Aus for Christmas, but that's normal. 80 where you're meant to get snow is ffuuuccckkeeddd
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wolfs posted:a nice high of 80 for Christmas in Austin that 79f in Perth Australia was night time temperature it's 90f at 9am currently and will reach a high of 109f today Sydney's at 77f today though which is a bit cooler than it should be Helith has issued a correction as of 01:45 on Dec 26, 2021 |
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Also we're having holy gently caress its cold even for the prairies weather. Gonna be just normal cold for the next 3 days or so and I'm gonna take advantage, then it's hunker down for a week or 3 because it's cold enough to kill you quick if stuff goes wrong weather.
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Dec 26, 2021 02:25
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it's super weird to see such disparity on the plains north to south. usually I'll get a cold blast that hits minnesota a couple days later, but the plains seem split in half around kansas
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Dec 26, 2021 02:47
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Had a White Christmas. It was beautiful up until the moment I had to shovel the driveway. 
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EvilJoven posted:Also we're having holy gently caress its cold even for the prairies weather. The holy gently caress cold isn’t supposed to be until like…late January. this is bullshit
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Dec 26, 2021 03:14
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Enjoying a nice breeze through the screen door...in December....in Michigan.
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Dec 26, 2021 03:15
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It sucks I was over winter on the 21st Which is the first day of winter Lol lmao
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Dec 26, 2021 03:15
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Wore an Easter dress for Christmas in Chicago, totally normal poo poo.
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AOCIA posted:Enjoying a nice breeze through the screen door...in December....in Michigan.
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Dec 26, 2021 03:20
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Tips for enjoying an Aussie style Christmas Go to the beach or for a swim somewhere Drink white wine in the sun Have a barbecue Eat prawns and seafood Eat antipasto/ mezze Eat pavlova Enjoy!
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Dec 26, 2021 03:26
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It was 70 here today Still is after 10pm lol There it is again That funny feeling
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Dec 26, 2021 03:57
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Cup Runneth Over posted:It was 70 here today I like it being 35f above average temps actually. Went outside hiking today in shorts and a t shirt
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Dec 26, 2021 04:07
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If this weather pattern holds up I gotta move east. gently caress -25c for weeks on end. Global warming is gonna kill us all and yet I'm still loving freezing.
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EvilJoven posted:If this weather pattern holds up I gotta move east. gently caress -25c for weeks on end. Global warming is gonna kill us all and yet I'm still loving freezing. You sure you want them hurricanes and tornados, pal?
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Dec 26, 2021 04:14
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In the end Sam McGee was pretty stoked to be in that furnace and I think I'd rather die in a great lakes wet bulb event than spend the rest of my life being under extreme cold warnings half the year.
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Dec 26, 2021 04:36
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Someone didn't finish "Nature Abhors a Dome". Yes, it is 80 degrees on Christmas, and yet I bought a kerosene heater in the fall expecting to need it when our infrastructure collapses during our annual record breaking cold snap.
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EvilJoven posted:In the end Sam McGee was pretty stoked to be in that furnace and I think I'd rather die in a great lakes wet bulb event than spend the rest of my life being under extreme cold warnings half the year. I've always heard that hypothermia is a relatively pleasant way to die while I can't imagine that being unable to sweat is a lot of fun.
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Hurr durr I hate the cold anyway- some country tuff lackwit in the south who whines when it drops below 60 f
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Cup Runneth Over posted:You sure you want them hurricanes and tornados, pal? a hurricane here a there aint so bad vs unbearable temp swings constantly. can mitigate with elevation at least.
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shame on an IGA posted:realtalk the nuclear option for saving your pipes is turning the water off at the meter the day before, draining the system and leaving all the faucets open for the duration. Much better to be inconvenienced for a day or two than have a break that you will not be able to get anyone to fix for weeks. I’ve always heard you should plug all air returns / vents except for the room you plan to stay in, then run your system. that way your backup heat is limited to a single room & you have a chance to stay warm. but I’ve lucked out and never needed to do this so idk 
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Helith posted:Tips for enjoying an Aussie style Christmas you just reminded me I randomly went to a film screening of Australian short films and there was an Australian guy catering it and I had pavlova for the first time, with some kind of lemon jelly … I need more of that in my life, a few mouthfuls at a time. i need nothing else from your cursed dropbear continent tho e: it was a place called Two Hands. apparently it’s a chain between NYC and Austin? how weird https://www.twohandsnyc.com/austin-menus/ wolfs has issued a correction as of 16:27 on Dec 26, 2021 |
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It's the day after Christmas, I took a walk and now I have a mosquito bite. I live in KS lol
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I've had my AC on all day lol I guess the 3.5ish white christmases I got in Atlanta will be the last ones.
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Crunchy Black posted:I've had my AC on all day lol Ac lol its going a little different in the PNW. Sloppy polar vortex 
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Its cool. apparently our roads are gonna get plowed even slower than normal.... because the drivers have COVID. lmao
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The high was 27F today, it's currently 16 and dropping. I called out from work to play in the snow with my dog. He's a old man and this might be the last chance he gets. 
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Dog Case posted:The high was 27F today, it's currently 16 and dropping.  My dog had zoomies in the snow drifts today and loved it. The hummingbirds kept visiting the frozen feeder, so I kept emptying it and refilling it with hot sugar water. A few visited in between freezes, so I guess I did my good deed for the day?
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