Idiots and Cold Weather
It was really cold this weekend. Cold enough that I went downstairs and freaked out about the temperature and what could happen to the pipes. I kept a fire going in my woodstove all weekend. Nice way to keep everything warm and save on the heating bill.Anyway, I was watching a story on the news about the cold and they interviewed a family whose pipes had burst and flooded their newly finished basement. Oh too bad. Then the lady said that when they woke up they'd had no water in their kitchen and were worried the pipes were frozen and hoped they didn't burst. They went off to Mormon church (4 hours long) and came home to lots of water.
Now I ask you, if it was -20, you had no water in your kitchen, you suspected frozen pipes and you were leaving the house for hours, wouldn't you turn off the water to the house? Sure the pipe will burst, but at least you wouldn't flood your house. I feel little sympathy for these idiots.
posted by E @11:33 PM