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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

It was 7 degrees when I got up and dressed. About 3 inches of very dry snow. Once it gets warmer, like 12 or 13 degrees I plan to use my snow blower to blow off the driveway.

That sounds like snow that you could "shovel" with a leaf blower! Or, I've seen folks online using a big sheet of thin plywood. When we lived in Japan, they had things that were kind of like a cross between a snow shovel and a wheelbarrow (without the wheel) that you could use to push/scoop the snow in a big wide path which is great if it's dry snow...

Originally Posted by john70t

No water this morning. Either my pipes froze, or there was break in a city main somewhere on this leg.

One thing that helps is to leave a faucet dripping.
(Moving water doesn't freeze.)

Yikes! That sucks! Hope you get things figured out and manage!

Originally Posted by rwest

I worked for a city before I retired over two years ago and I was the main contact for the electric company and we had a contract with them that gave us a reduced rate if we had the ability to go on generator at their request.

I still get the email alerts on my personal email (I have tried to get them to remove it!)and they had sent the request for this morning for an electrical curtailment from 6-10 am, so they must have needed extra capacity today or had a grid problem.

The contract has penalties if you don’t comply; we couldn’t do it one time and it cost us $4,000! Hopefully the guy that has my job got the call!

-8F here right now and I have a 4 mile run on my training program- brrr I need to bundle up good.

Wow, crazy. Hopefully, they don't target you with a fine. I'm sure you could get out of it, but that wouldn't make it less of a PITA to deal with.

Originally Posted by john70t

Neighbors have water. City supply is good to this area.
Waved a heat gun across interior pipes.
Used an infrared thermometer a bit later. 55 degrees at the meter.
Cracked the basement tub sink faucet. It's dribbled but that might be from interior.
Called the city emergency on a Saturday. They couldn't access records (should be paid up I just went in).
Now heating up snow for flush water. And possible drinking with boiling.

[B]Only conclusion is the supply pipes from the street froze.

Not a happy camper right now.

What a bum deal all around.

Originally Posted by john70t

At the moment I am a bit ticked at something or someone somewhere who done wrong.
I seek answers.
Paying $24k/yr prop tax on two small old houses and resorting to caveman lifestyle. City won't guarantee service to the meter.

Wow, 24k/yr!

I'd be a grumpy mofo either with the 24k/yr or with the water problems that you're having. With both....

Good luck!