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(04-14-2025, 10:49 AM)EightFingers Wrote: Hotel room is cheaper
They get crowded fast when the power's out
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(04-16-2025, 09:10 PM)Snipe Hunter Wrote: They get crowded fast when the power's out
And then criminals rob your house.
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Or it freezes and the damage leaves it uninhabitable for 4 months.
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(04-16-2025, 09:52 PM)blackhat Wrote: Or it freezes and the damage leaves it uninhabitable for 4 months.
What if you have to go in to work?
Anyway, I set my house up so I can drain the entire system in a few minutes. I actually tested that scenario out one winter when the power was out for almost two weeks. I drained the system, put antifreeze in the toilets, locked the house and spent the rest of the time at my then girlfriend’s house. My work still had power so I had to go in to work. I did check on things everyday, but nothing bad happened. The lows at the time it happened were near zero for six days, but my house did not get below 50.
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(04-16-2025, 09:22 PM)jteneyck Wrote: And then criminals rob your house.
John
Not where we lived. Mt Airy Md is the lowest crime per capita in the state, highest gun ownership per capita in the state and no police department. We were pretty proud of that. Proud enough where the shops had it on signs on the front door and at the cash register.
I heard they have a cop now. Part time. He drives his own car.
