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rpbanker t1_j1iw4am wrote

Reply to comment by No_Policy_146 in At least 9 dead as massive winter storm leaves more than a million without power and bitter cold across much of US | CNN by bobybobobo

Maybe if you live in a trailer. For the rest of us it’s just “Tuesday”. Most everything works, roads are cleared quickly, and supplies come in the next day.

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No_Policy_146 t1_j1juo2y wrote

How long can your water line stay above freezing if it’s high of -5 and you don’t have power for a day and a half. I’m in a nice 4,000 sq ft house and the electricity went out for about 5 hours in the winter and it got down to the 50’s.

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rpbanker t1_j1lmlbl wrote

I really don't know. That's not something that I've faced up here in 53 years. We don't really lose power for a day and a half; at least, not in the winter.

I guess drain the whatsis and turn off the whoozis as that other person said. Anyway, I live in an apartment, so pipes bursting is not my problem.

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