gabby395934 t1_j20qda5 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 8:39 PM

Reply to comment by sirpoopingpooper in Winter weather upends water systems across the Deep South by getBusyChild

That's not true, the lowest temp in Atlanta in 2020 was 22°F. The last time we got down to single digits in Atlanta was in 2014. Also those temperatures would only last no more than a day. This was a multi day event ending with snow Monday night.

kmosiman t1_j20xy4i wrote on December 28, 2022 at 9:29 PM

They used Celsius

sirpoopingpooper t1_j20xwg8 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 9:29 PM

>That's not true, the lowest temp in Atlanta in 2020 was 22°F.

...Which is -6C...

>This was a multi day event ending with snow Monday night.
>
>I get that this cold snap was a bit longer than is typical

Maybe this is more like a 5% event rather than a 10% event...but still for multi-decade construction, this is a design failure...

gabby395934 t1_j20zzcm wrote on December 28, 2022 at 9:43 PM

That's not cold enough to break water pipes, but when the high is in the teens °F for days it is.