On 16 Jan 2013 00:20:17 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> On 2013-01-15, ImStillMags > wrote:
> >
> > What happened? Big storm?????
>
> Glad to hear it's over. Donchya jes hate that kinda stuff?
>
> I jes spent the day figuring out why we suddenly had no hot water. I
> didn't know why and hadda determine the main problem. Dead water
> heater? Down electrical circuit. Frozen water pipes? Turns out the
> outside electrical outlet the heat tapes were plugged into went south
> and our water heater pipes froze. After a couple hours of head
> scratching and cord juggling, I finally ran an emergency extension
> cord to the heat tape extension cords and unfroze the water lines.
> Whew!
>
> Hope I patched it up well enough, as it's gonna be 40 deg F below
> freezing again tonight. With the wind chill, the high today was 20
> below zero. This CA boy hadda do some serious cold weather clothing
> experimentation to even get my gimp butt outside to work. I learned I
> definitely need a warmer jacket and gloves.
>
I hope the problem you had last year (or was the year before) with the
water main freezing has been solved!

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