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I've used a coating of vaseline on my dogs paws that have kept them from getting dry and cracked and also a barrier from the water.
They are correct about PEX not breaking, however it can become more brittle if it goes through a lot of freeze thaw cycles which is one of the reasons why it is not recommended for outside applications like sprinkler systems. What can happen though is the fittings can pop off being forced off by the ice expanding. But is is still way better than copper which splits with the slightest freezing.My dad says it shouldn't burst (he and my uncle, who is a retired plumber, are the ones who remodeled the bathroom) because they used PEX line, and PEX is flexible enough not to burst when frozen. I hope he's right :/. I've been running a space heater in there since this morning but still nothing.
Normally the cold stays north in the Arctic and it makes ice which the polar bears need to live on. The change in wind and circulation patterns caused by heating is causing the cold arctic air to sink down lower than it normally does. Global warming does not cause huge heat spikes everywhere (not yet at least) but rather causes shifts in air current patterns which cause more extreme weather conditions like what was seen this last year. Yea, it was a pretty silly comment for him to make but basically demonstrates the general ignorance he has.Yes. On the East coast and around the Great Lakes the weather is much colder than usual, with a lot of snow, and in the West we're still in the middle of a drought. The Thomas fire, the largest wildfire in California history, is still burning; as of a few hours ago they were reporting that it's 92% contained. (I checked the meaning of "contained" last year during some of the Colorado wildfires. It means the percentage of the circumference of the fire that they think the fire can't cross. I feel like that sentence was unwieldy, but don't know how to fix it.) And Puerto Rico is still without electricity after the hurricanes that hit it earlier this year.
Feel free to skip this rant. President Trump says the East coast could use some of this "global warming" everyone talks about. Well, I have news for him. The East coast is experiencing global warming. Weather patterns are changing because of global warming, and it has resulted in an unusually cold wet winter in the East while the West is dying of thirst and fire.
In Colorado we build for snow and cold, but we still get our sprinkler system blown out every autumn.
The only time I've had pipes freeze was when we were living in Bend, Oregon. The dining room had a water pipe running through the ceiling to a mother-in-law apartment that had been added over the garage, and it wasn't properly insulated. One bright winter day after a hard freeze I came home from work to get a bit of lunch (the town was small back then -- home was about as close as a fast food joint) and discovered a rainbow in my dining room from the water spraying down from the ceiling. I got a plumber out and he said that from the state of the pipe it had obviously burst several times before, and recommended that we wrap the pipe with heat tape to keep it from happening again, which we did. Then I got a cleaning service to come vacuum the water out of the carpet, and they left us with some huge space heaters to encourage the remainder to dry out. It was awful; I never want to do that again.
Margret
You need flannel sheets as well. Way better at keeping heat in.I'm in the Great Lakes region, and between the snow, the ridiculous temps, the windchill, and the heat in my apartment not able to keep up, all I want to do is snuggle up with Saipha and Mishka in bed with my 3 layers of blankets and never leave.
I completely forgot that I have flannel sheets stored in the closet! Oh my gosh, thank you for reminding me! I'm going to be so much warmer tomorrow night. And even though flannel is Saipha's favorite material to chew, I'll risk it.You need flannel sheets as well. Way better at keeping heat in.
You could try kids no-skid socks for her feet. They're much less expensive than dog booties, and some dogs actually appreciate them.Rick and Miss Beast just came in the house; he said it's -1. It's that cold that it's bothering Miss Beast's paws and she doesn't stay out any longer than she has to. It's way too cold for the beginning of January. Right now, it's too cold to snow.
That was me this morning
Double it up with a regular sheet on top and the flannel next to you. Preferably, use a regular sheet that's a bit larger than the flannel sheet so you can fold the edges of the regular sheet to the back side and baste it closed. That way there are no tempting edges of flannel poking out.And even though flannel is Saipha's favorite material to chew, I'll risk it.
Haha, there's no tender vegetation left by now! Just dormant trees and bushes. . .and evergreens.protect your tender vegetation!
Haha, there's no tender vegetation left by now! Just dormant trees and bushes. . .and evergreens.
At work we were talking about ice fishing. It's been cold enough long enough now for the ice to have gotten thick enough. Some people drive their pickup trucks out onto the ice! There is very little on this planet that would entice me to drive a vehicle out onto open ice, nope nope nope. But if the ice is thicker than 8-12 inches it's considered safe. But nope!
Right now it is 3 degrees. We got above zero, yay!