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PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD t1_j1ngmt9 wrote

I work for a water utility and it’s crazy how unprepared people were for this weather.

We’re in an area that sees cold weather, but not this cold. Average lows might dip down into the teens a couple nights a year, but they’re somewhat rare.

We were seeing windchills near -30F which is just unheard of. Waterlines are bursting left and right. People just didn’t have their homes set up to deal with this level of cold.

The utility’s lines are fine, they’re all buried plenty deep enough to deal with a weekends worth of arctic cold, but the homes in the area aren’t.

I had 4 calls last night myself. The other 2 guys on call had at least as many as I had. I might not have 4 calls in a month lol.

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Alexander_Granite t1_j1ok6r6 wrote

What part of the country are you in?

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PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD t1_j1ok88z wrote

South eastern KY

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Mental_Medium3988 t1_j1ozums wrote

make sure yall get some rest. but its also not unreasonable for people to be unprepared for extremes like this.

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PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD t1_j1p00vu wrote

Oh for sure, I don’t blame them one bit. Temps dropped 40 degrees over night. It was wild.

And no worries on the rest part. The way our rotation works out, worst case scenario you’ll be out for 2 hours and will have at least 4 hours back home without having to worry about it. Can suck when it’s non-stop, but more or less it’s rare that it’s like that.

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