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carbonel ([personal profile] carbonel) wrote2010-11-14 04:35 pm

One more night?

Xcel's phone recording now says that power will be restored to most of the Twin Cities outages by end of day Monday -- this morning it said EOD Sunday.

Current temperature in the house is 58 degrees. Given that, and that tonight's low temp is supposed to be 28 -- just below freezing -- do I need to worry about frozen pipes yet?

(back at Caribou after watching the Vikings lose to the Bears. I now owe my mother $5.)

[identity profile] mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's unlikely your pipes will freeze in one night of below freezing temps.

[identity profile] barondave.livejournal.com 2010-11-14 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd still leave sink/bathtub faucet on, just to flow some water. You're probably safe, but it's worth a little extra insurance.
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[personal profile] pameladean 2010-11-14 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
How annoying.

It's a slightly different situation, but we had a dead upstairs furnace one October when the weather was like this for a couple of days (mostly it was warmer), and pipes did not freeze. Leaving a bare trickle running isn't a bad idea, but I don't think there's much to worry about.

P.