Joe, Up here in Chicago, when the pipes are threatening to freeze, be let the faucets trickle a little bit of water. The warmer ground water keeps the pipes from freezing. Regards, Bob S.
On 1/1/07, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, it was very good exposure. The fellow talked about the value of > shake reduction for using long lenses at sporting events. > > What was I doing watching the Today show on New Year's morning? Remember > the snow photos I posted last Friday? That was the start of a 50-year > snow event for the Albuquerque area. There have been repeated power > outages as tree branches break and bring down power lines. This morning, > about 4:30, it was our turn. I got up, built up the fire, got dressed, > and went out to an outbuilding to wrap an old bathrobe around our pipes > (which are normally heated by infrared lamps). Power was restored in a > couple of hours, and the pipes appear to have survived. Other people in > this area have been without power since Saturday. > > Interstate 40 between here and the Texas state line has been > intermittently closed since Friday night. At times there have been lines > of semis backed up for miles. If you are heading east, once you commit > to driving through Albuquerque, there are no good alternate routes short > of driving several hundred miles to the south. Truckers have been > sitting and losing money for hours at a time. I saw one fellow > interviewed last night who had been waiting in his truck for two days. > The airport has been either closed or backed up for the same period. > Considering that this was a rare storm, local officials and the electric > company crews have been doing well. > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
