I'm in Katy and heading to College Station soon. How is the 99 flyover to get on 290?

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Meetings at 4 are already a pain in the ass.

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I have one today and I also am presenting. I can't just sit in and look my usual dumb.

South beltway was totally fine at 1 PM FYI.

https://instagr.am/p/C2Ki6CdswE4

We will rebuild.

Katy ISD announced schools will be open tomorrow

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So it seems like most highways are back normal and open now? Still some problems on 249 but not seeing a ton else

I've always just used the green can as overflow for the regular trash can.

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TXAG 05 said:

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I've always just used the green can as overflow for the regular trash can.

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Recycling is a great thought in theory. If they do it great.

It takes so little effort to keep a trash can under laundry room sink for everyone to throw recycling products in before dumping in the green barrel. That and breaking down cardboard (looking at my wife and Amazon) it alleviates quite a bit of space from the black bin.

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My husband cleans out the dryer lint trap and leaves the ball of lint on top of the dryer.

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He is trying to help you.

Take that lint. Stuff it into an empty toilet paper tube. Store that mess in a ziploc sandwich bag.

Easy fire starter.

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This is why I have a can of diesel in the garage.

This is also being highlighted by NOAA in their days 3-7 hazards outlook. California should be involved in this too. pic.twitter.com/XM9mY9jkS0

— Matt Lanza 🤌🏼 (@mattlanza) January 16, 2024

We have a waterline running under our concrete patio then up through a column then an overhead awning thing covering behind our garage and then finally in to my garage. I dont know why I failed to think thoroughly about this, but I did not have my wife drip the hose bib on that column and only put a bib cover on it.

When I replumbed my apartment last year I planned on running PEX all the way to the ground but I really didn't want to go through the entire overhead and I couldn't easily put the 90 in from the column.

Guess what is frozen solid? The line from the ground to where I put the cutoff valve at the transition from pvc to pex. I REALLY hope there isn't a crack somewhere because I really do not need another project or a plumbing bill to open up that column and cut and cap the line until I get home.

Fingers crossed that there is no damage to the pipe, but if the pipe is ruptured low, im not sure how I will even know.

What sucks is that there is insulation and pipe coverings on the pipes. These pics are from when I was working on replumbing the garage and replaced the failing hose bib.




It runs up through the far left one in this photo through the overhead.

Talking with my Texas transplant coworkers today, they were all way more concerned about the windchill factor than they were the actual temperature, all the while bemoaning the preparation (or lack thereof) of the Houston area authorities. Tire chains were mentioned as well at one point, which I appreciated as a masterful way to troll others or more evidence of idiocy (which provides comedy relief).

The irony of kvetching about the windchill but belittling Houston for not "salting the roads" ahead of time was not lost on me. These are the same people that work "climate change" into serious conversations when talking about Texas summers.

Of course the local weather dorks are huge fear porn pushers, and it doesn't help things.

Transplants from where? Why is wind chill a bigger deal than actual temps to them?

In reply to Al Bula Sign of the times, I suppose.

We've progressed from the classic Upper Midwest transplants of the 80's and 90s telling us that this freeze "ain't nuthin compared to Winters back in Michigan," to the modern 21st Century California transplants telling us that Texans aren't ready for The Day After Tomorrow.

https://instagr.am/p/C2LtTczMnGb

Good lord have mercy at these folks standing out there.

In reply to Sea Speed As an FYI, just because you have insulation, doesn't prevent the pipe from freezing. It just extends the time it takes to freeze.

So if you can introduce heat into the system faster than it is going out, you'll keep it from freezing. That's the idea of dripping or heat tracing the lines.

If you do have to do a plumbing job, you could install heat tape or something similar to keep the pipes warmish for next time.

~egon

In reply to Dr. Doctor Yea I wasn't relying on the insulation, I honestly forgot it was there until I looked at pictures, i just completely dumbed out on doing what was necessary. I'm overseas right now and had my wife do everything and I dripped other external lines I had no real way of protecting, but neglected to have her do so on this.

Good news though, I asked her to go out and check again just because and it had running water last night so crisis averted I guess? When facetiming it sure as hell seemed frozen in the clear pex in the garage.

It was dripped over night and I am waiting for my wife to be up and about to check on it.

I usually run hot water for a few min to all susceptible pipes on exterior walls before going to sleep and again when waking

Usually extends any freeze time enough until it warms up again.

Drive downtown from the west side was easy. Everyone was staying off the roads.

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https://instagr.am/p/C2LtTczMnGb

Good lord have mercy at these folks standing out there.

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Dumbasses. There's an emergency vehicle there for a reason, but noooooo, imma just plow over this bridge at 50 like it be a Houston summer day.

HISD Superintendent Mike Miles says he shouldn't have closed schools Tuesday. Won't do it again. https://t.co/ClXTn55pVc

— Houston Press (@HoustonPress) January 17, 2024