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Old 12-11-2014, 08:00 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Music Man View Post
I don't have any insight, but wet, heavy snow inevitably leads to a downed line somewhere. Perhaps they should have kept back some of that savings and spend more on trimming trees.

As for freezing pipes - my house is 110 years old, and the best investment I made was in foam insulation a couple of years ago. The power was out for over six hours last night and the house only cooled off 3 degrees! (it helped firm up the structure as well)
Keep in mind last night was a (relatively) mild night by mid December standards. If it were say 5 or 10 degrees out you would of cooled down way faster in 6 hours. What was it when it went out maybe in the forties outside?
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