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Thank you for sharing your story, and I'm sorry it sucked so bad! Let me just ask one thing-- are you saying that people had faucets on and dripping and the pip

• adamjs 6y ago
  Yes, Texan here, our neighbors had their faucets dripping but lost power/heat for 30+ hours and pipes froze and burst in the ceiling. Several factors involved—- the pumping stations lost power so water pressure fell to a trickle. Also homes in Texas are not insulated well-enough to withstand the extreme cold and prolonged lack of heating we experienced. It was somewhat thermodynamics too— their house was a smaller 1-story house, ours was a larger 2-story house and retained heat long enough to weather the freeze before power came back.
  • Rapzid 6y ago
    I was dripping a faucet in every room with water, and also making sure the hot water(tankless) lines were getting some movement. Was super worried after the reports of water supply issues that the pressure would drop and the pipes would freeze while I was sleeping in my 41 degree house :/ Fortunately we are in the lower elevation zone so it never dropped more than a quarter or so(pressure or flow, couldn't tell).
• arenaninja 6y ago
  Yes several people who had faucets dripping still had pipes burst. Mine were the first to burst and the friend who came to help me out later called me to say his burst later in the day. This is somebody who lived in Indiana for a while and is familiar with freezing temperatures and lives in a newer construction (house built around 2010) It seems like you lost power around 8 hours and your house didn't lose as much heat as others