as we thaw, its gonna suk. let us know your damage.

misery loves company

me, so far so good here with rolling blackouts.

suks but I feel lucky compared to many of yall

So far, just one broken pipe. Wasn’t essential, so I trimmed it and capped it. I dread the thaw, when I find all the broken stuff. This snow and ice has been a real problem, but the thaw might be as bad.

We had power last night, and I got the first real good night’s sleep in about 5 days.

BIL in Rowlett woke up this morning to find flooding in the ground floor of his home. A pipe had burst somewhere on the second floor.
Their heat was off for two days. It came on yesterday.

Flooded kitchen, hardwood floors, marble floors. Had to cut off the water completely and the power in that area, there's in-floor electrical outlets.
What a wreck. May take months to repair.
They say they kept faucets dripping.

Side note: please be extra careful with candles out there right now. Fire could be devastating.

No new damage. Couple of old limbs.

My pool and associated equipment is probably done for. House is good, all faucets dripping. Might lose the freezer contents in a few days.

If anyone in NE Texas needs to borrow any tools, chain saws, dump trailers etc etc I’ll do my best to help you out. Shoot me a pm and we will see what we can do.. I have just about anything and everything needed to build, destroy or repair anything man made in multiples of most items.

You might be surprised. Just let it thaw out for days before turning it on. good luck to us both.

So far 1 broken pipe that flooded laundry room and storage area, 2 still frozen pipes, one frozen well and all that goes with it.

No broken pipes yet, but no water and power this morning so that can change. Going to melt a hole in the swimming pool water to get some to flush the toilets with. Sure hope pinkies opens today, my crown supply is at a critical level!

None so far turned water off at barn & man cave a week ago Tuesday. Turned water off at house 2 days ago only turn on for essential use then back off. Talking from experience.

Super nice offer lots of good folks here on THF!

Pretty sure ours is shot also, gonna cost.

So far only a flooded laundry area from frozen drain -
wimminz was determined to get a load in between blackouts!

Thankful it happened above an empty spot in the garage..

No damage so far. I shut off and drained the house last sunday afternoon. I'm going to wait until this saturday to turn on.

Lost one pipe in laundry. I was sure I had it prepped. But this cold is constant for a bit more.
Was able to cut out the split and solder in another pretty quick. Course shortly after the pumps at our water company gave out. We have had electric though.

very good man

as is Angus

The next shortage will be plumbing and pool parts. Mine is still running strong on recirculate.

Been fortunate here, but had a buddy with busted pipes in his attic above the 2nd story. Flooded a lot of his house before he could find the meter and get it turned out. I'd reach out to anyone you know who's home hasn't had power for a while and advise them to find the main water supply line and valve to shut the water off. The 10 minutes it took him to find his valve resulted in mostly likely over 100K in damages.

I'm afraid there's going to be 1000s of flooded homes once we start to thaw.

Only my liver

Biggest loss was city water shut down, but our section of town was first one repaired. We winterized everything back in the 1983 blizzard, so all the pipes etc., are well protected. Even the rolling blackouts have not happened in our neighborhood.