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  • Frozen Fire Hydrant, One Year On

    It seems reporting a frozen hydrant to the local fire company didn’t produce any meaningful action:

    Frozen hydrant - Sheldon at Rt 376
    Frozen hydrant – Sheldon at Rt 376

    We didn’t have any fires in the neighborhood where it might have been a problem, but I’ll try the water department this year …

    Oddly, the water department repainted most of the fire hydrants along most of the roads last year. This one apparently didn’t qualify, for whatever reason, despite being only slightly off Rt 376 on Sheldon:

    Frozen hydrant - Sheldon at Rt 376 - Google Streetview
    Frozen hydrant – Sheldon at Rt 376 – Google Streetview

    When it’s not frozen, it’s not obvious …