I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
Heat pops pipes nationwide; brace for higher bills
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/13/water.infrastructure/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
I knew our infrastructure was in trouble, but I didn’t realize that heat could also cause serious problems as well. So, now, after a long drought that has dried up the countryside to tinder, a spark will set off a wild fire which we will be unable to put out because we either lack water all together or lack any means of getting it where it is needed. This, of course, isn’t factoring in the inevitable out-and-out vandalism and of course the idiots trying to tap into a 36 inch high pressure main to get water to their houses.
