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Title: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Joanna on July 07, 2010, 11:11:55 AM
I am a little slow, but thought I'd remind you all that use Howard water, the city is flushing out the fire hydrants tomorrow (Thursday). If you have good clothes in the laundry, you may want to take care of it today because water will probably be a little cloudy for a couple days afterward.

I don't intend to use this post to complain about water quality folks, just to remind you to take care of what you can today to save some stress tomorrow. :angel: HA!
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Mom70x7 on July 07, 2010, 12:11:21 PM
Oh, great - just what we need . . . more water on our streets!

;D   ;D   ;D   ;D   ;D
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Diane Amberg on July 07, 2010, 01:25:13 PM
I'll be happy to take your leftover hydrant water. It's been very hot here 102, and very dry. A record breaker again today. I know, I know it's hotter than that in Kansas, but it's not normal for us to have it so hot for so long without a break.
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: sixdogsmom on July 07, 2010, 01:34:55 PM
 Diane, we are still getting the effects from hurricane Alex, many inches of rain on Sunday night, and more on Monday. As a result the weather is cloudy with temps in the 80's. A nice break from the heat and humidity of last month. Skeeters are getting thick though.
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Diane Amberg on July 07, 2010, 02:38:45 PM
 Don't drown out but enjoy your cool down and then send it our way. As early as the hurricanes are starting we are worried we might see one come up the east coast earlier than usual.   
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Ms Bear on July 07, 2010, 04:45:16 PM
Alex has moved on but we are getting more rain, just when I thought my yard would be dry enough to mow.  We have had at 2 inches today and it is hot and humid but nothing compared to what you are getting Diane.  Can't imagine that heat without a/c, I grew up in Arizona and it was hot but no humidity and always breeze or wind.  Sometimes to much wind.

Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Joanna on July 07, 2010, 07:25:13 PM
My yard won't be dry enough to mow for quite some time, but if I could get hold of one of those flat bottom boats with the huge fans on behind, I could probably water ski there!
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Diane Amberg on July 07, 2010, 07:58:32 PM
Ha! Ms Bear, didn't you and I have exactly the same conversation last winter except we were talking about the snow? The east coast is certainly having extremes.
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Mom70x7 on July 07, 2010, 09:09:47 PM
Joanna -

Come on over and get our inflatable - we had a big beautiful blue and yellow beach ball end up in our yard.  :D
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Diane Amberg on July 08, 2010, 01:40:40 PM
Do you all really have enough water to run an air boat? Wow!
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Ms Bear on July 08, 2010, 03:48:46 PM
Diane, I think you are right.

We are still getting rain here and it has no place to go.  My phone hasn't worked in a week and will have the phone company here Monday.  I think there are bare wires down by the box and when the gets this wet it doesn't work.  Haven't lost my DSL yet, would have had the phone company here last Monday.  Here it comes again, at least there isn't any thunder and lightning.
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Joanna on July 08, 2010, 04:44:29 PM
Well, I really did for a short while; but we live on a slight slope and it's mostly gone now. It'd be kind of like one of those slip & slides running downhill on the wet grass in soggy ground. Just lots of rain in a short period of time.

Debbie, I do believe that beautiful ball was in our yard for a while too... we left it hoping that the owners would see it and lay claim... plus I didn't want to put on my mud boots to walk out and get it.
Title: Re: Howard city is flushing hydrants tomorrow
Post by: Mom70x7 on July 08, 2010, 04:54:06 PM
I put it up on the porch, but the wind, the cat and the wheelchair ramp all conspired to put it back in the yard.  :D