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Frozen pipes=Frozen hair No hot water…. Grrrrrr. How are you staying warm? #PolarVortex
— Anna Kooiman (@annakooiman) January 7, 2014
FNC’s Anna Kooiman is not alone. Thanks to crazy-low temperatures, pipes are bursting all over the place:
The record cold caused pipes to burst across the mountains http://t.co/3JCtV5JGAV #LiveOnWLOS pic.twitter.com/c023oEYlzS
— WLOS (@WLOS_13) January 7, 2014
All CMCSS schools in Montgomery County closed Wednesday because of burst pipes. #Clarksville.
— The Leaf-Chronicle (@LeafChronicle) January 7, 2014
Due to #freezing temperatures… Pipes have burst in our office! We will be closed for the remainder… http://t.co/iBkj2hJ0Hi
— just jenny (@justjennybabe) January 7, 2014
So some pipes burst at my house and we lost thousands of dollars of water..
— JßAY™ (@justin_bayless) January 7, 2014
My sight when I walked through the door… pipes burst
A teacher (friend) just told me that a few pipes have burst in his school in central MD and there no plans to go home. Just an FYI
— Justin Berk (@JustinWeather) January 7, 2014
Two days of stories on frozen pipes. Who followed all the advice and still got one of her own at home? <——- This girl.
— Sara Shookman (@SaraShookman) January 7, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/maddy_rowland/status/420664901246275584
It is so cold for DC that the Corner Bakery in my building just had a pipe burst – no water for the rest of us. Even the pipes are wimps!
— Vanessa I. Oblinger (@VanessaOblinger) January 7, 2014
so my basement flooded bc the pipes froze and burst. everything i own is wet. fuck u winter
— jessa (@jessvjr) January 7, 2014
Just when I was saying wrapping pipes was wasted time my wife called to say a burst pipe is gushing at our house. #imadummy
— Ted Oberg (@tedoberg) January 7, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/Kristin_Nash3/status/420601487308623872
Pipes at Panera burst https://t.co/ZgEk2aYQsC
— Dan Hiltz (@DannyHiltz) January 7, 2014
Stone Mountain house where the cold burst water pipes @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/xjReQtQjoK
— Trevor Shirley (@Trevor_Fox5) January 7, 2014
Today sucks, one of the water pipes burst. So ALL that water fell through the ceiling in the bathroom. Now, no water. Just perfect.
— Ashlee Walters (@AshleePaw) January 7, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/kaylajlucier/status/420674399654510593
Dear God. #Chiberia “@Aurora_Hernandz: Is this real life? The sewer pipes burst at @LeoBurnett #gross #agencylife http://t.co/sWYUMvxGsQ”
— HD (@HeatherDiane17) January 7, 2014
Thank you #PolarVortex. Our pipes burst today.
Thank goodness for plumbers.
However, #CrackKills http://t.co/w2rYgttNjh— Fukuda Pgh (@FukudaPgh) January 07, 2014
Fun fact pipes burst when it gets cold and now there's a waterfall in my living room. #beauty #scenic
— Kaitlin Rhodes (@Kaitlin_Rhodes) January 7, 2014
Ugh. We hope things dry up.
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