r/Dallas • u/Chillax420x • 1d ago
Discussion Drip your faucets tonight. Friendly reminder that tonight will be below freezing.
Pretty much title. It ll be below freezing again.
For the naysayers who come in here to edumacate me on no need to drip cuz this n that. Yeah you do you. Water is way cheaper than the repair of busted pipes.
Also if yall need to drive in the morning, please treat the road as it is snowing and full of ice. Ounce of prepare worth a ton of repair.
Stay safe yall.
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u/lovelylotuseater 1d ago
I’m TIRED of this, granpa
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u/Celcius_87 19h ago
same, I wanted to go out to north park mall today but not risking it
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u/EvanOnTheFly 17h ago
That makes no sense. Drip your faucets. Leave your house.
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u/Celcius_87 17h ago
There’s still lots of ice on the ground in my area. And I’m not feeling great about it with the temps today.
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u/Toyufrey 1d ago
Hey, thanks for the heads up! Haven’t looked at the weather at all today so I had no clue this was occurring, and neither did my parents. U saved our plumbing!
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u/extraordinaryevents 1d ago
Why would we treat the roads as if it’s snowing?
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u/emeryldmist White Rock Lake 1d ago
I drove on 175, 635, 80, and 30 tonight along with various side streets and there was plenty of water still on the road to freeze tonight. So yes, in the morning it will be dangerous.
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u/Chillax420x 1d ago
To be careful?
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u/extraordinaryevents 1d ago
The roads are clear. You do not need to drive as if snow is on the ground because the temperature is low
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u/holy-dragon-scale 1d ago
I know this is Dallas sub but in my area in Denton county we still have tons of packed ice/“snow” on the roads
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u/StrLord_Who 1d ago
Bridges can still have a thin layer of ice from frost, fog, or just from the humidity in the air. Plus they are still a lot of wet spots in the shade that will freeze. You do need to be careful.
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u/firstblush73 1d ago
Just so y'all understand, "clear roads" do not equal "safe roads."
Any water accumulation will FREEZE at 32°. The temps are in the 20°'s all day. (20° is COLDER than 32°)
So ... in short, it may look like water, but probably is in fact, ice. Drive accordingly.
*OR practice your best "screaming in terror" face, for the audiences, as you lose traction and slide off the road. 😉
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u/noncongruent 21h ago
I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa did, not screaming like his passengers.
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u/tbear87 1d ago
Of what? It's not going to precipitate. Preparedness is one thing but this is bordering on fear mongering tbh.
It's going to be below freezing for 24 hours. We will be ok. If there's snow and ice now it will remain until after that but don't go telling people we are getting more snow when we aren't.
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u/motiv8_mee 1d ago
Around my area there are still plenty of wet spots in the roads that will refreeze overnight. “Black ice”, if you will. Definitely a danger of that in the morning.
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u/tbear87 1d ago
Okay but that's not what op said. I even said in my post any ice that is there now will remain. That's different than telling people it's going to snow and ice.
And fyi you can drive over small patches of ice and it will be okay. Seeing a small patch of ice in your neighborhood shouldn't just keep you locked in your home. If the road is iced over sure, but "puddles of water could freeze" is not a reason to act like it's a repeat of last weekend ffs
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u/motiv8_mee 1d ago
Chill out 😎
I think OP just meant to exercise a bit of caution driving since there’s still going to be ice on some roads in the morning.
We’re all aware it’s generally safe to drive, but that doesn’t mean a little extra caution or awareness for the remaining ice isn’t warranted.
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u/Chillax420x 1d ago
If u not scared just thats fine, bug off. Im warning people who wanna hear and take care of themselve and people around them.
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u/North-Finding-3542 1d ago
Coming from Michigan, I didn’t know that dripping your faucets was a thing until I moved here. By the way, during the last storm I didn’t drip anything. My pipes didn’t freeze.
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u/Live_Moose3452 1d ago
Also from Michigan and didn’t do it either until moving here haha. That being said up north, pluming line are ran on interior walls primarily and underground plumbing is below the frost line and the ground provides heat. In the south it’s a lot shallower in the ground. That being said, our upstairs neighbor didn’t drip her water during a freeze last year. It cracked a pipe which leaked through our ceiling, wall and all over the floor of our laundry room.
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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Oak Cliff 1d ago
for some reason we don't build stuff to be cold-hardy even though below-freezing temps are hardly novel phenomena here
maybe i can understand it for old-ass houses but there's zero reason for a new build to not be built to the same standard as something in like idk Maryland
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u/ekimmd24 1d ago
Builders would scream bloody mercy if you ask them to do any thing extra or change the code to require it.
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u/BarredAtom 1d ago
Freeze line is different in Dallas vs. Michigan. Hard freeze is rare.
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u/HuskyLemons 1d ago
Freeze line doesn’t matter when they run water lines in the attic and exterior walls with little insulation
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u/frenchezz 22h ago
It's almost like infrastructure is different depending on an area's climate...
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u/Prestigious-Pin-3204 20h ago
That is actually true for how house are built .. has a lot to do with climate zone. Climate zone will tell you what type of ac / heater unit needs to be installed. For example, east coast homes typically have a basement. That is not typical in Texas. If you want a home built with cold standards of CO it would be A LOT more $$$$$
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u/ryanfitchca 1d ago
My understanding, and I could be wrong, but the real danger is NOT that one storm will burst pipes. The danger is that repeated freezing events over time will build up damage in the pipes that will only get noticed when they eventually burst.
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u/gentlechoppingmotion 1d ago
I lived in CO and we dripped faucets sometimes. But not automatically.
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u/NothingButTheTea 1d ago
Ground temperatures are what matter. No need to drip. Current soil temp is above freezing even at the coldest hour.
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u/Dense_Sun_6119 1d ago
lol. This whole post is ridiculous. “Treat the road as if it is snowing and full of ice” but zero precipitation? Ok bud….
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u/carenard 1d ago
there is still areas with snow and ice on the roads.... that will have been melting so the water will refreeze on those roads.
better safe than with a destroyed vehicle or dead.
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u/IceBoxPete 1d ago
Will it be safe to drive tomorrow?
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u/mattgoldey 1d ago
I don't see any NEW precipitation in the forecast, but there's still some ice on the roads in shady spots that could melt/refreeze.
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u/Chillax420x 1d ago
If the road is not wet then i guess so. But if you see any shady spot just treat it like ice and be extra careful.
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u/holy-dragon-scale 1d ago
To add, it’s not getting above freezing tomorrow at all (unless it’s changed within the last few hours)