Suddenly, A Geyser...

[calliopes_pen]

Yesterday, around 12:15 PM, Dad went over to my grandmother’s old house to check on things, and get any mail he needed to--everything seemed fine. At 2:15 PM, a neighbor from there called, to tell him that a water main or something had exploded in the front lawn on the house, the water meter was going berserk, and water was everywhere. The front deck was partially underwater.

After quite a bit of insanity went on, they got the water turned off, but he’ll probably be paying an outrageous water bill this month unless he can get to the water department in time. It turns out the pipes were put in back in 1953, so it was just their time to go, I guess. In a little while, he’ll have to get the water company (or just a good plumber) to dig up that front yard, and replace all the pipes from the house to the street.

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[ilyena_sylph]

OH no!!

[calliopes_pen]

It could have been worse. After Dad left from checking on that, and was off to a doctor's appointment for my sister, Raymond (the neighbor) called back. There was something about needing the gas to be turned off (I have no idea what that's about, and neither did Mom) so Mom went off to let him in.

They both thought (because it was old, and they couldn't figure out how it worked) they were turning off the gas on the pilot light--Dad had done that already, so they turned it on. So if the gas had hit the flame, the house would have gone up, too.

The good news is it automatically turned itself off again right after they left. Dad hurried over and checked, and made sure.