Yeah, but then they just push that *and* the additional snowfall back across the driveway. Because of that, I always tried to blow it off to the sides, instead.

 

They don't plow the side streets??? At all???
I figured they did, just not as thoroughly.

 

As a prior motorcyclist, I detest those who blow grass (and leaves) out into the streets and wish a pox on them.

 

I'm just going to get some of these....



Also... I don't put no grass clibbins in the road, Hoss.

 

I have found over the years that mother nature/ Murphy's Law puts more crap in the roads than a homeowner.

I have hit rabbits, Squirrels, raccoons, a muffler, a wood 4x4, and about 1/2 a dozen deer that had been flattened by some semi's.
Grass clippings and leaves ain't nuthin. lol


Darn heater failed and cracked in the big 90-gallon tank sometime this week.




I went to clean it last night and it was 68°
I'm surprised it didn't shock the fish or me when I stuck my arm in there.

I had to water change 15 gallons of hot water into it and got it up to 80°
I also turned up the heat in the house to 74° to keep it warmer.
So far so good it only dropped to 78° over the last 8hrs.

The little 20 gal. tank was @ 90° I must have bumped the heater when I cleaned it earlier this week.

I ordered 3 new heaters and will keep the two old ones as spares if the little one stabilizes.

So far both are @ 78° so maybe the little one got bumped and is still good.

 

Where I live now, no snow so no big deal. in the last 13 years we may have had a couple dustings. Did have an ice storm a while back and I had to rescue one of my kids at work.

Back when I lived in Richmond area, had a couple small snows a year that were not worth shoveling or plowing. But once every 4 or 6 years there would be a big snow, 12 to 18 inches. The world would stop for about a week until it melted. There would be floods, snow mountains at shopping malls, all kinds of snow people built. Schools and many companies would be closed for days.

I don't believe there were (are) snow shoveling laws in either place.

 

Not my friends the raccoons !! Oh noooo...

Were they freshwater tanks? If so, fresh water is not a good conductor of electricity and you would also need to be grounded, like barefoot on a wet floor or touching a metal piece that is grounded.
The wire for the heat may also be insulated similar to the way an electric hot water heater element is.

The fish would never be a part of the circuit so they would never have noticed.

 

Yeah, but Mother and Murphy don't need no help!

FISH FRY AT PHIL'S!!!

(Glad the fish are OK, and you didn't fry *yourself*.)

 

How about a propane space heater. Tilt means nothing to these unless tipped well over. They typically blow horizontal or up 15°. Tilt down a bit onto the driveway and melt away ice and whatever snow collapses into the path of its hot air. Wonder if a 5 gal tank would do a drive once or twice?

 

You'll need video proof to get them in trouble, bit it's against the kaw most places. This gets into storm drains (or in my area, com ined sewer & storm drains.) They usually cannot discharge storm drain water that's full of stuff, and in sewers, more for treatment plants to handle.