Tuesday, February 23, 2021

School districts among those dealing with ruptured pipes after winter weather event

https://www.khou.com/article/news/education/texas-winter-storm-school-districts-among-those-cleaning-up-after-pipes-burst/285-eb7c65b3-2377-4258-a652-a8324f79f81b 

As if power outages and a lack of water wasn't enough to deal with.. the weird winter weather that struck Texas also resulted in a wave of ruptured pipes.  Leaks erupted in thousands of homes, businesses and institutions.  Those include school districts who had to scramble to make repairs so campuses could reopen.  Cy-Fair ISD (Texas's third largest district) showed me around one of more than 60 campuses that suffered some sort of damage.  We noticed an extremely long line outside a plumbing supply store on our way to the school.  We circled back and weaved that into this story as well.

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