ROCKPORT TEXAS
JANUARY 27, 2025
The OFM thought he had the correct story earlier today when he was spreading stories about our water supply failure situation. Well late in the day we finally got the correct story. So if you are one of the folks that got a different story, this is the real story and not wild fables other folks were spreading in the area.
The campground had lost all water in the afternoon. The OFM asked around and got himself suckered into a wild figment of another persons concept of reality.
Late this evening while walking towards a plumbing truck working near the entry gate to the campground, the campground manager stopped me to let me know about what had been found and repaired. Upon personal inspection and doing some plumber talk between the OFM (plumber while paying his way through college) the plumber got the real story and it was simple.
The campground first valve coming from the city main had split yesterday effectively cutting all waterflow away from the campground. This photo you are about to see is where the plumber moved the new valve to above the likely high water line of a hurricane flood. The old valve had been in the line buried in the salt laden slop mud for dozens of years.
With the newer metallurgy of the valve in the air instead of in the salt mud the OFM figures on at least fifteen years of service. That means that the OFM with 9.9 years left of life according to cohort charts he looks at will not get to see the replacement valve in 2035.
That was the big event in the area for today. Have a great evening.
Hopefully the campground will take the time to build an Insulated Box around the Valve, that will protect it from future Cold weather snaps, that could also cause it to split.
ReplyDeleteStay Safe and continue having tooooo much fun.
It's about time.
Those have never been needed down here right on the coast.
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