Saw this going to a friend’s house- they bagged the fire hydrants….one thought was snow; but this is the first year apparently. And snow has been a mild issue this year compared to most.
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Just FYI, the striped pole attached to the hydrant is so it can be found under snow.
I was driving down a highway once and noticed that there was a blue reflective marker on top of the concrete barrier every few hundred feet or so.
Took me about an hour or two before I noticed that it aligned with where the drainage basins were, probably for snow removal in the winter.
To maintain freshness
Duh. No one likes a soggy, limp hydrant.
Possibly out of service. There are dedicated high visibility bags for this purpose but if whoever did this didn’t have one, this looks like a stopgap to help make it more obvious.
It does look like there’s metal cables over the front and top thingamajigs.
It is amazing how many hyadrants I’ve suddenly noticed on the drive back. (and there were several new-looking ones that weren’t bagged. Or maybe the bag came off. Apparently it happened in the fall.)
Firefighter here:
They’re made from cast iron that likes to rust and the only thing protecting them is the Paint on them.
My guess is that the paint got scratched and they’re bagging it up until they can repaint it.
Autoerotic asphyxiation.
It’s to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Always bag up your hydrants, boys!
Remember! Flies spread Disease, so keep yours CLOSED!
For safe hydrant sex. Duhhh
I’ve never heard of this, & I’m Canadian.
I imagine out east, in the Maritimes, they’d have to put marker-poles on the things, because they sometimes get 5’ of snow in a single onslaught, but …
… it simply isn’t something I’d ever heard-of.
Our fire-departments deal with the snow & ice every ( normal, not now ) winter.
shrug
That deck post is looking a bit curved
Not my deck, not my post, lol.
The identify the troublemakers in your neighborhood.
You’ve been added to a list.
I’m on soooo many lists.
one more won’t hurt.
That’s another list, buddy
My guess is to keep water from getting into the threads and freezing them shut.
if that were a problem, honestly, hydrants wouldn’t have lasted a freeze/thaw cycle. Water expands and breaks shit (potholes for example,) it might get frozen and harder to open, but they have massively huge hydrant wrenches for a reason. (and it ain’t compensating for their tiny hose…) (that’s what the big hose is for.)
Evidence.
It’s so we know what corner to turn at to find the Rave!!
