We're back into a deep freeze. Not good. The frost is deep. 6 feet deep in spots. Burst pipes everywhere. Schools are closing intermitantly due to busted water lines. Today, a town near where I used to live was evacuated due to a busted natural gas compressor station caused by the cold. That's a town of 1800 people with no heat in -35C weather. It's going to get worse before it gets better for them. Even with leaving the water on, pipes could freeze then burst. Not a good situation all around. The windchill was -45C here today.
I've got two rental houses where I used to live. This week, I had to call in an excavator with a frost pic on it to bust through 5 feet of frozen ground to get down to a busted water main in the yard going to the house. Not looking forward to the bill for that one.