Do you have these on your fire hydrants?

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 08 Nov 2004 12:58

I do

bonus question, do you know what they are for?

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 08 Nov 2004 13:07

they arent like that around here, but i suspect they are so people in cars can see them easier and avoid backing into them, etc

carl winslow · Post by **carl winslow** » 08 Nov 2004 13:08

they are for when it snows alot you can still tell where the hydrants are. sometimes the snow even goes over the markers though.

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 08 Nov 2004 13:17

thats right, cop from family matters!

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 08 Nov 2004 14:12

ohhhh, makes sense

shredj · Post by **shredj** » 08 Nov 2004 16:17

you should paint it white

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 08 Nov 2004 16:26

shredj wrote:you should paint it white

Horray!!

And then when your house catches fire and you're trapped inside - the Fire Brigade won't be able to find the fire hydrant and you'll burn to death!! Fun for the whole Family!!

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 08 Nov 2004 16:40

Jeremy wrote: ... the Fire Brigade ...

Haha, that's awesome man!

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 08 Nov 2004 16:51

hee hee hee...ding ding ding...here comes the FIRE BRIGADE!! *cough* sorry. i guess thats why people call americans rude...oh well, its still kinda funny

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 08 Nov 2004 17:21

they are for when it snows alot you can still tell where the hydrants are. sometimes the snow even goes over the markers though.

brrrr.... just thinking about that much snow makes me cold...

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 08 Nov 2004 17:24

i think every city in canada has them (except victoria and vancouver). i hear the ones in newfie land are 8 feet high so they don't get covered.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 08 Nov 2004 17:38

It snowed today in kingston!

Though the hydrant extensions were far from requisite.

lightningbolt · Post by **lightningbolt** » 08 Nov 2004 17:59

I don't have them where I live; people just dig them out. Since, I live by a school everytime it snows the kids dig them out. I think they call it 'life skills' or some crap like that.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 08 Nov 2004 19:07

they have those here but there red and white and much skinnyer they are fiberglass, once i broke on at my bus stop and the splinters went all in to me it was a mess.

max · Post by **max** » 09 Nov 2004 01:51

Jeremy wrote:
... the Fire Brigade ...

Haha, that's awesome man!

and you call them what? Firemen? No that'd be unPC maybe firepeople? firepersons?

I always find it very ironic when americans make fun of the English language

Seath · Post by **Seath** » 09 Nov 2004 03:28

I call them de-fireers

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 09 Nov 2004 06:43

We don't have them in my neighbourhood. I have seen those pole things around and wondered what they are for, but I don't think I've seen them on fire hydrants.

rye · Post by **rye** » 09 Nov 2004 10:34

It snowed a LOT in Brantford yesterday, that place always get's dumped on.... Wasn't too bad by the time I got back into Hamilton tho, the roads were pretty dry...

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 09 Nov 2004 10:54

Weird ...

I don't think I've ever seen those in my city (Halifax, being the closest 'big city')

Atom · Post by **Atom** » 09 Nov 2004 12:48

HA!!! all the snow was for nothing in brantford.....it melted through the night.

but yeah it did fall for most of the afternoon.

oh and those are few and far between in brantford. I think they only put them on ones they have had trouble finding before....some kind of hit and miss sytem I guess. I know my gf is from snow belt country (above london) and it is mandatory to keep fire hydrants clear if they are on your property...