{"id":461,"date":"2024-01-03T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/?p=461"},"modified":"2024-01-17T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T22:29:50","slug":"avoid-water-pipes-bursting-freezing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/avoid-water-pipes-bursting-freezing\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Water Pipes Bursting from Freezing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take steps to prevent freezing pipes during an extreme cold snap expected in Yakima from Friday, Jan. 12th, through Thursday, Jan. 18th. According to the National Weather Service overnight temperatures are expected to drop to single digits, with high temps only in the teens and low 20s.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Cross has tips at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/winter-storm\/frozen-pipes.html\">https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/winter-storm\/frozen-pipes.html<\/a> to help you prepare for this cold snap.<\/p>\n<p>Bitterly cold weather can result in water pipes freezing and bursting. Avoid the mess and hassle that burst water pipes cause by following the above tips.<\/p>\n<p>If your pipes freeze, you can contact the City at 509-575-6080 (business hours) or 509-575-6154 (after hours emergency) to have your water meter shut off.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/water-irrigation\/\">Water and Irrigation &#8211; City of Yakima (yakimawa.gov)<\/a> for more about the City of Yakima Water\/Irrigation Division.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5437\" style=\"width:691px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-1250x938.png 1250w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/sites\/2\/keep-pipes-from-freezing-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitterly cold weather like the kind anticipated in the Yakima area can result in water pipes freezing and bursting. Click &#8220;Read More&#8221; for tips to avoid the mess caused by burst water pipes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-points-of-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5446,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/5446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}