For outdoor hoses, what you're supposed to do is leave the valve outside the house fully open (with no hose connected to it), but close the last valve inside the house leading to the hose line, while it's above freezing in the fall - in this way the water in that section of the line should drain somewhat leaving the line not completely full, such that if it freezes in the winter, there's no impact.
Good call. That's basically what I was saying after seeing the 12Z models yesterday, but I won't wait for any credit from the usual cast of characters. Was still very surprised the NWS kept advisories along 95 and warnings just NW of 95 and even kept them after the event started.
Once they out them up, it'd be suicide to cancel if there was even a remote chance of it verifying. Cancelling an ice advisory and then having people slipping and falling would be the worst case scenario. I think the public is pretty forgiving of a busted ice forecast. That said, I don't think they should've been hoisted south of 78 in the first place.
What ? Not a baseball fan ? By the way plenty of ice to watch melt in New Jersey. On the building I live in there is a 14 foot icicle .
