"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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On 7/6/2014 1:33 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
"DannyD." wrote in message
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Stormin Mormon wrote, on Tue, 01 Jul 2014 07:42:20 -0400:

Interesting. That's a dry pipe hydrant. I thought
you were / are in California? Does it get cold and
freeze in the winter? North part of the state?

I don't know what you mean by a "dry pipe hydrant", so,
googling for that term, Wikipedia says it's a non-pressurized
hydrant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_hydrant).


The correct term was "dry barrel hydrant", not "dry pipe hydrant".


It's been twenty or so years since I was a
volunteer FF, some of the memory fades.
Thanks.

oh, to answer your question, there are plenty of both types in this area,
where there is no real danger of freezing. I thought the reason for the dry
barrel hydrants around here was so that when some nitwit knocks one over
with his car, there wouldn't be a geyser.