Ever Wonder Whats Happens When Your Water Pipes Burst?

Last Saturday during my walk, in Lakewood, we saw that the street was soaked with water. Considering how many jackets, hats and gloves I had on, seeing running water made no sense. So I looked around and saw this scene. Item 1, broken and frozen pipe location, Item 2 the height of the stream of water that had been shooting into the air, Item 3 is the landing zone of the water. The water had saturated under the snow, and was flowing out into the street creating a giant pool that was slowly draining and freezing.

The house is not lived in so I called our Public Works Director and about 10 minutes later we had someone shutting off the water. Not exactly CSI Round Lake, but a satisfying problem to solve.