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EVERYONE I'M NICK
TOMA.
AND I'M CHRISTIE
NICKS.
FREEZING PIPE
PROBLEMS HIT A
FEVER PITCH IN
MACHESNEY PARK.
IT SO BAD -- THE
WATER COMPANY PUT
OUT AN ALERT
TONIGHT ASKING
RESIDENTS TO GO TO
EXTREMES -- TO HELP
PREVENT MORE
PROBLEMS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS IS
MORE LOCAL IN
WINNEBAGO COUNTY --
WHERE A WHOLE
SECTION OF
MACHESNEY PARK IS
BEING ASKED TO RUN
WATER 24-7 -- UNTIL
THE FREEZING THREAT
IS OVER.
REPORTER PHILLIP
REED HAS MORE ON
THE UNUSUAL
REQUEST.
NICK AND CHRISTIE
FROZEN PIPES HAVE
LEFT MORE THAN 100
MACHESNEY PARK
HOMES WITHOUT
RUNNING WATER---
TO PREVENT OTHERS
FROM BEING FROZEN
OUT, A LOCAL WATER
COMPANY IS ASKING
RESIDENTS TO KEEP
THEIR WATER
RUNNING AT ALL
TIMES.
STEPHANY BOCK IS
GETTING HER
NEIGHBOR'S HOSE
CONNECTED TO HER
MACHESNEY PARK
HOME -- SO SHE CAN
GET THEIR RUNNING
WATER.
BOCK CAN'T USE HER
OWN BECAUSE HER
PIPES ARE FROZEN
".I TOOK A SHOWER IN
THE MORNING, I CAME
HOME MY WATER WAS
WORKING FINE, AND I
CAME HOME AND
THERE WAS NO
RUNNING WATER..."
SHE'S NOT THE ONLY
MACHESNEY PARK
RESIDENT WHOSE
FAUCETS HAVE RUN
DRY.
"THE NORTH PARK
PUBLIC WATER
DISTRICT HAS BEEN
EXPERIENCING AN
UNPRECEDENTED
NUMBER OF FROZEN
WATER SERVICES. WE
ARE LEARNING THAT
THE FROST LINES IN
THE AREA HAVE DOVED
DOWN INTO THE
GROUND IN ALMOST
SEVEN FEET IN SOME
AREAS ..."
AND TO PREVENT
MORE CUSTOMERS
FROM BEING FROZEN
OUT --, DONAHUE IS
ASKING RESIDENTS,
TO KEEP THEIR WATER
RUNNING 24/7.
"AS LONG AS THEY'RE
RUNNING THAT
WARMER WATER, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S COLD
WATER THEY'RE
RUNNING THAT
WARMER WATER
THROUGH THEIR PIPES
IT WILL KEEP THEIR
PIPE ABOVE FREEZING
AND PREVENT IT FROM
FREEZING UP ..."
DAVE CONNELL JUST
RECENTLY GOT HIS
WATER WORKING
AGAIN.
SO NOW -- HE'S
KEEPING HIS FAUCET
RUNNING NIGHT AND
DAY -- SO IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN AGAIN.
"IF YOU DON'T KEEP IT
RUNNING, IT WILL
FREEZE UP AGAIN, AND
THEN THEY GOT TO
RE-DO IT SO YOU
GOTTA KEEP IT OPEN
TO KEEP THE LINE
RUNNING ..."
AND WHILE CONNELL
IS ENJOYING HIS
RUNNING WATER,
BOCK CAN ONLY
IMAGINE THAT
FEELING.
"IT'S BEEN VERY
PAINFUL. I'M SO GLAD
WHEN IT WILL BE
OVER."
DONAHUE SAYS