How To Quick Drain Your Sprinkler System
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A couple of weeks ago I told you about the Skydrop sprinkler systemwhich usesyour soil conditions and local weather to better schedule when itwaters your lawn. That system was priced at $299. If you want a slightly less expensive solution, consider the Rachio Iro smart sprinkler system. Priced at $249, this system also mounts on the wall and can be controlled from your iOS or Android device.
The patent-pending controller acts as the brain of a landscape irrigation system, automatically adjusting to weather conditions and seasonality to use as little water as possible to maintain beautiful lawns and gardens. Iros Smart-Cycle feature applies water at a rate the local soil type can absorb to further prevent runoff and waste.
Installation is simple, just unplug your existing lawn irrigation controller, detach the low voltage zone wires and then mount the Iro to the wall, reconnect the wires and plug it in. Your Android or iOS device can be used to monitor or customize the automated watering schedule. For more info visit https://www.rach.io/.
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CHICAGO -- The nation's air travel system slowly began to recover Saturday after an alleged act of employee sabotage at a large regional air traffic control center brought Chicago's two international airports to a halt.
At the height of the travel misery Friday, more than 2,000 flights in and out of O'Hare and Midway airports had been canceled, sending waves of travel disruption rippling across the country.
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Authorities say a contract employee started a fire Friday morning in the basement telecommunications room of a control center in the Chicago suburb of Aurora and then attempted to commit suicide by slashing his throat. Brian Howard, 36, of Naperville, was charged with destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities, a felony. The FBI said Howard remains hospitalized and no court date has been scheduled.
As of late Saturday afternoon, total Chicago flight cancelations for the day stood at more than 780 - still a damagingly high number, but an improvement. Southwest Airlines, the dominant carrier at Midway, had hoped to resume a full flight schedule Saturday, but had to cancel all flights between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. CDT.
Lines remained long at O'Hare, which is a major U.S. hub. Many travelers stranded overnight slept on cots provided by the airport, in scenes reminiscent of winter storm disruptions.
The Federal Aviation Administration facility in Aurora, about 40 miles west of downtown Chicago, handles planes cruising at high altitudes through the air space as well as those just beginning to approach or completing a departure from airports in the Chicago area. It remained shut down Saturday, and its responsibilities have been transferred to centers in Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Minneapolis. The FAA's command center in Warrenton, Virginia, was also working to increase the traffic flow.
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How to Drain Your Sprinkler System for the Winter - by Colorado Stoneworks Landscaping
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QUINCY, ILL. -- The Illinois Veteran's Home at Quincy was established in the 1800s and has grown considerably in the past century.
Today, the veteran's home has 25 buildings sitting on 210 acres inQuincy.
But as time has passed many things have changed ...for example safety standards.
"They were in compliance with the codes at the time they were built and codes have changed over time and we've sort of gotten away from it," Gwen Diehl, the Veterans Home Coordinator for the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, said.
The new sprinkler system will be added to areas like the multi-purpose area, chapel, attics, food services freezers and also outdoor porches.
The sprinkler system is one of many projects that have already taken place and will continue to take place over the next year.
"We completed the renovation of the power plant and its been a very long project so about a year and a half ago, you may have seen the chimney being reconstructed," Diehl said.
The Veterans Home owns and maintains its power plant.
The upgrades will allow the home to remain independent and free of outside help and insure it will continue to stay around for future veterans.
The sprinkler system safety improvement will take 290 consecutive days to complete with an end date on May 9, 2015.
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LAS VEGAS -- There are new details about the building that caught on fire Wednesday afternoon and why the fire spread so fast.
The apartment complex did not have a sprinkler system and it is not required to have one because it was built in the 1970s.
The Americana Apartments were last inspected in 2011 and Clark County found violations. So, a new alarm system was installed, but no sprinklers.
During Wednesday's fire, people had just seconds to escape fast-moving flames.
"We saw the roof collapsing. It was really bad," complex resident Brian Tippett said.
Many who lived in the apartments lost everything.
One day later, people like Kevin Ho are rallying to help. He said many people who lived here couldn't afford to live anywhere else.
"A lot of them were devastated by what happened in the fire. All they have basically is what is on their back," Ho said.
8 News NOW has learned Americana Apartments never had to have sprinklers installed.
"These are not high-rises. The ones we are talking about are only two stories, the Director of Clark County Building and Fire Ron Lynn said.
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'Smart' sprinkler system may save money, developer says
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September 24th, 2014 @ 8:56am
SALT LAKE CITY A smart sprinkler system developed in Utah not only turns itself on and off when it rains, but also keeps an eye on the weather forecast.
Other devices sense rain and keep sprinklers from turning on, but the Skydrop program actually hooks into a Wi-Fi system to keep lawns green and healthy.
Essentially, I didnt know how to water my own lawn, said Clark Endrizzi and he is far from being the only one.
The Utah Division of Water Resources says the typical Utah household uses twice as much water on their yards as is necessary.
Some landscapers were telling me to water every day and just do less watering, Endrizzi said. Some told me I should be watering as little as possible, just watering enough to reach the roots.
Endrizzi, a software engineer, said he started thinking about how weak automated sprinkler systems like his really are. Come torrential rain or blistering sunshine, they keep watering and watering through torrential rain or blistering sunshine because that is what they're programmed to do.
So Endrizzi set out to create a smart sprinkler system. Skydrop replaces old sprinkler controllers. It connects to a home's wireless network and then starts pulling real-time weather data from the Internet. This stops sprinklers from running when they're not needed, for example, during a rain storm. It measures humidity, temperature, wind, even the slope of the yard, to create a schedule Endrizzi said will save water.
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