I woke up this morning and had the urge to make coffee with water from the Brita pitcher; I usually use the tap and let the coffee machine’s built-in filter do the work. Good thing I went Brita today. After pouring 6 cups of water into the coffee pot, I proceeded to refill the pitcher from the sink. I noticed that the water pressure wasn’t very good, but wrote it off to Jen’s being in the shower upstairs. Still a bit dreary and out of it, I didn’t realize that something was wrong until the Brita pitcher was mostly filled again — with brown water. Whoops.
When the air temperature (that is, before any wind chill is factored in) is at -12 degrees Fahrenheit at 8am, I can’t imagine what it was overnight. Whatever it was, though, it was enough to at least partially freeze the pipes leading to our kitchen sink. Hopefully after running the water for a few hours, it will unfreeze.
In the meantime, I’m just glad my coffee is Italian roast brown and not dirty, frozen pipe brown.
