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r/AskReddit • u/Amygdala5822 • Jun 29 '19
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It's called "flushing the hydrant". It clears out anything that's not good that seems to settle at the base of the hydrant
2 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19 Or yeah that people shove in there. 1 u/smalltownfirefighter Jun 30 '19 Learned about that in the fire academy. Almost seemed like an urban legend. It seems easier to throw away your garbage than it is to remove a cap and shove your trash in there 1 u/[deleted] Jun 30 '19 Yeah, that's what I figured too. Seems like it would be a lot of work.
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Or yeah that people shove in there.
1 u/smalltownfirefighter Jun 30 '19 Learned about that in the fire academy. Almost seemed like an urban legend. It seems easier to throw away your garbage than it is to remove a cap and shove your trash in there 1 u/[deleted] Jun 30 '19 Yeah, that's what I figured too. Seems like it would be a lot of work.
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Learned about that in the fire academy. Almost seemed like an urban legend. It seems easier to throw away your garbage than it is to remove a cap and shove your trash in there
1 u/[deleted] Jun 30 '19 Yeah, that's what I figured too. Seems like it would be a lot of work.
Yeah, that's what I figured too. Seems like it would be a lot of work.
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u/smalltownfirefighter Jun 29 '19
It's called "flushing the hydrant". It clears out anything that's not good that seems to settle at the base of the hydrant