Comments on: When the lawn sprinklers turn on in my community

By: Zoid

Zoid — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:12:10 +0000

It doesn’t rain nonstop. Just mostly around Fall/Winter time. I live in Washington; I would know. We’ve even had times where it was so dry we weren’t allowed to have fires.

By: Christastic

Christastic — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:45:22 +0000

Sprinklers in my apartment complex run until the flower beds wash out, every single night, I really don’t think it’s necessary to have sprinklers in the pacific northwest…

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:02:14 +0000

They’re on timers. Pay attention, figure it out. Plan the BBQ accordingly.

They don’t turn the timer off when it rains because it’s easier than trying to remember to turn the damn things on again when it stops raining.

By: Me

Me — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:32:01 +0000

You missed the point. According to this graph, you could NEVER have a BBQ when the grass is dry. Meh. Never mind.

By: sci fi nazi

sci fi nazi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:54:18 +0000

like i said in my other comment… its an alien mothership thats causing it.

By: sci fi nazi

sci fi nazi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:53:03 +0000

well, when the groundis dry, it probably wont feel it.
when you get the mail, maybe a disturbance in atmsopheric pressure when you move?
when having a BBQ, maybe the heat dries the ground…
thunder, an alien mothership is causing it.

By: T1G3R

T1G3R — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:53:43 +0000

even if its raining, the extra advantage of watering the lawn at the same is huge. It makes sure the soil doesn’t’ lightly get saturated but actually gets down to the roots and the sun wont be drying it up any soon.

By: Zoid

Zoid — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:45:38 +0000

I think that a lot of people just have their sprinklers set to go off every couple days or whatever, so it’s not like they go out of their way to turn them on while it’s raining or you’re going to your mailbox.

By: Kd

Kd — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:25:53 +0000

I get the feeling it weasn’t meant to cover EVERY eventuality

By: maddragonqueen

maddragonqueen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:00:38 +0000

We had a thunderstorm here last night. The sprinklers were totally on for most of it.

By: Zizix

Zizix — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:53:57 +0000

I was walking to school and some one had their sprinklers on… It was raining..

By: Me

Me — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:11:31 +0000

But what if you have a BBQ when the ground is dry? I’m torn…

By: Mr. Flippy

Mr. Flippy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:28:57 +0000

According to this if you check the mail during a barbecue then the sprinklers will go off

By: Me

Me — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:11:22 +0000

You never check the mail when the ground is dry??
I like the graph anyway!