Kalamazoo Is Begging You To Stop Opening Fire Hydrants

Ever since I saw the movie Do The Right Thing, i've always wanted to pop open a fire hydrant and play in the water. Sure, it's probably not legal and seems like it'd make a big mess, but come on. It just look so fun. Especially in this heat.

It would look like i'm not the only one with this thought process, because the City of Kalamazoo has recently took to X to request that citizens stop opening fire hydrants, no matter how hot this end of summer heat wave is,

It's A Hot One

August decided to go out with a bang after a cool spell last week turned into a ridiculously hot heat wave, so hot that schools in Grand Rapids closed down for the day. Looks like summer vacation is going just a bit longer for some students around here.

Kalamazoo Says Stop

When it gets this hot outside, people will look for any way to cool down. The City of Kalamazoo knows this and has sent out a request for citizens to seek alternative ways to cool down, including seeking out the public water parks. Opening these hydrants without City approval can break underground pipes.

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Funnily enough, the City knows how effective these fire hydrants can be at cooling people down, and will opening fire hydrants of their own for the public. Between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., hydrants will be opened by City staff at:

• Back end of Interfaith (building 1038) far NW corner
• Burrell and Lawrence
• Krom and Clay
• Washington and March
• Sherwood at Roosevelt Apartments
• Clarence and Jackson
• Hays Park and James
• Charlotte and Sherwood
• Northway and Princeton
• Fairbanks and Center
• Church and Norway