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A small mistake of forgetting to close the tap at night turned the entire colony into a slippery road of ice. In China, due to a woman’s carelessness, flowing water froze for 9 hours and in the morning people got to see a scene like an ice rink.
A small mistake turned the entire colony into a slippery road of ice (Photo: AI)
Sometimes a small carelessness on our part creates such a big problem that we cannot even imagine. Imagine, if you step out of the house in the morning and the roads of your colony have suddenly turned into an ice skating rink? People are slipping while walking, vehicles have stopped and only snow is visible everywhere. A small mistake of a woman in China did something similar. There was no storm, no snowfall, yet the entire area froze overnight. This strange incident is now becoming increasingly viral on social media and people are both surprised and laughing.
According to South China Morning Post, a woman living in Lanzhou city of Gansu province of China, named as Wang, forgot to turn off the tap of her solar water heater after taking bath at night. Usually this seems like a small mistake, but that night the temperature had fallen to minus 8 degrees Celsius. In such a situation, the water flowing continuously from the tank started freezing due to cold.
Water kept flowing for 9 hours
The woman told that the water kept flowing continuously for about nine hours. Water kept falling from the tank on the roof onto the road below and due to the severe cold, the entire road gradually turned into a thick layer of ice. When people woke up in the morning, they saw that the entire colony road was covered with slippery snow. It seemed as if someone had deliberately made an ice skating track. According to SCMP, at around 6 in the morning the woman’s father went out for a walk as usual. He saw that there was snow on the road and water was still flowing. Initially he thought that this water might be coming from a neighbor’s house, but after some time he came to know that it was flowing from the tank of his own house. The whole family was surprised to see this.
The family immediately took control of the situation
As soon as the family realized the mistake, they immediately started taking action. The woman’s mother bought salt from nearby shops so that the ice could be melted. The father and the woman themselves started cleaning the road with a shovel. The property management staff of the colony also helped them and together they cleared the way. After this incident, the woman released a video on social media and apologized to everyone. The good thing is that no one was injured in this accident. However, this incident definitely taught people that even small carelessness can become a big problem in winter.