Water Meter Box Cover - Where did it go?

[samplenhold]

Last night we had some really hard rains. This morning I noticed that my water meter box cover was gone, again. It has a habit of floating away when the rains are very heavy.

Check out the short video to see just what happened.

 

[wittaj]

Dang.

You need to lock it in place lol

 

[Mike A.]

Cameras solve a lot of mysteries. Good job finding it.

Isn't there a bolt to hold it on there?

 

[Parley]

You need to add some weight to that water meter lid.

 

[samplenhold]

It just snaps into place. Probably the meter reader did not push it down. I need to make sure after it is read that I go step on it.

 

[Flintstone61]

What a long strange trip it's been. The journey of the wandering meter cover. If only it could talk.
The stories it could tell.

 

[TonyR]

Ah HA! So could this have been at your place in TX ?

View attachment floater.mp4

 

[samplenhold]

Ah HA! So could this have been at your place in TX ?

No, the street did not fill that much.

 

[garycrist]

Tis dry as a bone in North Texas. "Texas! It's a whole different country"!

If one has not had the pleasure to drive from say, Texarkana to El Paso,
fill the tank and pack a lunch. Because it's a "fer piece, if ya know what I mean".

 

[TechBill]

Sound like a good story for a movie "The adventure of a water meter box lid"

 

[ThomasCamFan]

That's insane. Finding the cover at the pond is like winning the lottery.

My IP cameras have solved so many mysteries for me. For example, last week Amazon said they "delivered a package to my mail room." I couldn't find it anywhere -- And my house doesn't have a mail room.

Looking at the camera footage I see the Amazon van driver hide the package behind some bushes in my front yard. Such a weird and stealthy place to put it; Would still be there, soaking wet from the Calif storms, if it weren't for the recorded video.

So many other mysteries at my place have been solved from reviewing video, some which would have nagged me forever if I didn't know what really happened. Just like your missing meter box cover adventure.

- Thomas