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I partially agree with this.
Do it to tree stumps not fire hydrants. I always thoroughly clean out buried hydrants with a walkway to the street during snowstorms.
It'd be pretty fucked for a house to catch fire and the hydrant is hidden under a snowman.
Personally I think it's a little dubious because I'm just imagining like, what if I'm driving around and it's snowy and a fire hydrant which is usually painted to be visible is covered up by a snowman which now blends in with everything because it's white. And conditions aren't ideal in this hypothetical scenario, so I totaled my car by accident not because I was being a dick because some asshole thought he was sticking it to people who run over snowmen.
I agree you shouldn’t use a fire hydrant.
I got to imagine firefighters in snowy places have a rough idea where to find them. Otherwise people’s houses would be burning down left and right.
But I’m not a firefighter and I don’t I’ve never even seen snow so I could be wrong.
In Germany, free standing fire hydrants are not really a thing, instead we have them sunk into the street and they can be pulled out if needed. There are always a couple of signs on nearby buildings or fences indicating the exact position of the nearest one
Fire hydrants in snowy places often have tall, vertical, very visable posts attached to them that can be seen above the snow bank.