{"id":4860,"date":"2023-08-28T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/?p=4860"},"modified":"2023-08-29T14:34:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:34:59","slug":"grandkid-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/28\/grandkid-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandkid questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grandad, what do the colored flags and spray paint on lawns and streets mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/img_5988-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5988-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5988-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5988-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5988-1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5988-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5988-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Call before you dig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, I knew yellow was for gas and after that I wasn&#8217;t sure.  They all mean something is buried there and don&#8217;t dig in that spot unless you know what you&#8217;re doing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a key to the flags\u2019 colors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RED&nbsp;\u2013 Electric Power Lines, Cables, Conduit and Lighting Cables<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YELLOW&nbsp;\u2013 Gas, Oil, Steam Petroleum or Gaseous Materials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ORANGE&nbsp;\u2013 Communication, Cable TV, Alarm or Signal Lines, Cables or Conduit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLUE&nbsp;\u2013 Water, Irrigation and Slurry Lines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GREEN&nbsp;\u2013 Sewers and Drain Lines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PINK&nbsp;\u2013 Temporary Survey Markings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHITE \u2013 Proposed Excavation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedarburglightandwater.org\/what-do-colored-flags-ground-mean#\">https:\/\/www.cedarburglightandwater.org\/what-do-colored-flags-ground-mean#<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandad, what do the colored flags and spray paint on lawns and streets mean? Well, I knew yellow was for gas and after that I wasn&#8217;t sure. They all mean something is buried there and don&#8217;t dig in that spot unless you know what you&#8217;re doing. Here\u2019s a key to the flags\u2019 colors: RED&nbsp;\u2013 Electric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[176,409],"class_list":["post-4860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grandkids","tag-grandkids","tag-questions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5988-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4861,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4860\/revisions\/4861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}