{"id":2945,"date":"2019-12-18T15:24:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/?p=2945"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:49:08","slug":"digger-ms-maria-and-walton-emc-visit-walnut-grove-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diggerdog811.com\/?p=2945","title":{"rendered":"Digger, Ms. Maria and Walton EMC visit Walnut Grove Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, the Digger Dog Utility Safety Show and Walton EMC presented to the 2nd grade students at Walnut Grove Elementary in Covington, GA.\u00a0 Digger Dog and Ms. Maria explained why they should always, &#8220;Play it Safe Around all Utilities&#8221;.\u00a0 They went over all the underground utilities and showed them the different flag and paint colors for each utility; Red-Electricity, Yellow-Natural Gas, Blue-Water, Green-Sewer, Orange-Telecommunications (Phone, Cable TV or Internet) and White-the area their parents need to mark where they dig.\u00a0 They told them their parents should always &#8220;Contact 811 Before they Dig&#8221; to prevent damage and for their safety. \u00a0Digger and Ms. Maria showed the students what happens if a natural gas pipeline is hit and what it sounds like when the natural gas comes out of the ground.\u00a0 They told the students that natural gas doesn\u2019t have a smell, so the natural gas companies put a chemical into the gas called mercaptan which smells like a rotten egg. \u00a0Ms. Maria demonstrated to the students using Power Town why they should not play around overhead power lines or pad mount transformers.\u00a0 She demonstrated to the students what they should do if a power line comes down on top of a school bus or car; cross their arms, keep their legs together and bunny hop away from the school bus or car.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2948\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2948\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1.jpg?resize=700%2C496\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C725&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C544&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1088&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1450&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diggerdog811.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Walnut-Grove-1-1-scaled.jpg?w=2100 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digger with Walton EMC&#8217;s Ryan Mitchell, Reed Gogan and David Peters and a few 2nd grade students!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, the Digger Dog Utility Safety Show and Walton EMC presented to the 2nd grade students at Walnut Grove Elementary in Covington, GA.\u00a0 Digger Dog and Ms. Maria explained why they should always, &#8220;Play it Safe Around all Utilities&#8221;.\u00a0 They went over all the underground utilities&hellip; 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