Where have all the fire hydrants gone?

I have a yellow one in my yard. My house insurance was discounted because of that.

I had a school crossing sign in my yard. But they took it out when the little school on my block was shut down thanks to Brownback.

so they do not get damaged by cars crashing into them, or trashed by hooligans.

How would one trash a fire hydrant?

They went the way of the dodo, became extinguished.

My area is full of them. Maybe they migrated here. Does Fluther have any Hydrantologists that can comment on their migratory patterns?

Long time passing…..

^^^Thank you @janbb! That keeps rolling through my mind too.

They got hosed.

There are fire hydrants all over the place out here in CA.

Lots of hydrants here, except in my neighborhood. (We’re on a community well system.) If there was a fire here the fire dept. would have to string hoses for several blocks.
Without hydrants, where would fire dept.s get water to fight fires? They’re around, I’ll bet. Maybe covered up by some homeowner’s flowers or other landscaping.

@kritiper Read my details. I didn’t say they were gone-gone. Apparently our city has moved them underground.

@Dutchess_III Please be more descriptive, and some research may be required by yourself.
Underground, as in they have to be dug into (covered with dirt) with a shovel, or is there some type of easily removable structure covering the underground hydrant?
Underground or not, if they exist, they are still hydrants.
Also, with house or other structure fires, time is of the essence, so getting to the hydrant quickly would be paramount. Underground, and in snow or leafy conditions, they would be difficult to locate, slowing down fire repression efforts, so being totally underground doesn’t sound feasible, really.