Polar Armageddon

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What's in your forecast for the next week?
Tomorrow morning through Thursday, my lows are supposed to be.
23,27,28,27,27
If that's the airport forecast, I'll be a few degrees cooler. On the coast, we don't have pipes buried 5 feet in the ground to keep them from freezing, so the 23 degrees starts to become "real" around here, especially when the cold is a week long.
I'm guessing a lot of you have pipe warming wrap on your water lines?
How do you deal with water lines when it gets down to zero?

 

[C.J.]

Leave your water on a trickle and open up the cabinet door’s underneath your sinks to let the warm air get closer to the supply lines. I put black foam pipe insulation around the pipes underneath the house.

 

[havasu]

I go swimming. California has its perks

 

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Leave your water on a trickle and open up the cabinet door’s underneath your sinks to let the warm air get closer to the supply lines. I put black foam pipe insulation around the pipes underneath the house.

I did that in '89 when we stayed below 32 for a week straight with the low one night at 9 We don't do 9 on the Oregon coast.
...ok, once every 100+ years. I witnessed history.
The following morning lows were 14, 16, 20, etc. 30 to 38 is our range of normal lows this time of year with highs near 45.
I was curious how others deal with near or sub zero temperatures and keeping pipes operating.