We are getting ready for a freeze here in Houston. A deep one at that. It is supposed to stay below freezing for two days. Ginny covers her plants as best she can. Here you see her prized kalanchoes covered. The thermometer is reading about freezing. Our other preparations are to drip the outside faucets and a couple inside ones as long as it is below freezing outside. We repiped the house with PEX piping about eight years ago. That is supposed to expand if the water inside gets frozen. We don't want to tempt fate so we still drip the pipes.