Texas has seen no help from fema or red cross. Not one fucking ounce of help. We are Freezing, We have No Water, No Power, No Internet. Grocery Stores are empty, cant find anything.
Now This Story Comes Out On Our Local Fake News.... https://abc13.com/weather/fema-sending-60-generators-to-texas-amid-power-outages-/10349070/... But if you read story it seems like they are more worried about vaccine spots. This is now going on 5 days and they are talking of sending food and water and supplies and Generators... Wtf where the hell has all this shit been... Still Have Not Seen Anything.
I wouldn't drip the faucet, that will freeze it faster. Usually you can thaw the faucet cold off if the main pipe isn't frozen, usually isn't as underground. You need to go to your water heater and then put a heater (if you had Electricity that is) pointing at the cold line.
I will say, the Gov not sending help is annoying the fuck outta me. And whoever made the decision not to deserves to be hung.
My pipes are fine. I turned my water off at the meter and drained the lines at every fixture. The water heater is in an interior space with no danger of freezing since we never lost power for longer than an hour a couple times. The problem here is with the utility supply lines. They are not buried very deep and are often exposed directly to the weather (creek crossings and such), and pretty much never insulated. I'm hearing news of different neighborhoods coming back online, so we should be fine in a matter of days.