Despite what Texans have been through during this past weekend's freeze emergency, one expert says it didn't really compare to the deadly freeze disaster of 2021, so things will improve this week.
But he points out that the way homes are built in Southeast Texas leads to many of the problems homeowners have in times like these.
Dispelling myths is one of this expert's main tasks, and he says water fountains that are flowing will still freeze if it's cold enough, so if it's that cold why would letting your faucets drip save your pipes from bursting in a freeze?
Jim Dutton, host of the Texas Home Improvement Show, says it's time homebuilders try a different approach to laying water pipes in most dwellings.
"This freezing weather is becoming a pattern, it's happening more and more often, and it's time that Houston changes their building codes.
"If you go to Dallas, San Antonio, Corpus, virtually anywhere else in the state, pipes are under the foundation and not up in the attics where they're exposed to freezing temperatures," Dutton says.
On the bright side, we have days of above-freezing temperatures during the daytimes over the next week, which means we don't have to worry as much about icing of roadways as we did over the weekend.
And although many people remember the 2021 freeze, the one this weekend doesn't really compare in damage, and the Newsradio 740 KTRH weekend host says it shouldn't be hard to get a hold of a plumber or other home professionals if you need them, unlike 2021.