How to properly prepare your pipes for the freeze

The last thing anyone wants to deal with Christmas morning is a busted pipe, but with that arctic air moving in that's a risk. That's why now is the time to get your home ready.
Paul Spitzfaden stopped at several hardware stores before he barely found pipe insulation still in stock at Mary's Ace Hardware.
"We learned when the weather will be below 30 degrees for a length of time, you prepare, otherwise you call a plumber," Spitzfaden said, remembering when his pipes busted a few years ago. "You have water all over the place and a broken pipe and frustration and aggravation."
Eyewitness Morning News Meteorologist Payton Malone and Mary's Ace Hardware Maintenance Engineer Rudi Pettagrew offered some tips to get your pipes ready.

[@Grayald]

All our pipes are under the house, and they sure as hell will break. Had to have 10 ft of pipe replaced on a Sunday morning. Only one emergency plumber available. $1,000.
If you've got pipes under the house and can't or don't want to crawl around under there to insulate them, the easiest way to deal with it is to block off the underneath of your house with sheets of tin or something. At the very least where the air will be coming from.

[@trevorabn]

pool noodles and duck tape lol

[@HsingSun]

Wait a mins! Turn off your water heater, is it a joke? How can I take a hot shower?

[@grantofat6438]

He said "if you are leaving for the holidays."