[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

National Weather Service Hard Freeze Advisories
The National Weather Service has Hard Freeze Advisories for Central Florida, including The Villages. Low temperatures are expected to be around 25 degrees on Saturday night and 33 degrees on Sunday night before a warming trend on Monday. Residents should take the time now to protect your property from the potential impacts of a hard freeze including:

Turn off pick up and put away outside garden hoses as they may freeze and burst;

Keep garage doors closed if there are water supply lines located inside;

Open kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warm air to circulate around the plumbing;

Keep the heating thermostat set at a consistent temperature both day and night;

If going out of town during cold weather, leave the heat on in your home. Set the thermostat to a temperature no lower than 55 °F, and open cabinet doors where there is plumbing;

Check that all storm windows and windows are closed and latched;

Close curtains and blinds at night to help insulate windows;

Minimize use of kitchen and bath exhaust fans;

Cover exposed pipes and plumbing;

Run your pool pump continuously when temperatures are near or below freezing. You don't need to run your heater, moving water will not freeze. Water feature pumps should be run and valves should be open;

Install backflow preventers or arrestors on outside faucets;

Cover plants susceptible to damage from freezing temperatures;

Do not run your sprinkler system during a hard freeze as this will cause damage to your irrigation system;

Minimize exposure to the cold and dress appropriately with gloves and hat which cover your ears,

I suspect that there are thousands of us who come from the lands of ice and snow laughing our heads off at these draconian measures all because of six hours a little below freezing. Yes, cover tender plants, but otherwise this is excessive. Some of these are things I normally did in the fall, like emptying the hoses and disconnecting them, but a lot of these are things I would only do if I were closing up a seasonal house for the winter.