i'm actually in a luxury-ish apartment building in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, US of A -- built in the last 5-10 years -- and they've been leaving "CAREFUL OF T

i'm actually in a luxury-ish apartment building in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, US of A -- built in the last 5-10 years -- and they've been leaving "CAREFUL OF THE FREEZE IT'S COMING ANY DAY NOW I SWEAR JUST FAR ENOUGH OUT SO THIS SIGN WILL BE MEANINGLESS" signs out for weeks/months, and we finally have a freeze, and they send emails and notifications with these really detailed instructions on how to waste wa.....errr, on how to not freeze your pipes. Run all the taps, esp if/when you go to bed or leave the apt, esp if you go out of town, but not too much, or don't if you leave town because too high a risk of flooding, mabye, and don't let the apt heat go below 60, and... Atlanta gets tons of rain (at this particular moment in the global warming cycle), so i don't think we'll have problems there anytime soon -- but all this water advice just seems a bit... 1970s? one day you're reading about the importance of heat pumps in the fight against global warming, the next day your apartment complex is telling you to run the water all day/night. I remember this type of thing existed where i grew up in a house in NJ, but... is this the way it is everywhere in cold climates? like, do the apt buildings in Minneapolis run their water all night? i haven't been running the water. thing is, if a pipe did freeze, it sounds pretty catastrophic. like... flooding, you're moving out of your apartment, everyone below you is moving out of their apartments, tens of thousands of dollars in water damage, etc. whole thing is a bit bizarre. but maybe there is no simple, non-wasteful tech solution? the apt barely gets down to 60 when the temp drops to 40s, but outside temp is 19 F right now during the day (part of the cold spell), and i've been liking to actually use the heat the past few days, so i don't really plan on testing anything, tho now i'm curious how low the apt temp will go with outside temps actually pretty low/freezing -- presumably we're getting heat/insulation thru walls/hallway/etc. https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/atlanta/30303/weather-radar/348181 https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/atlanta/30303/weather-rada...