# @txextension on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DE8ECnnp36E
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65665407-txextension-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-01-17T19:30:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (@txextension) — https://gondola.cc/txextension

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Cold weather continues to sweep across Texas with chances of freezing temperatures in the forecast for much of the state. The Disaster Education Network has multiple resources for Texans to access and prepare for any potentially severe weather: 

🐶 Protect your pets:
- Keep pets inside or have a draft-free shelter large enough to stand and turn around in, but small enough to retain body heat.
- Be mindful that cats let outdoors in cold weather seek shelter and hear under the hoods of automobiles and can be injured or killed when starting the engine. Nag loudly on the hood of your car a few times before starting the engine. 
– Be aware of pets around salt and deicers. Salt and chemicals on sidewalks to combat ice buildup can irritate skin and be ingested.

🌳 Protect your plants:
- Watering plants and making sure they are not drought-stressed before freezing temperatures arrive can help. Watering just before the freeze can also help because water creates warmth and loses heat slowly. 
- Plants in containers should be moved inside the home or garage — any space where temperatures will stay above freezing.
- When covering plants, drape them with cardboard or cloth material to the ground and secure it. The idea is to trap enough warmer air escaping from the soil to protect plants from a killing freeze. 

🏠 Protect your pipes:
- Leaving water running slightly does help during prolonged freezing temperatures, and heat lamps to raise temperatures in lesser-insulated spaces with pipes like well houses or basements can help prevent breaks.
- Outdoor water systems should be drained and covered or allowed to drip slowly to help protect from damage.
- Many protective products to insulate water pipes like sleeves, insulation or heat tape are available at local plumbing supply retailers. Newspapers can also provide some protection to exposed pipes, as long as exposure is not prolonged.

You can follow the link in our bio to find out more! tx.ag/WinterWeatherPrep

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