March arrives, and most homeowners think about gardens. They plan which flowers to plant. They check whether the lawn survived winter. They rarely think about what winter does to their plumbing system ...

TAKE RIGHT NOW. ARIELLE. WELL, GINA, THE BIG MESSAGE IS TO DO WHAT YOU CAN HIT THAT LOCAL HARDWARE STORE IF YOU NEED TO. THE POINT IS, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD WITH AN UNPREPARED HOUSE ...

FIVE LOCATIONS. MEANTIME, ON THE NORTH SHORE, PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE PREPPING RIGHT NOW AS WELL. WDSU REPORTER JASMINE FRANKLIN HAS A LOOK AT THE MEASURES THAT THEY’RE TAKING TO PROTECT THEIR PIPES.