AUSTIN, Texas — When temperatures get near – or below – freezing, your plan should always be to protect people, pets, plants and pipes.
Some of those can be easy, but if you’re in a pinch, protecting pipes could be the most difficult and most costly of the four. However, one viral hack claims you can protect your pipes by using a Styrofoam cup, which has Texans turning to trusty Whataburger cups.
But does using a Whataburger cup to protect exposed pipes actually work? The answer is yes. Any Styrofoam cup can protect your pipes during a freeze…