Here in the DC area, this winter wasn't *too* bad, yet, at least until the past couple weeks. Now 2013-14 was a cold one...lowest overall average temperatures since 2008-09, which was when I really started keeping track. Incidentally, the year I switched from oil heat to an all-electric heat pump.
This past weekend, it got cold enough that I had a pipe freeze...something I haven't had happen since the winter of 2009-10. Nothing too serious, thankfully. Usually I would let the faucets drip when temps got too cold, but then I read somewhere that you only need to let one drip, not all of them. So, I tried it. And in the morning, I turned them all on, just to see how they did, and they all opened up except the cold water for the bathroom sink. I put a space heater under the bathroom (crawlspace all around, no basement) and in a couple hours it freed up. Hopefully, no permanent damage.
We're supposed to get temps in the negatives on Thursday night...not looking forward to that! Hope my space heater holds up!