I really should invest in a blow torch. Or have a plumber relocate my kitchen sink so it doesn't call for pipes to come clear across the uninsulated garage ceiling. That's where they freeze.
You are right they often thaw out by themselves. Maybe plumbers don't want this generally known, eh? ;)
By the way I am in PA a little to the east of Pittsburgh and we have around four inches of snow here. Actually doesn't look too bad, snowing lightly. I will never get over the snow we had a few years back, three feet deep. After that nothing seems too bad.
I'm here in da Bronx, we have small flakes falling at a good clip, 16 degrees, and the streets are now coated.
The water in Long Island Sound/Eastchester Bay looked like it was on fire, smoke everywhere. It was really neat to cross over the bridge and see the "smoke" creep over the roadway, like something out of a sci-fi movie.