[Bill]

Pic of damaged spigot? I assume it split somewhere, parallel with the pipe, and the leak is a drip, not spraying water all over?

I didn't remove any of the protective coverings to actually check, but I did feel around the ground underneath the spigots, to check for wet ground. Everything was dry, so I guess I did OK. Of course, areas farther north and west of me had lower temperatures, and insulating those exterior lines can only slow down their freezing, not actually stop it, so my strategy may not have worked if my house was situated in a different area.