Tragic, but we camp in single digit weather and it shows they did not have the knowledge or equipment to survive in a trailer which was probably all electric.
My assumption is that wrong clothing/bedding material lead to hypothermia and death, probably in conjunction with lack of energy from food.
A $120 zero degree working sleeping bag and a camping stove with a few $5 green propane cartridges would have been all that was needed to survive together with 4000 kcal/day in noodles or rice/fat.
Too bad no-one checked with this family,too.
The storage space, yes, but a lot of these people do not own any of that potentially live saving equipment. They rely 100% on services by others. This suit will go nowhere because they will claim force majeure and they have a point.
This does not excuse the lack of winterization.
They would all be alive if the family huddled together for warmth. My guess is that the parents and kid drank thinking the booze would keep them warm and instead the kid died of hypothermia in his sleep while the parents kept each other warm.
Booze prevents frostbite, but it increases the risk of hypothermia. And booze also increases the chance your kids will die.
Don't know the exact circumstances and that's why it is difficult to say what was the issue.
But even in single digit temperatures you don't need to die if you know what to do.
Often it is a lack of knowledge in combination with absolute zero preparedness.
Tragic, but we camp in single digit weather and it shows they did not have the knowledge or equipment to survive in a trailer which was probably all electric. My assumption is that wrong clothing/bedding material lead to hypothermia and death, probably in conjunction with lack of energy from food. A $120 zero degree working sleeping bag and a camping stove with a few $5 green propane cartridges would have been all that was needed to survive together with 4000 kcal/day in noodles or rice/fat. Too bad no-one checked with this family,too.
Somebody living in a trailer has the space to store camping equipment.
The storage space, yes, but a lot of these people do not own any of that potentially live saving equipment. They rely 100% on services by others. This suit will go nowhere because they will claim force majeure and they have a point. This does not excuse the lack of winterization.
They would all be alive if the family huddled together for warmth. My guess is that the parents and kid drank thinking the booze would keep them warm and instead the kid died of hypothermia in his sleep while the parents kept each other warm.
Booze prevents frostbite, but it increases the risk of hypothermia. And booze also increases the chance your kids will die.
Don't know the exact circumstances and that's why it is difficult to say what was the issue. But even in single digit temperatures you don't need to die if you know what to do. Often it is a lack of knowledge in combination with absolute zero preparedness.