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.
I have been here in Austin, and there were so many places for people to find warmth if they were actually dying.
Now, I have also suffered from hypothermia before, not this time, and so I know that it makes you go crazy. Actually, losing your mind is one of the first symptoms after lethargy. So I know how easy it is to die from it. But I would expect parents to get the adrenaline pumping if they see their kid's lips turn blue. The parents were asleep at the wheel. And quite possibly, the kid was intoxicated because even a kid would know that they are dying. When I had hypothermia as a kid, I had the morose feeling that I was dying. Thankfully my dad recognized that we needed heat soon and got us some heat sooner than he had planned. Maybe he was just smart, but I also think he had an instinct as a parent that I wasn't right. And partially I was acting different on purpose because I felt like I was dying.
Long story short, there were resources all over Texas to stay warm. All you had to do was ask. And our bodies naturally respond to these incidents to prevent our own demise. There had to have been negligence on someone's behalf for this kid to have died. And by someone, I mean someone who was in his immediate vicinity or should have been in his immediate vicinity.
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.
I have been here in Austin, and there were so many places for people to find warmth if they were actually dying.
Now, I have also suffered from hypothermia before, not this time, and so I know that it makes you go crazy. Actually, losing your mind is one of the first symptoms after lethargy. So I know how easy it is to die from it. But I would expect parents to get the adrenaline pumping if they see their kid's lips turn blue. The parents were asleep at the wheel. And quite possibly, the kid was intoxicated because even a kid would know that they are dying. When I had hypothermia as a kid, I had the morose feeling that I was dying. Thankfully my dad recognized that we needed heat soon and got us some heat sooner than he had planned. Maybe he was just smart, but I also think he had an instinct as a parent that I wasn't right. And partially I was acting different on purpose because I felt like I was dying.
Long story short, there were resources all over Texas to stay warm. All you had to do was ask. And our bodies naturally respond to these incidents to prevent our own demise. There had to have been negligence on someone's behalf for this kid to have died. And by someone, I mean someone who was in his immediate vicinity or should have been in his immediate vicinity.