Current Events > 11-Year-Old Texas Boy Dies From Cold in His Own Bed.

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Tenlaar posted...

harley2280 posted...

You would be wrong. Hotels.com uses prenegotiationed prices. So they're website won't reflect current conditions, and they have no way of knowing if the hotel has power or not.

Unlike you I'll provide a source. It's much easier to do when you don't have to dig your tongue past Ted Cruzes airline food.

You're just saying that you think it's wrong, not proving that it is though.

Literally quoted their terms of service in the same post you quoted. Does closing your eyes when you're kissing ass make it more sensual for you?
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Family is suing for 100 million dollars.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/family-11-old-boy-died-210400208.html

Cristian died on Tuesday in his family's mobile home in the Houston suburb of Conroe while sharing a bed with his 3-year-old brother under a pile of blankets in an attempt to stay warm, according to the lawsuit.

The sixth grader, who migrated to the United States two years ago with his family, was a healthy boy who on the day before his death was playing in the snow for the first time in his life

But the lawsuit -- filed on behalf of Maria Pineda and the estate of Cristian Pineda by attorney Anthony Buzbee -- contends that power was turned off for "those who were most vulnerable to the cold."

"Hence, there were images of empty downtown Houston office buildings with power, but the Pineda's mobile home park was left without power," the lawsuit reads.

The lawsuit blamed ERCOT for misleading customers by assuring them the rolling blackouts would be temporary.

"The blackouts instead lasted days. The failure to adequately inform Plaintiffs of the length of the blackouts prevented them from properly preparing for the lack of power, or leaving the area. Accurate information might have saved Cristian Pineda's young life," the lawsuit alleged.

The Pinedas were without power and heat for two days and during that time temperatures plummeted to as low as 10 degrees in their area, the lawsuit states.

Instead of informing customers, like the Pinedas, that the rolling blackouts would be prolonged, ERCOT sent out messages on social media for customers not to do laundry on Valentine's Day and to "unplug the fancy new appliances you bought during the pandemic and only used once," according to the lawsuit, which included an image of ERCOT's Valentine's Day social media post

OK, Fuck ERCOT. Imagine seeing downtown Houston lit up while you froze to death in your trailer.

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The party of pro life doesn't really care as long the rich white males are taken care of first before the average Americans.

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Were parts of downtown Houston really not affected by the rolling blackouts?

Ruvan22 posted...

Were parts of downtown Houston really not affected by the rolling blackouts?

They were. The point is that downtown got rolling blackouts, the Pinedas just got blacked out for two days straight.

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I hope the family wins that lawsuit. Fuck ERCOT

__aCEr__ posted...

"Just go to a hotel" is like some Marie Antoinette level thinking.

This is honestly a perfect way to put it.
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voldothegr8 posted...

The parents should be locked up for child negligence which resulted in death

To be honest, I could totally get onboard with this.

Forget all the failures of the government, etc... You are responsible for YOUR child. If the whole family slept under the same blanket in the same bed there is NO WAY anyone would die of hypothermia.

huh yeah guys there is no way 12 degrees celcius causee his death lol its not low enough to cause hypothermia, especially if he has a blanket

refmon posted...

why the hell are people voting for ted?

It won't change. He'll run. He'll win. We have ourselves to blame. This country is almost completely broken beyond repair at this point.

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ROOTFayth posted...

huh yeah guys there is no way 12 degrees celcius causee his death lol its not low enough to cause hypothermia, especially if he has a blanket

I mean, they could of thrown a pile of dirty laundry on top of him and he would of survived. He's fucking 11, couldn't he complain or do anything? I think there is more to the story that isn't getting reported.

kelemvor posted...

I mean, they could of thrown a pile of dirty laundry on top of him and he would of survived. He's fucking 11, couldn't he complain or do anything? I think there is more to the story that isn't getting reported.

actually im not american and thought it was degrees celcius, their news are so dumb they report 12 degrees as if there was only faranheit lmfao, so yeah below feezing temperature could be hypothermia

kelemvor posted...

I mean, they could of thrown a pile of dirty laundry on top of him and he would of survived. He's fucking 11, couldn't he complain or do anything? I think there is more to the story that isn't getting reported.

Are you serious? When you're suffering from hypothermia you don't feel the cold anymore, especially while you're asleep. You basically fall into a coma.

I swear, some of you people would be the first to die in any kind of crisis.

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ROOTFayth posted...

actually im not american and thought it was degrees celcius, their news are so dumb they report 12 degrees as if there was only faranheit lmfao, so yeah below feezing temperature could be hypothermia

I see how you could interpret that. But have you ever gone camping when it's cold? A tent is way more drafty and less insulated than a house. Imagine being in a house with blankets and loved ones and still dying. It doesn't make sense.

BeyondWalls posted...

Are you serious? When you're suffering from hypothermia you don't feel the cold anymore, especially while you're asleep. You basically fall into a coma.

I swear, some of you people would be the first to die in any kind of crisis.

I wouldn't leave my kid in a cold bedroom without blankets. Even if we didn't have a wood burning fireplace we would all huddle together.

kelemvor posted...

I wouldn't leave my kid in a cold bedroom without blankets. Even if we didn't have a wood burning fireplace we would all huddle together.

He wasn't alone.
And what are you talking about "without blankets?"

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The family should be sued

also

they should have gone to a hotel

also

ted ted cruz have stayed

What is this topic

people died because the government tried to play wild wild west. The. They realized wild wild west didnt have electricity.

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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

I do not know why the fuck they let him play in the snow outside when they do not have power and he cant properly warm up.

You do not have to take a proficiency test to be a parent.

You do have to take one to drive a car, though.

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Cleo_II posted...

Not just that, its very dangerous to let children play in the snow when you dont have heat or hot water in your home. Snow gets everywhere and you get cold and wet. My mom would always make sure we had warm dry clothes and something hot to eat/drink after we played outside. Still on fucking Texas for putting their citizens in this situation in the first place.

On fucking Texas. There was no cultural reservoir for this.

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LightHawKnight posted...

do people not realize it is incredibly dangerous to sleep when it is too cold?

Tbh I never thought of this before reading your post. It is a shame what happened but I do wonder if there was something more to this story.

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harley2280 posted...

Literally quoted their terms of service in the same post you quoted. Does closing your eyes when you're kissing ass make it more sensual for you?

Quoting them saying that it can be inaccurate is not proving that it is. Can you provide some evidence that the local Motel 6 increased it's rates exorbitantly?

harley2280 posted...

I hope you're getting paid for the amount shilling you're doing. Because you'd have to be crazy to have your tongue that far up the GOP's ass for free.

It turns him on to do it for free.

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Did the family not have access to any of their car(s)? As long as their vehicle was outside of a garage, it would be safe to leave it running on idle as they slept inside. This was completely avoidable

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clyde_frog posted...

Did the family not have access to any of their car(s)? As long as their vehicle was outside of a garage, it would be safe to leave it running on idle as they slept inside. This was completely avoidable

this is why these corps and the GOP always get away with everything, someone is always willing to defend even their vilest acts.

first you assume had a car. You might as well have replied they should have just gone to their country house or they should have just used the fireplace and their library or something like that.

then you assumed the car is in an open air garage. If its in a closed garage the exhaust fumes would have killed them.

third you assumed they knew the kid would that even though he had a blanket.

ugh

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i have two kids and i would've slept in the same bed with them
/shrug

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ROOTFayth posted...

huh yeah guys there is no way 12 degrees celcius causee his death lol its not low enough to cause hypothermia, especially if he has a blanket

Shut the fuck up and stop trolling a kid's death.

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This wouldn't have happened if Texas had not opted to be an aggressively failed state ever since pretty much its inception, but as a bootlicker and Internet tough guy, I am going to pretend that the family was 100% responsible for this tragedy.

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I remember texas being warned about winterizing their power grids like 20 years ago.

What happened?


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People are really trolling over an 11 year old's death

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HBOSS posted...

I remember texas being warned about winterizing their power grids like 20 years ago.

What happened?

nobody messed with the power grids

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clyde_frog posted...

Did the family not have access to any of their car(s)? As long as their vehicle was outside of a garage, it would be safe to leave it running on idle as they slept inside. This was completely avoidable

No. A friend of mine, who took his cars seriously, was waiting for someone on a frigid day in a large open parking lot and asphyxiated. As in he died.

I mention that he took his cars seriously so that it is clear that the vehicle was in excellent condition. Factor in that a Texas car is not going to be calibrated for the weather that they are having.

Instructions for waiting in a running car always say step outside every 15 minutes or just keep a window rolled down. And do not run a car indoors unless you have one of those exhaust mechanisms.

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ROOTFayth posted...

huh yeah guys there is no way 12 degrees celcius causee his death lol its not low enough to cause hypothermia, especially if he has a blanket

He was outside playing in the snow before. Its possible he got wet and cold and his body temperature did not go up enough by going into a cold house after and sleeping under a few blankets. I wouldnt be surprised if he didnt have proper snow gear. Probably just jeans and a hoodie. Its a combination of failure from the government and failure from the parents for letting him play outside when they had no power.

CobraGT posted...

No. A friend of mine, who took his cars seriously, was waiting for someone on a frigid day in a large open parking lot and asphyxiated. As in he died.

I mention that he took his cars seriously so that it is clear that the vehicle was in excellent condition. Factor in that a Texas car is not going to be calibrated for the weather that they are having.

Instructions for waiting in a running car always say step outside every 15 minutes or just keep a window rolled down. And do not run a car indoors unless you have one of those exhaust mechanisms.

How is that even possible? I mean if you could asphyxiate while sitting in a running car in an open parking lot, wouldn't the same happen if you are driving?

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CommonStar posted...

I hope the family wins that lawsuit. Fuck ERCOT

its texas they wont the gov and attorney gen will protect ercot

LightHawKnight posted...

How is that even possible? I mean if you could asphyxiate while sitting in a running car in an open parking lot, wouldn't the same happen if you are driving?

On the highway at "55" m/hr (100k/hr) there is a 55m/hr wind going past your car. People have asphyxiated in grid lock but you can be revived because peeps will notify authorities to get vehicle out of the way.

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CobraGT posted...

On the highway at "55" m/hr (100k/hr) there is a 55m/hr wind going past your car

If a car is sealed enough to cause asphyxiation while in an open area, what would wind do?

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LightHawKnight posted...

If a car is sealed enough to cause asphyxiation while in an open area, what would wind do?

If you read your owners manual it will tell you not to drive with the recirculator on for long periods of time because the CO2 can build up and cause you to fall asleep at the wheel.

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SPE posted...

this is why these corps and the GOP always get away with everything, someone is always willing to defend even their vilest acts.

first you assume had a car. You might as well have replied they should have just gone to their country house or they should have just used the fireplace and their library or something like that.

then you assumed the car is in an open air garage. If its in a closed garage the exhaust fumes would have killed them.

third you assumed they knew the kid would that even though he had a blanket.

ugh

Holy shit this is a bad take @SPE . First all of all, Im pretty fucking left leaning. Ive never been accused of of shilling for the GOP irl or on this site. Second of all, even low income households typical have atleast one car in the family. How are going to compare the ownership of say, a 1995 Honda Civic to that of a country house? How incredibly out of touch with reality do you have to be to make that absurd comparison?

And if you could fucking read, I said outside of a garage not an open garage. Obviously I pointed this out before anyone jumped on my post and said hurr durr you can die by asphyxiation yet you still found a found to do so.

What is your angle here anyway? Yes the circumstances were shitty and the state failed their citizens in the worst way, but those are objectively the circumstances this family and many others had to face. Im not putting full blame on the family here. But what I am saying is if I were in their position, I wouldnt let my kids sleep until I can be assured that theyre not going to die of fucking hypothermia in their sleep. That means staying awake until I can build a fire, or find another person or family with any tools that can be used as a heat source (blankets, wood, matches, lighters, lighter fluid, etc). Maybe the family did all these things who knows. But when state leaders drop the ball and you have to fend for yourself and your family, you have to use your survival instincts, you cant just give up and sleep in the cold.

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LightHawKnight posted...

If a car is sealed enough to cause asphyxiation while in an open area, what would wind do?

55 m/hr wind. That's what.

Change in quantity produces a change in quality... New concept for you???

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Have there been a few more cold related deaths and or injurys aside from this child due to the blackout?

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Prismsblade posted...

Have there been a few more cold related deaths and or injurys aside from this child due to the blackout?

According to the Texas Tribune yes.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/19/texas-power-outage-winter-storm-deaths/

Some of them were actual homeless people though.
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JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

Obama had dinner when Baltimore was burning. Both sides are culpable.

The horror, obama should have gone on a hunger strike!

He ate dinner? While children are starving in Africa. You have convinced me to vote gop for life!!! FUCKING DINNNER!

Now what should I eat tonight? Pulled pork or get some taco bell?

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This is not the first disastrous large scale power outage. Now is time to start preparing for the next one.

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harley2280 posted...

According to the Texas Tribune yes.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/19/texas-power-outage-winter-storm-deaths/

Some of them were actual homeless people though.

I see, if the parents intend to bring it to court then likely their parenting ability will be brought up and they'd have to explain something along the lines of why everyone elses children lived, but theirs died.

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This whole topic is a shit show.

A child fucking died and you're all having a pissing contest.

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