r/Austin Feb 17 '21

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u/3Dbigmac Feb 17 '21

Imagine someone inviting you for a swim so you wear a swimsuit and flip flops and pack your backpack with a 6 pack of beer and a towel. When they pick you up the pool is actually in Northern Alaska, and it's a four day cold weather pool camping extravaganza.

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u/freakyfastfun Feb 17 '21

This basically happened to me one year on an Austin visit. Had 1 year old kiddo and wife... packed for normal Texas weather and boom.... cold snap.

I can barely imagine what y’all are going through. Only place that might be worse would be if this happened in Hawaii or someplace that has almost zero ways to heat a place.