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Hang in there, I think 48 hours and we are out of the woods. I actually turned my waterfalls off an hour ago to give my pump a break, since the air temps in Houston are around 36F, so I should be OK for a few hours.. The freezing rain and snow worries me though, but ERCOT is showing operating...

Sometimes luck of the draw. If they are on a circuit with essential services (i.e. hospitals) those will always be last to cut in rolling outages.

That is encouraging but then leaves me in position of running a natural gas generator all night. Not a cost issue, as I am sure it would be minimal compared to potential pool damage, but I just don't think those things are meant to be operated unattended? Maybe I am just being paranoid.

Interesting, I would have thought you need to drain your filters also, but maybe that water drains out of pump?

We have a 17kW Generac natural gas generator, but I have actually never used it beyond firing it up every other month to make sure it starts. I am not even sure it will run pool pumps if I am also drawing power into house for refrigerator, lights, etc. I'd also be hesitant to run it all night...

Thanks! First year with this pool, and am needing reminding why we wanted one in the first place!!

So to be sure I understand, the baskets stay IN the skimmer, and maybe put a few empty water bottles with caps on inside the baskets themselves?