Drained the equipment, will remain freezing 'til Friday. Now what?

[Millergirl]

Record Texas freeze! We drained the equipment at 2 am when the power first went out (what fun!). Now what? Do we just let the pool freeze solid? The rolling power outages are going to continue. It's 7 degrees F now and not supposed to get back above freezing until Friday. We have about 3/4" ice on the surface now.
What's I've done: Drained all equipment, bottles in skimmers, floats and a large bottle in the pool. Anything else?

 

[ajw22]

Forget about the pool until things settle down and warm up.

 

[geekgurl]

Break up that ice. floaty chairs will help absorb the pressure should the ice start to form so the tile won't feel the pressure first

 

[ajw22]

Break up that ice. floaty chairs will help absorb the pressure should the ice start to form so the tile won't feel the pressure first

That is not what damages the tile.

If water gets behind the tile due to cracked grout line then the water freezes and expands and cracks the tile or pops it off.