Engorgeous George 2,131 Posted January 18 Sub zero temps and snow and dangerous wind chills are setting in. Some will not make it through. There was a time when I helped set up a program, since taken over by a 501(c)(3) organization called Aurora Warms the Night. We got the homeless off the streets during extreme weather. I used to have to go out in this weather to open and supervise the shelter. Not exactly SOP for an Attorney. They no longer operate in the same facility or under the same rules, but they are still out there trying to keep folks from freezing to death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted January 18 Gonna be brutal. It's a Good thing that you did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weepaws 3,157 Posted January 18 Program here in Reno/ Carson City is still going, it’s called, night off the streets. Volunteer run warming shelters hosted by different churches. It started after a homeless man died from hypothermia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Engorgeous George 2,131 Posted January 18 I sure don't miss having to leave my warm suburban home and my warm suburban wife to drive down into the old City neighborhood getting such a bad rap lately in the news to open up a dilapidated army gym to set up cots and then to check in scores of homeless folks and sit up through the night to supervise the facility along with a few volunteer officers. I don't miss having to wrangle with the City over whether city vehicles, cop cars and paramedic vans and code enforcement cars could be used to transport the homeless to the shelter.i don't miss wrangling with an existing 501(c)(3) to get their van and insurance to tansport the homeless. I don't miss having to get a federal grant and then a special release fom motorola to equip that van with a radio tied into our Dispatch frequency since motorola had a limit on the mumber of users we could have on our Dispatch system. I particualrly don't miss the County coming by and telling us we could not serve warm soup or coffee as we did not have a licensed kitchen. (We could provide prepackaged cold meals.) (Turns out we could serve coffee if we did not serve soup or unprepackaged sandwiches.) Still, after many years, when the mercury drops and the winds pickup and the snow starts to drift habit now tells me I should be out doing something instead of sitting around. I'm like my old springer spaniel who could not figure out why I would not shoot the pheasants she compulsively had to flush when we went out for walks when she was extremely old. She never escaped her training. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Engorgeous George 2,131 Posted January 18 21 degrees and droping. 77% humidity and snowing. Winds steady at 10 to 12. This is as temperate as the weatherf is going to be for the next 100 hours or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5-Points 3,389 Posted January 18 The best part about being homeless is the ability to relocate at any time. Were I homeless in Colorado, I would've started out around the beginning of October and walked South West until I reached San Diego. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
easilyscan 863 Posted January 19 15 hours ago, 5-Points said: The best part about being homeless is the ability to relocate at any time. That's why I date homeless girls exclusively. You can drop them off anywhere. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmh6476 1,010 Posted January 19 Fire just took down a building in town and I think they were working to rescue a homeless person who was inside Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
