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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Dec 30, 2021, 03:20 PM Dec 2021

As shelters fill, many endure the cold in tents and vehicles

EVERETT — Since Christmas Eve, the Everett cold weather shelter has filled up “exponentially,” manager Jeremiah Swartz said.

The number of occupied beds jumped from the 50s to nearly 150, as temperatures plummeted and snow blanketed the region. That includes the permanent and emergency cold weather beds the Everett Gospel Mission runs.

“I don’t think we’ve seen anything like this,” Swartz said.

Meanwhile, another shelter rushed to open Wednesday at a Marysville church, becoming the only overnight shelter in the northern part of the county during the cold snap.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/as-shelters-fill-many-endure-the-cold-in-tents-and-vehicles/

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As shelters fill, many endure the cold in tents and vehicles (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP
"People sleeping in vehicles in the winter cold is just wrong. They should drive south." Binkie The Clown Dec 2021 #1
It was the fucking GOP in FL that sent them to Seattle RainCaster Dec 2021 #2
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