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Question about homeless people in Chicago. Cold weather related.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:01 pm
The forecast low tomorrow night is - 19 , with a high of -11 on Wednesday and a low of -18 on Wednesday night.
Wind chills are expected to be -30 to -45 during this time.
Obviously people cant spend the night outside with tents, card board boxes, a bunch of old blankets, and a barrel fire, in these conditions.
Are there enough shelters, or do a certain number of people die in weather like this?
A question for Chicago residents. How many people usually die in weather like this?
Wind chills are expected to be -30 to -45 during this time.
Obviously people cant spend the night outside with tents, card board boxes, a bunch of old blankets, and a barrel fire, in these conditions.
Are there enough shelters, or do a certain number of people die in weather like this?
A question for Chicago residents. How many people usually die in weather like this?
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Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:01 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
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Obviously people cant spend the night outside with tents, card board boxes, a bunch of old blankets, and a barrel fire, in these conditions.
Sure they can.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:02 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
Gotta be nice. Like killing the weeds.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:02 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
It will about a 100
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:04 pm to beerJeep
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Sure they can.
This is bear fur cold if you are sleeping outside.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:04 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
We didn't always have houses and central heat. We didn't always have modern clothes either.
We survived. They will too.
We survived. They will too.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:04 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
I would be homeless in Miami. I froze my arse off in Chicago and I had a hotel.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:05 pm to cykablyat
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We survived. They will too.
Please explain in detail, how they will. Im not doubting you, just curious.
This post was edited on 1/28/19 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:05 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
They live in random abandoned houses and light fires
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:05 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
Yea I would be sleeping in a hospital ER waiting room or something similar
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:06 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
I've spent nights outside in similar temps. Just need top of the line cold gear and a mummy bag
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:07 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
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please explain in detail.
Well, I hear a guy walked to the South Pole about 100 years ago. He didn’t die.
Bet it’s a little colder there than in chiraq
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:08 pm to Sun God
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Just need top of the line cold gear and a mummy bag
I doubt homeless people have this.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:18 pm to The Boat
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:19 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
There will be deaths
Homeless people, carbon monoxide poisoning, fires from people using space heaters
They will more than likely open extra shelters, many will find abandoned homes or buildings
They are used to doing whatever is needed to survive, they know how to layer clothing, stay dry & out of the wind
I feel worse for the dogs that are left outside in that kind of weather
Homeless people, carbon monoxide poisoning, fires from people using space heaters
They will more than likely open extra shelters, many will find abandoned homes or buildings
They are used to doing whatever is needed to survive, they know how to layer clothing, stay dry & out of the wind
I feel worse for the dogs that are left outside in that kind of weather
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:20 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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I would be homeless in Miami.
I'd rather be homeless in San Diego.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:20 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
quote:people die in heat waves when ACs go out
I doubt homeless people have this.
and sometimes the homeless die in the cold
it's a tough reality
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:20 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
Some will commit a misdemeanor and get locked up for a few days, until the cold weather passes. It seemed like we always picked up the same people for the same stupid shite, year after year during the cold snaps.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:21 pm to dcbl
We've have warming centers here where they can stay overnight when it gets below 32 degrees. I imagine they have those in Chicago too
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:33 pm to Graham Wellington Jr
Serious answer - several ways:
- Many, probably most, find a shelter for a few days
- The city provides emergency funds for things like "warming centers" - just neighborhood community centers opened 24 hours - in some of the rougher parts of town and they'll park buses overnight near tent cities
- Some of the true blue addicts will take over abandoned homes for a few days in the run down hoods - they'll get heat the old-fashioned way
- Quite a few will end up spending very large amounts of time on or near public transit - the trains run 24/7, and they're warm and relatively clean
- Downtown has basically a subterranean city (where some of the urban underground scenes in the Nolan-directed Batman movies were filmed) in and near the Loop that is typically much warmer and even bearable - some will congregate there
Last couple of times this has happened here, no more than a handful of people froze to death, and they are typically addicts who are out-of-their-mind high or the older and immobile homeless (or both). We typically get a couple of dozen deaths in total from hypothermia each year. It's not a problem of open beds or warm places to be to prevent people from freezing to death - it's a problem of information and transportation (or staying clean long enough).
- Many, probably most, find a shelter for a few days
- The city provides emergency funds for things like "warming centers" - just neighborhood community centers opened 24 hours - in some of the rougher parts of town and they'll park buses overnight near tent cities
- Some of the true blue addicts will take over abandoned homes for a few days in the run down hoods - they'll get heat the old-fashioned way
- Quite a few will end up spending very large amounts of time on or near public transit - the trains run 24/7, and they're warm and relatively clean
- Downtown has basically a subterranean city (where some of the urban underground scenes in the Nolan-directed Batman movies were filmed) in and near the Loop that is typically much warmer and even bearable - some will congregate there
Last couple of times this has happened here, no more than a handful of people froze to death, and they are typically addicts who are out-of-their-mind high or the older and immobile homeless (or both). We typically get a couple of dozen deaths in total from hypothermia each year. It's not a problem of open beds or warm places to be to prevent people from freezing to death - it's a problem of information and transportation (or staying clean long enough).
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