I read that it may get snowy here this week.
I WFH so don't mind the snow anymore. It's beautiful & quiet & puts a stillness over everything. It also replenishes our snowpack, which will be our water supply for next summer.
At the same time, I wonder what the homeless encampment along a nearby major arterial will do. I know there isn't room for them all in the local shelters. Will they find space to keep warm?
@Impious_Jade we have a lot of homeless people now here in Worcester county, Massachusetts. People are spending the winter outside. I'm afraid of their situation this winter, because we might have a bad winter. It would be better to house them - cheaper even - than the costs to our emergency rooms and hospitals.
@AlbertCashiersCousin I hear that. We have something like tens of thousands of empty housing units in the area, more than enough to house everyone on the street. Housing is there, but logistics are the challenge. You can't just compel someone to live in an empty house, or compel a landlord to house someone. There are no solutions in place.
@Impious_Jade ah yes. Some who are homeless are paranoid of the sysem that would help them.