So far the winter has been pretty average cold & snow.  We had a couple of decent snowfalls about 4", and temps mostly in the 20sF, though a few nights have dropped to single digits.  No sub-zero yet.

Sounds like the same old story with the shelter biz, they wait until the last minute and consistently run a couple of 100 beds behind whatever the estimated population is.  However, nobody really knows how many people are actually without a shelter, and the natives (at least half of the homeless) usually are pretty acclimated and as long as they have a tent and sleeping bag can handle 20F weather by going to warming spots and making small fires etc.

We'll see how it goes when Jan rolls around.  That's when the sub-zero days start to pile up.  1 day an experienced outdoor living homo sap can handle pretty easily, when you start stringing 3-4 of them together is when the frostbite problems really kick in.

Of course, still nobody has come up with a reasonable long term solution acceptable both to homeless people and property owners.  Ireconcileable Differences.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2024/11/21/winter-shelters-are-full-anchorage-officials-say-theyre-working-to-open-more/

Winter shelters for Anchorage's homeless residents are already full. Officials say they're working to open more.

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