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This Valentineâs Day, as many of us were snuggled up indoors, an Arctic blast swept down through the nation. In Texas, millions went for days without power because of energy shortages, all while one of the stateâs senators, Ted Cruz, was headed to enjoy a well-deserved vacation in sunny Cancun. Last week
The New York Times reported âthe county government in coastal Galveston called for refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies they expect to find in freezing, powerless houses.â
Itâs events like this one that provide a crude reminder of the âdeath sentenceâ extreme weather can be for the unhoused. And many scientists have predicted irreversible consequences from climate change in the next decade. Catastrophic weather events are becoming the norm.Â
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In this Gazette file photo, the 2019 annual Point in Time survey of the homeless population in Colorado Springs included Kallie Cuttler providing information and talking about some of her challenges of being homeless in an area near Sand Creek. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE