Supporters want the minimum temperature raised from 32 degrees to 40.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — With freezing temperatures on the way, workers prepared for the season’s first opening of Whatcom County’s cold weather shelter with one goal in mind.
“To make sure that in the harshest conditions people aren’t dying on the streets,” said Erika Lautenbach, director of Whatcom County Health and Community Services.
This year, the county raised the threshold for opening its emergency cold weather shelter from 28 degrees to 32 degrees.
But harsh conditions can occur at temperatures higher than freezing.
That’s why Tukayote Helianthus started circulating a
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