AURORA | Snow, ice and fierce winter winds will bring life-threatening cold to Aurora through Tuesday, and the city is urging its hundreds of homeless residents to seek shelter.
In metro Aurora, Monday will bring snow, more cold with wind-chill factors near -20 degrees. Expect about 2 inches of new snow, according to National Weather Service.
The extreme cold with recede on Tuesday across the metro area.
“When we have persistent cold weather with no breaks, and freezing temperatures, and these intense winds and wind-chill factors, it’s absolutely deadly,” said Cathy Alderman of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless said on Friday.
Adults with non-aggressive, vaccinated pets or no pets can escape the cold at the Aurora Day Resource Center, located near the University of Colorado School of Medicine in north Aurora at 13387 E. 19th Place. The center opened for sheltering Jan. 7 and will remain open 24-hours-a-day through Jan. 17.
Anna Miller — public relations director for Mile High Behavioral Healthcare, which operates the Aurora Day Resource Center and Comitis Crisis Center — said families seeking shelter in Aurora should contact the Comitis Crisis Center’s emergency line at 303-341-9160.
At the same time, city spokesman Ryan Luby said the Aurora Cold Weather Outreach Team — staffed jointly by city employees, Mile High Behavioral Healthcare, and Aurora Mental Health and Recovery — is visiting known homeless encampments, offering rides to the Aurora Day Resource Center as well as winter-weather gear. The team plans to operate through Jan. 14.
Luby said members of the public who observe individuals who appear to be unable to take care of themselves in the cold should call 911. However, he said Aurorans do not need to call 911 solely to report the locations of encampments, since the outreach team is “very aware” of their placement throughout the city.
“It is critically important for all of us to check on our family and neighbors and make sure they have a safe place to be,” Luby said Friday. “We are grateful for ACOT’s diligence and expertise in routinely working with people experiencing homelessness and in conducting targeted outreach to get them into a warm, safe place.”
Give them a place to live in southern Aurora where the people have more money to help them .
Where do homeless people urinate andefecate?
Always besto use a toilet where waste matter flows to a sewage treatment plant and is digested and becomes soil nutrients.
(Sewage treatment is one of mankind’s great accomplishments!)