#10dayswithout…Day Four
Day Four Day four of my #10dayswithout Challenge to not wear a coat, wearing only flip-flops, wearing short-sleeves, and no heat in my car…I haven’t left the house today so, there isn’t anything to report on my experience…except that I think that I have some cold left in my fingers and toes from yesterday’s adventure driving a few morning hours in the care…I can’t imagine spending all day in it with protection… Today I am going to educate you and me about some of the challenges homeless experience in winter…I am citing these facts from an article here…and a study that was completed here… – Seven hundred people experiencing or at risk of homelessness are killed from hypothermia annually in the United States. Forty-four percent of the nation’s homeless are unsheltered. – People suffering from hypothermia often have impaired judgment and cannot perceive their own need for shelter or medical care. Between 1999 and 2002, hypothermia-related deaths, totaling 4,607 in number, occurred in all 50 states in the United States – Hypothermia does not occur only when the ambient temperature becomes very cold. Other aspects of the weather, such as wind and precipitation, lower the perceived temperature and cause the …Read more
