cover your petunias
It’s gonna get cold tonight. No - I mean really cold.
Temperatures are expected to go to 38 degrees around 5am tomorrow, and that’s just downtown Tampa. Your neighborhood will likely get even colder, and the wind chill will be below freezing. Don’t forget to keep your pets inside tonight, and go cover your plants.
Hillsborough County is opening shelters for the homeless tonight:
Tags: tampaFreeze shelters will open tonight, Monday, Jan. 29, for the homeless and people who live in homes without adequate heat.
The shelters are:
- Salvation Army, 1514 N. Florida Ave. This shelter is only for adults.
- Metropolitan Ministries, 2010 N. Florida Ave. This shelter is for families.
- Good Samaritan Mission (South County) at Bethune Park, 5809 Edina St., in Wimauma. This shelter is for adults and families.
The Salvation Army and Metropolitan Ministries locations will open after 4 p.m. The Bethune Park location will open at 6 p.m. They will stay open until 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, and meals will be provided.
Hillsborough County’s Health & Social Services Department works with these organizations to help provide freeze shelters when temperatures reach below 32 degrees, including the wind chill factor.
The after-hours telephone number for persons seeking shelter information is 234-1234.
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January 29th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
My girl Amber works for social services in St. Pete and has advised that people there should dial 211 from any phone and she or another operator will tell them where they can go, too.
January 29th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
don’t do it! It’s a trap! that girl’s just gonna beat you up and then try to write coherently about it!
January 30th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
If it makes any of you feel better, I’m a USF grad (class of ‘94) who has been on the corporate relocation circuit for the past 4 years. I’m currently working and living in a suburb of Milwaukee, WI and the temps here have been consistently below 20F for weeks. It has snowed daily for the past 3 days and most nights this month will see temps below zero.
Of course, we don’t really have a homeless problem (that I’m aware of), so I can’t complain.
Good news is that I’m putting plans together now to get my family back to TB, so hopefully by this time next year, I’ll be able to share your collective misery. I really miss being a Tampan!
Bundle up and enjoy!