Kelowna, B.C. pilot project aims to keep the homeless warm during cold snaps
The city says just using the occupants’ body heat, the internal temperature in the shelters can be 15 to 18 degrees warmer.
“They have been used for this exact purpose in Montreal and internationally in Czechia. They are a lightweight foam. They are easy to put up, assemble, and take down. They are intended to be durable for this purpose,” said Cornock.He said he has been sleeping outdoors almost all winter, using just cardboard or blankets to try to keep himself warm.“I have no feeling left in the tips of my fingers at this point. This has definitely been the worst fricken winter I’ve ever had,” Schlemko said.
“I was outside all but a week this winter. It was fricken brutal: a damp blanket in the middle of a fricken blizzard so anything you can put between yourself and the weather outside [is] definitely useful.”
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