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Most major Texas cities opened warming centers during this week’s freeze. Why didn’t Houston? (www.houstonchronicle.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by pelespirit to c/politics

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The reason comes down to Houston’s guidelines, which are among the most stringent of Texas’ metropolitan areas, according to a review by the Houston Chronicle.

Houston opens its warming centers when the weather hits 24 degrees for two hours or more, or when there's 15-degree windchill for two hours or more, a spokesperson for the city’s Office of Emergency Management said.

Meanwhile, most of the state’s major cities open their shelters at a threshold that's several degrees warmer, when temperatures drop to around freezing.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We had a similar problem in Portland last year, not only with the stringent guidelines, but there was a deadline by which the call had to be made to open them or not.

So if you met the threshold, but after the 6 PM deadline, there wasn't enough time to get the shelters open for when they'd do the most good.

Apparently opening a warming shelter involves prep work and if you don't have the time to prep, it doesn't open.

[–] pelespirit 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They probably knew a freeze was coming though, yeah? That's the part, it shouldn't be that strict and there should be more foresight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Agreed, and if the freeze isn't here yet, but will be at 11 PM, get those shelters open now!