The city's new safe sleeping site had to be cleared ahead of the downpour. It may be days before people are able to return.
There was no time to grab his birth certificate, much less a stove or food or military service records.
“It was awful,” said T.J. Brown, 34, who said he spent hours digging a trench with a spade to divert water from his sleeping bag. “I didn’t know it was gonna be that bad.” On Thursday and Friday, she gave out tarps. As those disappeared, she offered rolls of plastic normally used to protect mattresses and advised people to huddle under awnings. If nothing else, they might keep dry.One hundred and thirty eight of those, or about 72 percent, were filled during the rains, according to city spokesperson Ashley Bailey.
Yet the region’s first tropical storm since the Great Depression brought too many unknowns, and officials told everybody they needed to leave. In its place they offered Golden Hall, an aging shelter by the Civic Center that leaders have long tried to shutter. The operation was called off after about an hour. Two people were eventually checked for hypothermia, but neither was taken to a hospital and their current condition wasn’t known.
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