Living Homeless, and Cold, in San Francisco

http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/12/12/homeless-san-franciscans-cope-with-cold-weather

We always qualify our complaints about the cold in the Bay Area: Oh, it’s cold — but this is nothing compared to (name of hometown here). It’s true that the closer you live to the water here, the less insulation your home will have and the weaker the heating will be, and it’s occasionally uncomfortable on those few nights every year the temperature dips into the 30s. That just comes with the territory.

But for one group of Bay Area residents, the cold weather is brutal and occasionally deadly. Those who live without reliable shelter face a night-to-night struggle to find some way, any way, to stay warm. For many, that means a pile of blankets, lots of layers of clothing and a piece of cardboard between them and the concrete they lie on.