Hypothermia and respiratory problems and significantly reduced numbers, oh my: Wall Street protesters find out that the planet isn't as overheated as they had imagined

Winter woes threaten Wall Street occupiers

They put on a gritty war face and insist they are more determined now than ever, but the Occupy Wall Street campers now face the slow advance of an unrelenting enemy: the New York winter.

As freezing winds blew Friday over the epicenter of their protests, Zuccotti Park in Manhattan, the demonstrators were already huddling in significantly reduced numbers.
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"The cold affects us already," admitted Maria Fehlig, a volunteer nurse at the protesters' makeshift infirmary, a small blue tent marked by a cross that is the only structure so far tolerated by owners of the park ensconced between skyscrapers.

She noted there had been several cases of hypothermia and respiratory problems.