Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Nebraska > Severe cold hits the homeless hard
He spoke of a woman in her mid-30s who arrived at the shelter Tuesday morning without a coat and wearing only one shoe.

"She was so frozen she couldn't talk, just shivered terribly," Saklar said. The woman had black spots on her feet and legs, a sign of severe frostbite.
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Last Friday brought a man with fingers so severely frostbitten that they couldn't be saved, Saklar said.

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