Inside Juneau’s Cold Weather Emergency Shelter, Part 2

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Inside Juneau’s Cold Weather Emergency Shelter, Part 2

by Jasz Garrett, Staff Writer Juneau’s homeless crowded against warehouse walls, waited in long lines to use porta-potties, and held their dogs close to stay warm during the city’s “snowpocalypse.”  That’s how St. Vincent de Paul’s executive director Dave Ringle described January’s snow. Just three winter storms totaled 77 inches, breaking the 2009 monthly record by 1.6 inches, according to National Weather Service Juneau. The cold weather emerg…