The Atlantic Cities on why there needs to be more wet shelters. Neil Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, agrees with the Daily News and says one death shouldn’t turn people off the idea of a wet shelter. "This isn’t a party house,” he told me earlier this week. "Wet in [...]
Alaska
Survivorman
I watched my first episode of Survivorman last night which had Les Stroud taking shelter in Taroka Arm, Alaska. He was cold, hungry, and battled hypthermia. He did manage to make a nice shelter but then almost killed himself by starting himself on fire. The title refers to the host of the show, Canadian filmmaker [...]
Massive blob found off west coast
A huge Arctic goo is moving along the Pacific coast "If it was something we’d seen before, we’d be able to say something about it. But we haven’t …which prompted concerns from the local hunters and whaling captains." The stuff is "gooey" and looks dark against the bright white ice floating in the Arctic Ocean, [...]
