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0 pointswlesieutre10y ago0 comments

> sleep in the cold

Are we talking about the same city here? I'd call SF "occasionally chilly" at best. That's part of why so many homeless people gravitate to CA; if you're sleeping outdoors there are many, many worse climates for it.

> The coldest day of the year is December 26, with an average low of 44°F and high of 55°F.

https://weatherspark.com/averages/31587/San-Francisco-Califo...

Related: did you know that windows can crack from thermal stress like cookware that you cool too rapidly? I learned that last weekend! Windchill -30F, fun times here in New England.

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JoeAltmaier10y ago

...and why we have few/no homeless in my town: it stays around 16F for weeks at a time. And goes negative overnight.

Also, the Emergency Housing Project, an Ecumenical service my UU Church started 20 years ago.

StavrosK10y ago

A solution to the OP's problem presents itself: Make SF colder!

staz10y ago

another reason to fight global warming !

frik10y ago

The fewer homeless sleep in public buildings like train/bus stations.

DINKDINK10y ago

>did you know that windows can crack from thermal stress like cookware that you cool too rapidly?

This is called thermal shock [1]. Basically thermal expansion mismatches cause internal stress beyond the material's Ultimate Tensile Stress and causes a fracture. It's the underpinning to how tattoo removal works too.

scrumper10y ago

Please can you elaborate a bit on the tattoo link? Sounds interesting.

DINKDINK10y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0B7F5UbTOQ

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0 pointswlesieutre10y ago0 comments

> sleep in the cold

> The coldest day of the year is December 26, with an average low of 44°F and high of 55°F.

https://weatherspark.com/averages/31587/San-Francisco-Califo...

Related: did you know that windows can crack from thermal stress like cookware that you cool too rapidly? I learned that last weekend! Windchill -30F, fun times here in New England.

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JoeAltmaier10y ago

...and why we have few/no homeless in my town: it stays around 16F for weeks at a time. And goes negative overnight.

Also, the Emergency Housing Project, an Ecumenical service my UU Church started 20 years ago.

StavrosK10y ago

A solution to the OP's problem presents itself: Make SF colder!

staz10y ago

another reason to fight global warming !

frik10y ago

The fewer homeless sleep in public buildings like train/bus stations.

DINKDINK10y ago

>did you know that windows can crack from thermal stress like cookware that you cool too rapidly?

scrumper10y ago

Please can you elaborate a bit on the tattoo link? Sounds interesting.

DINKDINK10y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0B7F5UbTOQ

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