City of San Diego Inclement Weather Shelter Beds activated on Monday

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Dozens of extra shelter beds have been activated, with temperatures dropping within the Metropolis of San Diego on Monday.

Whereas being homeless for six months now, Anna Irie’s one of many folks utilizing the San Diego Rescue Mission’s inclement climate shelter beds.

“Thank God that they obtained me out of the tent and that they got here to assist me. I don’t know the place me or my canine can be proper now in the event that they hadn’t helped me,” Irie stated.

The ten inclement climate beds on the Rescue Mission are part of 135 extra shelter beds offered by the Metropolis of San Diego.

It’s a useful resource that Irie stated she and lots of others are past grateful for.

“That is the place I’m at, and it’s heat for probably the most half. They offer you blankets, place to cost your telephone, so you possibly can different sources,” Irie stated. “They offer you different sources. Very useful. They form of really feel like you might have a little bit cradle form of serving to you get by.”

Paul Armstrong is the Vice President of Packages right here on the Rescue Mission.

He stated the Mission hopes to develop to get extra shelter beds within the South Bay and in East County. Seeing people like Irie come by their doorways on chilly moist nights like that is all about saving lives.

“At this level, the place in a time when we have to present a secure place for folks to get out and in of the chilly. We all know what it does to them. It deteriorates their well being, and this actually is for his or her well-being,” Armstrong stated.

As Irie works and waits to listen to again from varied reasonably priced housing wait lists, she is aware of she’s snug, at the least for this night time.

“It’s so chilly. That is, this actually is a blessing, ,” Irie stated. “I’m actually comfortable that I’m inside.”