#WarmingShelters open in the #Carolinas ahead of #IceStorm

WSOCTV.com News Staff, Sat, January 24, 2026

"As a historic ice storm approaches the Carolinas, many counties are opening warming shelters for those who need a safe place to stay.

We’ve reached out to counties in #NorthCarolina and #SouthCarolina for their warming shelter plans, and we’ll update this article as locations are announced.

#MecklenburgCounty -

For Men: Roof Above provides shelter for men and expanded capacity at its shelter locations. Men may arrive at Roof Above at 3410 Statesville Avenue, Charlotte beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

For Women and Families: The Salvation Army provides shelter for women and families with expanded capacity at its shelter location. Women and families may arrive at the shelter at 534 Spratt Street, Charlotte between 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Transportation: Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) buses will offer rides to these shelter locations during this period. Riders must simply identify a designated shelter location to the driver.

Starting at 7:00 pm on Saturday, January 24th, Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management are opening a winter storm shelter at Grady Cole Recreation Center (310 N Kings Dr, #CharlotteNC 28204) in coordination with the Red Cross.

#AlexanderCounty

Alexander County will open an emergency shelter to support residents impacted by this weekend’s winter storm. The shelter will open on Sunday, January 25, at 9:00 a.m. in the JV gymnasium at Alexander Central High School (223 School Dr., Taylorsville). Food, water, and basic necessities will be provided.

#AnsonCounty-

A warming shelter will open at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Wadesboro Primary School, located at 1542 US Highway 52 South. The shelter will remain open until the weather stabilizes. Officials ask that you bring identification and essentials. Any pets should be caged.

#AsheCounty -

There will be temporary emergency shelter open Saturday morning at 10 am at Ashe County High School.

#CatawbaCounty -

The Salvation Army of Greater Hickory is opening, for information call 828-322-8061.

First United Methodist Church of Newton at 300 N. Main Ave

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF NEWTON (300 N Main Ave, Newton, NC 28658)

Statesville -

Officials are currently working with the Salvation Army located at 1361 Caldwell Street.

#GastonCounty -

Unity Baptist Church at 482 N. Myrtle School Road at 8 p.m. Friday through 7 a.m. Tuesday

#RowanCounty -

Rowan Helping Ministries is opening its warming station from Jan. 24 to Jan. 31 from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. nightly at 217 N. Long Street in #SalisburyNC.

@newsbot

Source:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/warming-shelters-open-carolinas-ahead-210051039.html

#EmergencyShelters #SouthCarolina #NorthCarolina #WarmingSheltersInSouthCarolina #WarmingSheltersInNorthCarolina #Unhoused #Houseless #Homeless #KeepWarm

#Louisiana - #LafayetteLA opens #warmingShelter Saturday ahead of #IceStorm

Aaron Gonsoulin, Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Jan. 24, 2026

"Lafayette residents in need of shelter and safety ahead of the upcoming ice storm can do so at a warming shelter at the Dupuis Recreation Center, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24.

"The Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG), the Lafayette Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP) and community partners said they are opening the shelter as temperatures in #Acadiana are expected to drop into the single digits starting Monday.

"The warming shelter will remain open through 10 a.m. Jan. 27, providing overnight refuge for individuals experiencing homelessness or those without adequate heat as freezing conditions impact #LafayetteParish."

@newsbot

Read more (includes map):
https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2026/01/24/lafayette-warming-shelter-dupuis-ice-storm-safety/88337364007/

#ExtremeCold #IceStorm #Unhoused #Homeless #Houseless #KeepWarm #WarmingSheltersInLouisiana

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/115714837746703245

Make sure you have working battery-operated smoke and carbon monoxide detectors if you use this method...

#StayWarm #CandleHeater #ClayPotRadiator #KeepWarm #ArcticBlast #PowerOutages

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/tuesday-january-13-2026/

For Atha and Inamruzui:

Alright, we need to start this new year with a big bang of funds.
We're now at least $4k behind on debts and insurance and basic needs from tyres to food to vehicle license updates.
We can't realistically use Patreon because of a multi layered account login problem and high fees.
We need help via https://Ko-Fi.com/athakitsune
And
https://PayPal.me/athamanatha
And
Venmo @Athamanatha
And
https://liberapay.com/athamanatha
And
Cashapp $athamanatha

Zelle, Wise, IBAN and ACH may also be possible, please be in touch!

If you can't send thousands, send hundreds, tens or units. It's all better than nothing and it all helps.
If you want to send us more than thousands so as to properly sort us out for the long term, please DM.

Also, does anyone have advice on what a loan company would likely do if told you are homeless and living out of the vehicle they still have the title for?

#mutualaid #Emergencycrowdfund #EMERGENCYMUTUALAID
#currencyhelp #fedihelp #sendmoney #donate #begpost #crowdfund #trans #lgbtq #lgbtqia #homeless #disabled #help #helpplease #donations #sendessentials #tyres #tires #mobility #buslife #carlife #nofixedaddress #queercrowdfund #queermutualaid #transmutualaid #helpfolkssurvive2026 #helpfolkslive2026 #helpfolkssurvive #helpfolkslive #winter #survival
#insulation #insurance #keepwarm
#fuckcapitalism #fucktrump #tuckfrump #solar #solarpunk

Hello Fedi
Who has some currency to spare for keeping homeless trans queer folks warm this winter?

#URGENTMUTUALAID #EMERGENCYMUTUALAID

Atha and Inara need BATTERIES and INSULATION, FUEL AND FOOD.

BATTERIES: $0/260
INSULATION: $0/???? (DEPENDS)
FUEL: $0/125
FOOD: $0/150 (for winter stock up)

Let's #fundraise #transcrowdfund for them today!

If you also want to help with their DEBTS, please let us know!

@thoughtpunks
@mutual_aid
@mutual_ayyde
@mutualaid

LIBERAPAY https://liberapay.com/athamanatha

PAYPAL
https://paypal.me/athamanatha

VENMO
@Athamanatha

CASHAPP
$athamanatha

KO-FI
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune

PATREON
https://patreon.com/vulpinedesigns

VISA+
+athamanatha.paypal

WISE
Please ask

IBAN
Please ask

ACH
Please ask

BANK TRANSFER
Please ask

ZELLE
Please ask

XOOM
Please ask

THRONE
Please ask

#mutualaid
#trans
#queer
#solarpunk
#homeless
#buslife
#schoolie
#skoolie
#busconversion
#solar
#batteries
#winter
#winteriscoming
#prepare
#keepwarm
#helpfolkslive2025
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#resources
#sendmoney
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Hey

@vulpinelabs @Kuniti_shino have found a place to park for the moment but need to pay off some debts and buy some batteries and insulation before the weather gets REALLY cold.

What can @mutual_aid #URGENTMUTUALAID #MUTUALAID raise them today?

They are on $470/$2000 for dealing with debts.
For the batteries, $0/$400
For the insulation, $0/$250

#donate:
https://paypal.me/athamanatha
https://liberapay.com/athamanatha
Cashapp $Athamanatha
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune
https://patreon.com/vulpinedesigns
Venmo @Athamanatha
Visa+ +athamanatha.paypal
Throne, Wise, IBAN, ACH, UK bank transfer, Zelle and Xoom on DM request.

#plshelp #homeless #buslife #vanlife #skoolie #schoolie #DIY #electric #solarpower #solarpunk #fedihelp #moneyhelp #money #fuckcapitalism
#trans #lgbtq #lgbtqia2plus #queer #nonbinary #batteries #electricity #insulation #weather #winteriscoming #winter #cold #keepwarm #survival #helpfolkssurvive #helpfolkslive2025 #vulpibus #communesandconvoys #communityspirit #fucktrump #solar #power

Hi folks,

We are pleased to inform you that @vulpinelabs 's Vulpibus is now within a few hundred miles of its destination! Another full tank of ultra low sulphur diesel should do the trick, and that will be around $200 in the currency of this realm, along with a buffer of $300 for any extra moving around that might be needed in the coming weeks. They also need monies for food and fending off debts once they arrive, and to get needed batteries and insulation for the winter. Then there's the matter of HRT... and vehicular bureaucracy costs in their new state.

The help we have received along this journey from #Mutualaid is inspiring. #mutualaidsaveslives .

Please help Atha and Inara make it the rest of the way to where they can sort out an income and somewhere more permanent to live! This way they can even start to properly build the commune and labs on wheels we need.

https://liberapay.com/athamanatha
Cashapp $athamanatha or $clockworkdemon
https://paypal.me/athamanatha
https://paypal.me/inaraclocks
Venmo @Athamanatha
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune
https://patreon.com/vulpinedesigns
Visa+ +athamanatha.paypal
IBAN, Wise, Zelle, ACH, Throne, buying stuff remotely for pickup from nearby stores and more on request by DM.

If this world had any idea how important the work of Vulpine Labs is, Atha and Inara would be given anything and everything they need.

In an ideal world, they wouldn't be having to flee from fascists, snobs and Karens because there wouldn't be any in power. But here we are. Please, help if you can.

#trans #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2plus #transinneed #queermutualaid #queer #transmutualaid #MutualAidRequest #fedihelp #money #donation #donationrequest #financial #financialaid #homeless #endhomelessness #buslife #schoolie #skoolie #gtfomystate #roadtrip #fueltank #food #help #getfedihired #employment #relocation #keepwarm #winter #winteriscoming #insulation #power #electricity #labsonwheels #communesandconvoys #Vulpibus #geneediting #DIY #DIYBio #anarchy #tuckfrump #muckfusk #fuckice #fuckmaga #fuckproject2025 #helpfolkslive2025 #helpfolkssurvive #fuckcapitalism

How do you know if you are terminally ill? Does the doctor tell you? Yesterday I spent another 3hours filling in forms for benefits for my Dad. He is very ill. He has lung cancer and multiple myeloma. He will never recover but does that mean it’s terminal? I filled in part 2 of PADP claim and suggested they ask the professionals in his life because I can’t get an answer from them. #padp #benefits #keepwarm

I have been wearing this coat a lot since I have been regularly carrying my pocket notebook daily

Stay tuned for a #blog post about this project soon!

🕵🏻‍♂️ I love being able to keep my book and pen in this little pocket.. it makes me feel like a detective or something when I whip them out to jot important info down

Carrying a Word Galaxy notebook and Retro 51 Big Lava

#art #writing #pen #fountainpen #stationery #productivity #keepwarm

Ramping towards low tech, per new #hk4tuc rules.
~1 hour; 10K

#KeepWarm #Watchwinder #running
As always, saved you a seat!

#MyPhoto #BreakingImpossible #OptOutside

It's 6 degrees Fahrenheit here. The cats keep themselves cozy. #CatsOfMastodon #snuggle #keepwarm #winter #cats

This cold weather and having to weatherproof my shoes isn't welcoming.
Guess I will have to start bagging them to ensure I stay warm especially during longer commutes. #cold #winter #commuting #biking #cycling #keepwarm

Come on down!
Meet like-minded peeps and find what resources are available in the community!

#FoodIsARightNotAPrivilege #KeepWarm #KeepWell

Meet our radiant author, JewLsPeaches [@JewlsPeaches], who shines and draws attention with her vivacious personality. She's your go-to-girl for dazzling lingerie and an exhibitionist at heart, walking you through fantasies with a teasing wink. Her new post 'Happy Sunday' is up! She's inviting you to laze around, keep warm and simply relish the day. Are you ready for this affectionate bossiness? #HappySunday #JewlsPeaches #KeepWarm

https://www.loyalfans.com/jewlspeaches/post/happy-sunday-634?ref=vKP2bnuCVfmr03jZ54xkoo7t90AzPURiix0GEvS3Qrg

I’m not going anywhere, too #cold
I can live on leftovers for weeks if I want. Today is pea soup

Perhaps I’ll make what’s on the opposite page in the book - Norwegian “Fürstekaka” (very Scandi 2 pages for some reason)
But probably not
Rather #stayinbed & do #crosswords + my website was prepared for Sunday yesterday

I’ll avoid all horrifying news & put off finishing painting of the kitchen one more day. All was tidied away for a family lunch. Paint, plastic, brushes, etc

To #keepwarm is prio 1

When summer is still far away and the temperature is always below or around 0°C (except for today though..) It's good to have something like this to warm up to. Fantastic music and a lovely video showing me what could be in store in the coming summer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPU05gFGPpg

#hardstyle #festival #ecuador #vanlife #keepwarm #music

@kat
I get that! Currently huddled on the sofa in a fleecy dressing-gown and leopardprint jimjams. Fire on. Lights low. TV on because I'm currently bingeing "Servant," but loving Mastodon tonight too.

To go out would mean getting all dressed up for the cold... and knowing it would be cold again when I leave to come home again.

No contest!!

#KeepWarm

When a chill wind blows ... Everlasting Scarf Face.

#FreezingCold #Freezing #Scarface #ScarfFace #Winter #WrapUpWarm #Scarves #WinterAccessories #SnowDays #Muffler #Knitting #KnittingArt #WinterArt #Cold #Brr #Art #Artist #KeepWarm #StayWeird