04-09-2022, 04:03 PM
(04-09-2022, 12:15 PM)plam Wrote:(04-07-2022, 06:59 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: This makes me wonder, for some homeless, what is actually needed to keep them in safer accommodations.
Somebody who doesn’t understand that you can’t have a campfire inside a building is not somebody who is capable of living independently.
There are no easy solutions, but some of these people likely wouldn't start a fire if they weren't cold. It is really tiring to be cold all the time, and I don't even like fires.
PS speaking of fires it's also extremely common to have people lighting fires outside where they really shouldn't be lighting fires (because of conservation, or fire hazard, or...)
That may well be the case here, since it's still cold out. I'm empathetic in those cases, but it's still often done in a reckless manner.
But at least in the cases I'm familiar with, nearly all have been in warm or even hot summer weather. One I watched out my window mid-summer: A fellow walked up with some books, crouched over and lit them on fire. Under a wooden structure, in dry weeds, and next to a grease disposal bin... He just stood back to watch them burn, and then took off once he started getting covered in fire extinguisher chemicals.