WMAL Interview - CHRIS GELDART - 12.16.16

INTERVIEW -- CHRIS GELDART - Director, District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DCHSEMA) • D.C. Activates Cold Emergency Plan as Temperatures Drop. Washington, D.C., has activated its Cold Emergency Plan through 7 a.m. Friday as the season’s first cold front hits the region. According to the National Weather Service, highs will be in the upper 20s, but the real feel temperature could be as low as 10 degrees, thanks to wind chill. Light wintry precipitation is expected Friday night into Saturday morning, with gale force winds possible on Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning. As DCist reports, “D.C. guarantees shelter on freezing nights, but the government opens emergency warming sites when the temperature falls below 15 degrees, or 20 degrees with precipitation.” Luckily, “the District has one of the lowest rates of homeless people who aren’t being sheltered: less than 4 percent.”