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Red Cross Opens Overnight Shelter For Some Coloradans Without Power

DENVER (CBS4) - The American Red Cross is providing a warm place for Coloradans who still don't have power at their homes after a serious wind storm blasted the state on Wednesday. The Red Cross is opening one overnight shelter in El Paso County.

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Denver previously announced they were opening a shelter at the St. Charles Recreation Center. After some clarification from the Red Cross, that shelter is set to close at 11 p.m.

The overnight shelter in El Paso County will open at the First United Methodist Church on North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs.

Volunteers will provide emergency supplies, food and water.

The shelters will follow COVID19 protocols which might include:

  • Setting up a health screening process for everyone coming into the shelter or warming center
  • Planning for setting up an isolation care area in the shelter or warming center
  • Providing masks, tissues and plastic bags throughout the shelter or warming center
  • Face coverings must be worn in all Red Cross shelters by both staff and residents
  • Follow social distancing practices, as much as possible, by staggering mealtimes and adding extra spacing between cots, chairs, tables, etc.
  • Providing additional hand-washing stations, in addition to normal restroom facilities
  • Increasing wellness checks to identify potential illness, including self-monitoring and checking temperatures of both shelter residents and staff
  • Enhancing both cleaning and disinfecting practices throughout the shelter

Xcel Energy reported 31,000 customers without power as of 9 p.m.

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