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<\/p>\nTAMPA – Cold shelters are opening on Thursday and Friday night across the Bay Area as freezing temperatures are expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n
FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterburg says that a northwest wind will bring temperatures down from the 50s into the 30s by the early morning on Friday.<\/p>\n
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The National Weather Service says that the freeze warning will last from 1 – 9 a.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n
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What you can do:<\/p>\n
Shelters across the Bay Area say that they will have a limited capacity, and people should first reach out to family and friends, as a first option.<\/p>\n
People should bring the following items to shelters: ID, medications, bedding, personal hygiene items, food and water.<\/p>\n
Pets are also very vulnerable to the cold, and owners should use extra care to protect them.<\/p>\n
READ: What really is Florida cold? We asked people in Tampa<\/a><\/p>\n Hillsborough County <\/p>\n These shelters will take in people from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, or until they fill up.<\/p>\n The following locations offer cold weather shelters for homeless adults and adults living in homes without adequate heat.<\/p>\n Hyde Park United Methodist Church \u2014 Harnish Center (Thursday only) 500 W Platt St., Tampa, FL 33606Tampa Bay Mission of Hope \u2014 110 S. Parsons Blvd., Brandon, FL 33511Hyde Park United Methodist Church (Magnolia Building) \u2014 414 S. Magnolia Ave., Tampa, FL 33606Church of God of Prophecy Hyde Park \u2014 107 S. Oregon Ave., Tampa, FL 33606Amazing Love Ministries \u2014 3304 E. Columbus Dr., Tampa, FL 33605Greater New Hope Church Anointed Ministries \u2014 2104 Mud Lake Rd. Plant City, FL 33566The Portico (Friday only) \u2014 1001 N Florida Ave., Tampa, FL 33602 <\/p>\n A limited number of motel vouchers will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for families with children.<\/p>\n Pre-registration is required for motel vouchers by calling (813) 209-1176. Phone lines will be open on Thursday until 5 p.m. or until they run out of vouchers.<\/p>\n Manatee County locations Salvation Army \u2014 1204 14th St. W, Bradenton: Check-in begins at 6 p.m. on January 15 and 16.Under One Roof \u2014 407 57th Ave E, Bradenton. Highlands County <\/p>\n The Bert J. Harris Jr. Agricultural Center opens at 7 p.m. on Thursday, and it will close at 10 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n Location: 4509 George Blvd., Sebring.<\/p>\n Pasco County Shady Hills Mission Chapel \u2014 15925 Greenglen Lane, Spring HillFirst Nazarene Church of Zephyrhills \u2014 6151 12th Street in Zephyrhills <\/p>\n The shelters will open on Thursday and Friday at 6 p.m. and they will close at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n The Source: Information for this story was provided by Hillsborough, Manatee, Highlands, and Pasco.<\/p>\n Hillsborough County<\/a>Manatee County<\/a>Highlands County<\/a>Pasco County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA – Cold shelters are opening on Thursday and Friday night across the Bay Area as freezing temperatures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,6237,629,4134,115,4136,135,137,136,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-119666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-fl","9":"tag-highlands","10":"tag-hillsborough","11":"tag-manatee","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-pasco","14":"tag-tampa","15":"tag-tampa-headlines","16":"tag-tampa-news","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}