Barbershop becomes blizzard shelter: 'People told me I saved their life'

[cbabe]

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/barbershop-becomes-blizzard-shelter-people-told-me-i-saved-their-life/article_21411c20-8551-11ed-ab33-e36c65fbd817.html

Barbershop becomes blizzard shelter: 'People told me I saved their life'

Mark Sommer

Come one, come all.

That has been C&C Cutz barbershop owner Craig Elston's message since Friday morning, when he opened his shop at 707 Fillmore Ave. to those seeking shelter from the arctic weather conditions.

Elston, 37, was himself stranded after going into the shop to clean hair-cutting equipment. He thought he would "knock out a few haircuts," only to realize when he finished that weather conditions made it unsafe to leave.

People started coming in to the barbershop for shelter, and by that evening, 40 people stayed overnight divided between the two large rooms, with some sleeping in the reclined barber chairs, on the floor or in other chairs. Nearly 30 stayed Saturday night.

"It was crazy, man," Elston said. "People told me I saved their life, that in another three minutes they felt like they were going to die from the freezing cold. Some peoples' fingers were purple."

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[iluvtennis]

1. Love this story - thanks for sharing. n/t

[judesedit]

2. May you be blessed. What goes around, comes around

[MicaelS]

3. Paywall n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

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[Aussie105]

4. I don't see a problem. /s

Meanwhile, here in little ol' Adelaide, South Australia, the temperature was 44 degrees Centigrade yesterday. 111 degrees F.

Average the two out, and you get a reasonable number. /s

Seriously though . . . global warming isn't about warming, it's about the weather having more energy and going to extremes in different places.
(Just in case you didn't already know that.)

[niyad]

6. Global warming is a most unfortunate misnomer. Catastrophic climate change C3

has been in use since the Copemhagen Climate Summit.

[wnylib]

5. I heard him interviewed on Buffalo NPR

When he realized how dangerous it was outside for people who got stranded on foot or in their cars, he decided that his barber shop could be a shelter because it was roomy and warm. So he posted on social media that people could come into his shop for shelter.

They got food from his vending machines and then from a nearby store that was open. He gave people some money to buy it.

A few decided to get hair cuts while the were there.

[Hekate]

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[niyad]

8. Blessings to all involved.