Columbia Daily Tribune -- Columbia's War on Poverty: Fighting the cold

Jan 17, 2022 | by Major Curtiss Hartley

Sitting down to write this column, it is 12 degrees at lunch time in Columbia. So that means it will likely get a little warmer over the course of the day and then we are in for a cold, cold night. My smart phone tells me it should get down to about seven degrees.

Man, that is pretty cold. Thank goodness I am inside!

Sadly, not everyone is inside right now. Not everyone will be inside tonight.

Click to continue -- Bi-weekly column by Major Curtiss Hartley

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