BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. — As temperatures drop this weekend, organizations across Tennessee are preparing to help keep people warm and safe.
One warming center in Blount County is ready to open its doors — even though this cold weather is coming weeks earlier than they thought.
“We’re trying to make sure people don’t freeze to death,” Phillip Hoffman, coordinator for the Blount County Warming Center, said. “Our homeless population is pretty adaptable … but we’re just trying to do what they can for the folks that show up.”…