How bad will Charlestown's weekend weather be?

Most likely not as bad as last week.

But the cold can be deadly - Providence man dies in the cold

By Will Collette

Compared to the foot of snow that fell on Charlestown last week, this weekend's supposed "Bomb Cyclone" is almost certainly going to be mild. But the deep freeze continues. 

The National Weather Service forecast shows that we will not reach the freezing mark until Monday or Tuesday when the daily high temperatures are expected to top out at 32 and 33 degrees respectively. It will continue to be cold through next week, bad news for heating bills.

The 10 AM NOAA snow forecast is for a range of zero to three inches in Westerly through Monday, though it is theoretically possible (6-15%) we could match last weekend. Unless there is a major shift in the storm track, I like our odds.

Cold kills man in Providence

Statement from the Rhode Island Council of Churches

The Rhode Island State Council of Churches is deeply saddened to learn of the death of a man found on a sidewalk in downtown Providence early Wednesday morning. Our condolences are with his loved ones and community. According to police, first responders were called to Washington Street just before 5 am after a report of concern for an individual outside during freezing temperatures. They located an unresponsive man who was pronounced dead at the scene.

We are told that the greatest commandment is to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” and that the second is like it, “to love your neighbor as yourself.” This has been the key principle of faith guiding our service to our communities and to one another.

Rhode Island continues to lack the essential infrastructure and coordinated response needed to ensure that no one in our community freezes to death on the coldest nights of the year. In response to this ongoing crisis, Operation No One Dies is putting out a call for immediate, concrete collaboration.

No single organization can solve this alone. It is only through committed partnership and shared accountability that we can build a system strong enough to prevent future deaths. We urge every sector partner to join us in a commitment to working collaboratively to implement these lifesaving measures.

“Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” To take God seriously is to take God’s concerns seriously.

- From SteveAhlquist.news