Seattle, King County adding more beds to emergency shelters ahead of snowstorm

The impending snow storm -- the size of which has fluctuated since meteorologists first heard of it -- may not hit this weekend, but it is coming.

The city has urged residents to remember to shovel their sidewalks or face a fine, disability rights activists have piggybacked on the city's messaging saying, "Don't snow us in."

Services to accommodate vulnerable people are popping up as the frigid, and potentially frozen weather moves in. Several Seattle-area shelters are opening this weekend, most on Sunday, the Seattle Center among them.

From Sunday through Jan. 19, the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall will have over 100 beds for any adult, and their pets, said Mark Reardon, a strategic advisor for the Seattle Human Services Department. While children aren't allowed, families won't be exactly turned away.

"If children or families require shelter, which is very uncommon, they are strategically redirected to a shelter, at this time, Mary’s Place," Reardon said in an email.

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