Michigan

SMART buses serve as free warming shelters during weekend cold snap

Published

5 days ago

February 7, 2026

MM Team

Free SMART public heating buses shall be out there at 4 places in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties this weekend as dangerously chilly temperatures sweep into Michigan, the company introduced.

The Nationwide Climate Service has a advice in cold weather A number of elements of the state are underneath a warning for wind chills as little as 20 beneath zero in Oakland and Macomb counties and 15 beneath zero in Wayne County from Friday night, February 6 by way of midday on Saturday, February 7.

In response to the NWS advisory, circumstances may cause frostbite to uncovered pores and skin in as little as half-hour and improve the danger of hypothermia.

The stationary buses shall be open to the general public freed from cost from Saturday, February 7 to Sunday, February 8 from 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM and from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Areas embrace the Pontiac Phoenix Middle in Pontiac; Southland Middle in Taylor and Fairlane Mall in Dearborn, and Macomb Mall in Roseville.

SMART stated the heating buses are meant to supply folks with a protected, heated place to heat up through the morning and night rush hours in response to the acute chilly.

“Nobody ought to need to endure harmful chilly with out a place to heat up,” stated SMART Normal Supervisor and CEO Tiffany J. Gunter in a press launch. “We’re utilizing our assets to assist defend our neighborhood throughout these excessive temperatures.”