In Baldwin County, the vulnerable have just one ‘Safer Place’

In Baldwin County, the vulnerable have just one ‘Safer Place’

A homeless man sleeping on the ground is seen in this 2018 photo. Alabama's Safer Places Act of 2021 aims to improve shelter from inclement weather around the state. (Getty Images)As a polar vortex dragged frigid, wet Arctic air across the U.S in the last week of January, overnight temperatures dipped to obscene lows and heaters cranked into overdrive. Then, instead of dissipating within a day or two, the cold settled in, seeping under coats and…