Under relentless wind and rain, Tony and Bernie scramble to set up tarp and tent on a mountain ridge. Between shivering fingers, wild gusts, and soaked layers, they test gear, get water from a tarn, stoke a fire,

KALAMAZOO, MI — People with nowhere else to go huddled under tarps as rain fell for hours overnight Monday, Oct. 6. Among them was Nick Hawkins, 42, who said his legs were amputated about a year and a half ago due to a medical condition.