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Shawn Stanford takes refuge under a plastic tarp as he tries to rouse his friend Shane Moody in a neighboring tent in the encampment as snow falls in Waterville on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. The seasons have changed and so has the difficulty of trying to safely exist as a homeless person in Maine. Drugs, unsanitary living conditions and now the elements have become a formidable force to contend with while trying to get back on their feet.