The new warming shelters in The Dalles went up late last week, and while they don’t have electricity yet they are being occupied.  City Councilor Darcy Long-Curtiss said during Monday night’s brief Council meeting that the pallet-style shelters placed on City right-of-way on Bargeway Road have occupants and will be fully inhabited soon.  They have six shelters that can be occupied by two people apiece.  Long-Curtiss says portable toilets have been installed, and electricity was to be hooked up on Tuesday for heaters, adding wet and cold conditions over the weekend led to the decision to allow the shelters to be used while waiting for the power.  The City is providing infrastructure but is not operating the shelters.  Long-Curtiss says procedures for the shelters are being developed.