Prisk, 45, and Mackesey, 39, lost their housing around the end of 2015 and lived in a tent in the urban woods from January into August. During those seven months in frigid cold and stifling heat, Will Brewer, a street outreach worker for Porchlight Inc., helped with supplies and had the couple complete an application to get on a prioritized list for housing. Their beloved cat, Weasie, left and never returned.
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With no options, Brannon Prisk and Adria Mackesey built an encampment in the woods, enduring frigid and sweltering temperatures.
