Marlene Smith crochets and watches a video as she passes time at a warming center as the temperature fell into the single digits and Smith stated her home was old and cold, in Atlanta, Georgia January 8, 2015. Temperatures also plummeted to an uncharacteristic 10 to 15 degrees overnight across the Gulf Coast, where a hard freeze warning was issued for east Texas across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and southern Georgia, NWS said. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)