By Mark Duell and Hannah Roberts UPDATED: 16:15 EST, 28 October 2011 They've had it good for six weeks with some beautiful autumnal sunshine, but the future of Occupy Wall Street now hangs in the balance - as the weather turns and snow storms threaten the U.S. Protesters were waking up in their tents at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan this morning after a freezing cold night to the prospect of the first snowfall before Halloween in New York City since the Civil War. And following a day of rain on Thursday, their moods were further dampened today after the city's authorities took away the generators they were using to keep warm and power electronic devices.
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Snow storms forecast for this weekend across major U.S. east coast cities
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Only 25 protesters in Denver camp - and several treated for hypothermia
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New York's Zuccotti Park became a washout yesterday after rain storm
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Mayor Bloomberg predicted protesters were only there for warm weather
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Demonstrators talk of methods to keep warm, such as imagining hot objects
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