{"id":54659,"date":"2020-08-14T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54659"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:56:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:56:28","slug":"dramatic-photos-desperate-for-provisions-thousands-of-cars-line-up-at-texas-food-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54659","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic Photos: Desperate For Provisions, Thousands Of Cars Line Up At Texas Food Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/stunning-photos-desperate-provisions-thousands-cars-line-texas-food-bank\">Dramatic Photos: Desperate For Provisions, Thousands Of Cars Line Up At Texas Food Bank<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>Dramatic images released this week show thousands of cars\u00a0 stretching for miles, lining up for provisions at a Texas food bank as the state continues to deal with the effects of its coronavirus outbreak.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>At a food drive held in Dallas County on Tuesday, cars from\u00a0<em>&#8220;the other side of the state&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>showed up, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8624311\/Thousands-cars-form-mile-long-line-Dallas-food-bank-unemployment-benefits-reduced.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus\">the Daily Mail<\/a>. Photographs show cars bumper to bumper while 90 volunteers worked to distribute 10,000 boxes of food. People had started lining up for the food before dawn, hoping to get boxes that included dairy, canned goods, noodles, peanut butter and other basics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=oG_nkZAB\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=oG_nkZAB\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=qbDQ74Go 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=qbDQ74Go 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=qbDQ74Go 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=qbDQ74Go 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=qbDQ74Go 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg?itok=oG_nkZAB 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/CARS%201_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ef87b32d-13c7-4b1e-b008-6fa113a8f43e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Richard Archer, who showed up at the food bank this week, said: &#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for this, we&#8217;d probably go hungry. With unemployment benefits cut, [my daughter&#8217;s] husband&#8217;s been laid off for three months. So, it&#8217;s just been a struggle. If it wasn&#8217;t for church, and food giveaways, the kids would be going hungry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=Cos5oQ7u\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=Cos5oQ7u\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=VQ6h-5yV 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=VQ6h-5yV 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=VQ6h-5yV 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=VQ6h-5yV 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=VQ6h-5yV 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg?itok=Cos5oQ7u 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/CARS%202_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"247\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"78552d72-3746-41ae-8049-8804d71aa708\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diana King, another person at the food drive, told CBS:\u00a0&#8220;There&#8217;s times I open the refrigerator and there&#8217;s little there. We make do with what we have and we make it stretch.\u00a0It helps pay a bill, so the water doesn&#8217;t get turned off. The gas doesn&#8217;t get turned off. Mortgage? We are right there on the borderline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=qzkb5SBq\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=qzkb5SBq\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=NW-egJAb 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=NW-egJAb 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=NW-egJAb 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=NW-egJAb 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=NW-egJAb 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg?itok=qzkb5SBq 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/CARS%203_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"63b28f66-b156-4038-b175-455bf04a213a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scramble for free food comes as about 30 million Americans surveyed last month said that they &#8220;didn&#8217;t have enough to eat&#8221;. This marked about 12% of all people polled. At the same time, the country is mired with record unemployment numbers. 28 million people remain unemployed nationwide as a result of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=bIdujqmq\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=bIdujqmq\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=zHu4aRFs 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=zHu4aRFs 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=zHu4aRFs 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=zHu4aRFs 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=zHu4aRFs 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg?itok=bIdujqmq 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/CARS%204_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5e312828-0fe8-48b4-94c4-0de416c2f54a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the Daily Mail, the numbers in Texas are dire:\u00a0&#8220;Dallas County has recorded 55,787 cases of coronavirus and 794 deaths. In Texas there are 524,814 cases and\u00a09,552 deaths.\u00a0The positivity rate in Texas is 24.5 percent &#8211; the highest since the start of the pandemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=DHKaIFuH\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=DHKaIFuH\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=XET0Nae9 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=XET0Nae9 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=XET0Nae9 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=XET0Nae9 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=XET0Nae9 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/CARS%205_0.jpg?itok=DHKaIFuH 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dramatic Photos: Desperate For Provisions, Thousands Of Cars Line Up At Texas Food Bank Dramatic images released this week show thousands of cars\u00a0 stretching for miles, lining up for provisions at a Texas food bank as the state continues to deal with the effects of its coronavirus outbreak. 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