Homeless struggle in Houston extreme heat
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2023
- (18 Jul 2023)
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++NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY IN FINAL SHOT++
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Houston - 18 July 2023
1. Wide exterior of The Beacon Shelter, Downtown Houston
2. Various homeless people are taking shelter outside the facility
3. Mid of homeless people receiving food and water
4. Various homeless people are getting water. UPSOUND:" I got no choice but to cope with it. Yeah. I've been there that day."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Vincent James, homeless man:
"The heat. I mean, you can't come out here in the heat at a particular time, and at about this time of the day, it's really excruciating the clouds is dissipating out of the sky because the heat is evaporating. Uh, and the sun is beaming.".
6. Closeup on face
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Vincent James, homeless man:
"I get nosebleeds, so I have to be careful out here because if I get too hot, my blood pressure goes up on your nose. So I have to be careful out here because I am not on that medication that I need to be on because I'm homeless."
8. Various of homeless people on the sidewalk. A constable truck is seen in the background
9. Mid of Zena Jones on the sidewalk
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Zena Jones, homeless woman:
"We all need some help one way or another if it's just to bringing some food, some water, because, you know, it's kind of hot out here. But as long as I stay under this tree, I'm okay."
11. Mid of homeless people receiving food and water
12. Mid of homeless people on the sidewalk
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Monique Clay, Houston resident:
"There are people on the street in a way. It's 100 degrees outside. There should be shelters available. There's a whole bunch of million abandoned housing. And if there's money, those are things that should be fixed and addressed. And you could put the homeless people in so they're not in the streets and sleeping in their own feces.”
14. Various setups of Dan Mathews distributing food and water to homeless people
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Mathews, volunteer:
"A day like this is over 100 degrees in Texas. Here in Houston is in the middle of the day. It's very hot. And for those people, it is very important that they should have some sort of shelter. And we all need to work together to get that happen."
16. Various homeless people in line to get food and water
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Falcon, Chief Advancement Officer, the Beacon Shelter:
"It's extremely important for people that are living in shelter to get some relief during these high temperatures that we have in Houston. So the Beacon has been open since 2007, providing these kinds of essential services. But really, it's so important during this kind of extreme weather conditions."
18. Mid of homeless people getting water in a cooler
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Julie Falcon Chief Advancement Officer, the Beacon Shelter:
"I think that all the agencies in Houston are pretty stretched in terms of their resources and what we're able to provide. We're working closely with the city of Houston to try to make sure individuals are comfortable and staying safe during this heat.”
20. Various homeless people are taking shelter outside the facility. ++NOTE THIS SHOT CONTAINS PROFANITY++
STORYLINE:
Houston facilities are overwhelmed as homeless people cope with the heat. Texas continues to record triple digit temperatures.
63-year-old Vincent James has been without accommodation for some years. He spends most of his time at the library reading books in a “safe haven.” he says.
During mid-day, volunteers distribute food, fruits, and bottles of water to homeless people in downtown Houston.
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Cities are collecting more property appraisals taxes in Texas. Fort Worth TX has not built any night shelters for the last forty years. They have new convention center, library, bridges, parks improvement, a new animal adoption center cost over 13 million dollars...
Homeless Americans forgotten ????🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫
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Very sad
I have witnessed them
They need more !
Hang in there texas! Maybe a month and a half more to go and we will be near the fall season! God Bless us all!
God bless them 🙏 I don't know how they do it, I leave in Texas, and right now, it's 108 degrees, and it feels like a heater blowing heat on you outside, I would have a stroke or a heart attack this is awful
The HUMIDITY is the real killer. in one day, 800 people died: elderly, children, and construction workers.....in Calcutta. I can't imagine being homeless in a place like Phoenix, Houston, or the Gulf Coast. Broiling from the inside like you're in a microwave on high.
Yes it's hell ,it's like being boiled ,horrific
100 degrees in Texas is miserable.
100 degrees in California isn’t to bad.
Good night from Papua New Guinea.
Too too too hot to be homeless then will get too cold to be homeless what will one do.
The weather is much nicer for the homeless along the west coast
100 degrees in Miami and the mosquitoes its a swamp.
It’s way hotter in Texas and the mosquitoes in Texas are bigger also!
Texas and Miami are way too different worlds trust me I lived in both
get two cruise ships, one for drug addicts and one for non addicts..... let the addicts take a cruise..
There must be an air conditioned room somewhere - this is not right!
ProTip: Offices have air conditioning. They will let you hang out there and give you money. All you need is a some cleaning supplies and some elbow grease.
@@jogginmcjoggerson2430go away
Being a senior citizen and on the street should never be allowed. There is such a thing as "elderly abuse" and "elderly neglect." This pertains to anyone who is a senior who cannot protect themselves from those environmental factors (people or conditions) that endanger or harm older folks. This video reveals some older people who may fall into that category, like the man with high blood pressure and nosebleeds. The city is neglecting it's duty to provide a safe environment for him. Where is AARP? Where are all the advocates for seniors? The state and federal laws are being violated, to allow vulnerable people to have to stay like this, and at risk for their lives. These are laws, these are not "wish lists." Our seniors are protected by law, but these laws are being ignored when they are sleeping on the hot pavement in 105 degree temperatures. Someone out there needs to get on the ball and take this to court against the city/county/state.
Hey Everyone! I think I solved the problem.
ProTip: There are these things called "jobs", you go to these air conditioned buildings and exchange your time for money doing easy things, like answering the phone and making copies of papers.
You can use that money to pay for air conditioned "houses".
Why don't you hire all these people then?
😂😂😂it’s called jobs u know with me being born in the United States and raised up here I realized we are not only the most venerable but the most dumbest people on this earth what do y’all think created poverty and homeless talking about a job u think all of these people never had a job wow 🤔🤣😂
@@andreadepuis3995 because we don't have homeless people where I'm from.
@@UnitedStates. Homeless people only live in Democrat shitholes because you dumbasses feed them and give them drugs.
No you have not solved the problem. Jogginmcjoggerson.some of these people are terribly 😔 😟 mentally sick, or have lost a job and burned through savings. And have no family to help them.have suffered a sickness or an accident 😕 that has wiped out everything they have. Etc. Now how does one go into these air conditioning 🤔 buildings and hold a job in that state ummmmm. Be grateful you jogger are not in there condition. And get the facts about these folks before you speak so as not to show your ignorance .on the matter. And from what ivory tower do you assail. That there are no homeless were your from. Go get to it
Where’s blm and the money I’m sure they could afford a few bottles of water??
Why can't black and brown people take care of themselves?
I'm guessing it is the same reason white people can't take care of themselves.