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Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by NOETHNICITY(m): 6:44pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
(CNN) - In Las Vegas, the Catholic Charities' homeless shelter has long served as a facility for people in need of accommodations. But after one homeless man who used the facility tested positive for coronavirus last week, the shelter was forced to close, leaving 500 homeless people scrambling for a new place to stay. Even Courtyard Homeless Resource Center, a nearby open-air facility, was unable to take in more people as it was almost at capacity. So City of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada officials decided to create a makeshift homeless shelter -- in the parking lot of Cashman Center. Over the weekend, the parking lot of the center, which is normally a convention and baseball stadium complex, transformed into a sleeping space with help from volunteers. But the sleeping arrangements ignited some backlash on Monday, after an image of homeless people circulated across social media. In the photo, a handful of people are seen lying in white boxes painted on the concrete floor -- six feet apart to enforce social distancing. On Saturday, setting up the temporary shelter went smoothly. About 50 volunteers laid out 24,000 square feet of carpet to create sleeping mats, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nearly a dozen medical students from Touro University Nevada helped screen incoming guests, and took their temperatures. "I'm about to cry," Denise Lankford, a homeless woman, told CNN affiliate KLAS. "This right here is helping us feel secure, feel safe. Other places, you don't feel safe." The first night the shelter opened, 66 people slept there. But officials started to realize that the carpet could be more harmful than beneficial. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/coronavirus-las-vegas-homeless-cashman-center-trnd/index.html
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Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by Vision4God: 6:46pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
News like this will make one understand God's mercy on Him/Her. It's well 1 Like |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by hisexcellency34: 6:47pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
The world Is coming to an end |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by helinues: 6:47pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
Oh boy Poverty is everywhere just that it has class 1 Like |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by overdrive(m): 6:49pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
Can this be the big U S of A. Unbelievable!!! |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by NOETHNICITY(m): 6:50pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
USA can never have homeless people Donald trump will never allow that |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by NOETHNICITY(m): 6:52pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
hisexcellency34:And why madam? Simply because you just found out that ur almighty USA have homeless folks? 1 Like |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by VeeVeeMyLuv(m): 7:01pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
I hope this coronavirus will not use this homeless people to practice press-Up |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by manuelreports: 7:03pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
Even in Las Vegas of US of A Onye noro ebe ono ebe ozo Anna agu ya It is not always great on the other side. |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by lewis33(m): 7:06pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
If you write this way, then this is a clear indication you need more orientation about politics and economics NOETHNICITY: |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by messicruzzy: 7:06pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
God help during this COVID-19 |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by Ogonimilitant(m): 7:09pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
Most of these guys are people gambling rendered Useless. |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by Alwaysachick: 7:10pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
Las vegas, the beautiful city with a beautiful night life according to the novels |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by AgentNairaland(f): 7:12pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
Las Vegas American Gangster |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by Nobody: 7:13pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
Ogonimilitant: Its not fair classifying people like that... Poverty comes in so many ways. Death of a breadwinner Sickness Disability Extreme risk Unemployment Underemployment etc.. |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by NOETHNICITY(m): 7:26pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
lewis33:I understand u bro I was only being sarcastic. |
Re: Las Vegas Homeless People Are Sleeping In A Parking Lot - CNN by GeoandSONSLTD: 7:51pm On Apr 10, 2020 |
And they are even practising Social Distancing 1 Like |
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