Julia Deng, Reporter
KWES-TV
ODESSA, TEXAS - A cold front slammed Odessa Monday night, dragging temperatures down to the low 20's and forcing dozens of homeless people to seek refuge at local shelters.
"Cold weather like this is a big problem when you don't have a place to go at night," said Joe Honeycutt, a Tyler transplant who arrived in Odessa on Christmas and stayed with the Salvation Army while looking for work.
"The volunteers [at the Odessa Salvation Army] have been a blessing. They fed us on Christmas [with] a huge meal, gave us backpacks full of blankets, food, hygiene products [and] everything you're going to need."
However, hundreds of the Basin's needy were not fortunate enough to take advantage of those limited resources ...
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