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As dangerous heat beat down on the southeast Monday, an encampment of homeless people in Jackson, Mississippi ran out of water.
"Unbearable," said Sid Summerlin, who lives in the encampment. "I'm sweating bullets right now so. It's just been hot, and then it rains, and then it gets hotter."
The encampment consists of about 10 people, Summerlin said, both men and women, as well as a few dogs. Summerlin said they used to get water at a local business, but it recently dismantled it's spigot.
The group went a day without water during a heat wave that the National Weather Service predicted would produce a heat index of 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
"Bring us water," Summerlin pleaded. "And pray for us."
Relief came Tuesday morning when a volunteer at Stewpot, a faith-based nonprofit, brought the encampment bottles of water and other supplies.
"It's almost a day-to-day thing when you're talking about the water," said Freddric Brandon, Stewpot's outreach specialist. "They kind of have some, but they don't have enough, right. You can't have enough during heat like this."