The doors aren’t open, but the line already wraps around the building at the Lowernine Levee Food Pantry in New Orleans. They come early, even on a Saturday, to avoid the worst of the August heat. It’s just before 9 a.m., and it’s already 85 degrees and rising.
Huddled in the shade of the building, Charles Johnson waits for canned goods and fresh produce. The 65-year-old said the heat feels familiar.
“This heat feels like after a hurricane passed,” Johnson said. “But it was never like that before. After a hurricane pass, man, you’ve got tremendous heat. And that’s how it feels sometimes.”…