we meet a long-time resident kathy fowler who runs a food bank. >> i do not believe a year from now,hat this street will be any cars at all driving down it. >> reporter: yes or no - do you ape tribute that to the drought? >> absolutely, we are have farm town, we got to have water. that's what people do, we are farm workers, everything is related to the farms, if the farms are not producing, we are not. >> kathy gives us a tour. >> this land had corn. this has not been rented for about six years. that building just went out of business. >> reporter: it was hurting before the drought hard times are in overdrive. >> reporter: for every store that is open, there's one that's closed. >> yes. every block has a boarded up house or business. >> there has been buildings within 100 yards of me, boarded up or distrid. destroyed. it's desolate. >> when it seems it can't get worse. kathy takes us west to mendoza. it's a long struggle with poverty, and now is running out of water. >> drinking water has to be trucked in. at one time they had water here. there's places where they don't have water. >