declare -a geoInfo # declare an array

geoInfo=("${geoInfo[@]}" "a" "b")

cat /tmp/loc.txt |while read line; do 
  geoInfo=("${geoInfo[@]}" "c" "d")
  echo "(${line})" # confirms ${line} is as expected. fine. *This happens TWICE*
done

geoInfo=("${geoInfo[@]}" "e" "f")

echo "${geoInfo[@]}" # Output is "a b e f". What happened to "c d" ?!?!