He's a real Texas hero :love:
Fabulous.. Too bad the Mega Churches don't do likewise.
Texas is frozen and in crisis. A furniture store owner has emerged as a hero — again.
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He opened his Gallery Furniture stores to people who fled Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019.
Now he’s doing it for those who have been hit hard by a deadly winter storm that has left more than 3 million Texans without power and running water in record-setting freezing temperatures.
“The logistics are a little hard, but we’re making it work,” said McIngvale. “The main thing is to get people out of the cold.”
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While the store has power supplied by a generator filled with 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel, only one faucet is working because of frozen pipes, said McIngvale.
He brought in portable toilets and rigged a special flush system in the restrooms with extra water.
Owner Jim McIngvale collects trash inside his Gallery Furniture store, which opened as a shelter on Feb. 17 in Houston. (David J. Phillip/AP)
McIngvale has also paid food vendors to bring in tacos, enchiladas, hamburgers, hot dogs and breakfast burritos.
“To whom much has been given, much is expected,” he said. “We’ve benefited from public support over the years, so it’s our obligation to open our doors and let people come in to get a respite from the storm. It’s the right thing to do.”
more - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/02/18/texas-storm-crisis-furniture-store/
Fabulous.. Too bad the Mega Churches don't do likewise.
Texas is frozen and in crisis. A furniture store owner has emerged as a hero — again.
(snip ...)
He opened his Gallery Furniture stores to people who fled Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019.
Now he’s doing it for those who have been hit hard by a deadly winter storm that has left more than 3 million Texans without power and running water in record-setting freezing temperatures.
“The logistics are a little hard, but we’re making it work,” said McIngvale. “The main thing is to get people out of the cold.”
(snip ... )
While the store has power supplied by a generator filled with 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel, only one faucet is working because of frozen pipes, said McIngvale.
He brought in portable toilets and rigged a special flush system in the restrooms with extra water.
McIngvale has also paid food vendors to bring in tacos, enchiladas, hamburgers, hot dogs and breakfast burritos.
“To whom much has been given, much is expected,” he said. “We’ve benefited from public support over the years, so it’s our obligation to open our doors and let people come in to get a respite from the storm. It’s the right thing to do.”
more - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/02/18/texas-storm-crisis-furniture-store/
