'Mattress Mack' offers free food, shelter at Gallery Furniture | Morning in America

Published: Jul 09, 2024 Duration: 00:04:49 Category: News & Politics

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NEARLY 2 MILLION TEXANS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING AFTER HURRICANE BERYL BATTERED PARTS OF THE STATE. >> NOW, LEGENDARY HOUSTON BUSINESS OWNER JIM MCINGVALE KNOWN AS MATTRESS MACK IS OPENING UP ONE OF ITS GALLERY FURNITURE STORES AS A SHELTER FOR FOLKS IMPACTED. >> AND MATTRESS MACK IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. >> I BROKE OUR YOU. I'M DOING WELL. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO CHAT WITH YOU. >> THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE THAT YOUR STORE HAS BEEN DOING TO HELP YOUR FELLOW TEXANS. THINK MIKE AND CHARM. JUST TELL ME SO FAR YOU FED ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TALK TO ME ABOUT ALL OF THIS. HOW DID THIS GET STARTED. >> WELL, WE GOT STARTED, YOU KNOW, SUNDAY NIGHT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE WEATHER WAS SAYING. I DECIDED TO SLEEP PERIOD THE STORES. SO WE NEED THAT JUMP INTO ACTION ON MONDAY. WE COULD DO THAT AND SURE ENOUGH MONEY. THE. STREETS GOT FLOODED AND PEOPLE WEAR NEED THE RESCUE HIGH WATER TRUCK HERE WILL NOT RESCUE PEOPLE. WE MADE IT. AND AFTER AT WOULD BE OPEN AS A A SHELTER WHERE PEOPLE COULD EAT FOR FREE AND CHARGE THEIR DEVICES FOR FREE SUMMER OUT OF ELECTRICITY. AND COOL OFF IN THE AIR CONDITIONER SAYS WE HAVE GUY AND GENERATORS RUNNING THE STORE. SO WE HAD ABOUT 3,000 HERE ON MONDAY. 3,000 ON TUESDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO SERVE A WHOLE LOT TODAY. TODAY WE'RE SERVING HOT DOGS WINGS AND HAMBURGERS AND YES, WHAT NOBODY IS GOING TO CHEAT. THERE'S GOING TO >> HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM YOUR FELLOW TEXANS. >> WELL, RESPONSE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS BUT IT'S JUST A HEARTBREAKING SEE THE SENIOR CITIZEN IN NETTER. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON OXYGEN AND THEIR OXYGEN TANKS ARE RUNNING OUT OF THE POWER. ARE THESE PEOPLE, THESE YOUNG INFANTS THAT BURNING, THE HEIGHT IN THE 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES. SO IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN N THE POWE GOING OUT FOR 3 MILLION PEOPLE NOW PROP PROBABLY MILLION 5 ARE STILL OUT OF POWER. SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THE POWER BACK UP AND RUNNING GUYS WERE ALSO DEPENDENT ON ELECTRICITY POWER OUR HOMES THAT AIR CONDITIONING IS BEST IN TEXAS. 100 DEGREE HEAT POWER. OUR DEVICES PCS CELL PHONE, CETERA. SO WE'RE WELCOMING THE PEOPLE AND COOL OFF. AND THERE'S QUITE A DEMAND. THE FAMILIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE WELCOMING IN WHAT STORIES HAVE THEY SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY LIVED THROUGH. >> WHEN THIS HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL. >> YOU KNOW, A LOT STORIES DESPERATION. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE IRAN, HEART MONITORING DEVICES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ARGE UP THERE. DEVICE FOR THEIR THEIR HARD TO KEEP FUNCTIONING ALREADY KEEP BREATHING OXYGEN. SO. A VERY TOUGH STORIES ABOUT TO BE RESCUED OUT OF THE RISING WATER BECAME A REAL FAST. SO IT'S IT'S JUST BEEN TOUGH IN. THE BIGGEST THING IS 100 DEGREE HEAT THAT NON RELENTING ABOUT 90% HUMIDITY. SO WE'VE GOT TO GET AWAY THERE. INFRASTRUCTURE BETTER HERE IN HOUSTON. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO HELP THESE FOLKS OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREAT. THEY'RE VERY GRACIOUS WHEN THEY COME IN HERE AND IT'S HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR OUR PEOPLE. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY. >> AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE. BUT I BELIEVE I WAS TOLD THAT MOST OF YOUR STORES AS WELL ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES OR DAMAGE AS WELL. CORRECT. >> YEAH, 2 OUT OF THE 3 STORES ARE CLOSING IN. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF HOUSTON. WE'RE IN A 10 MILE RADIUS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WE'RE THE ONLY RESTAURANT OPEN. THAT'S HOW BAD THE POWER SHORTAGES ARE SO IS BIZ. BEEN QUITE A BLOW TO BUSINESSES AND TRY TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK WHEN THERE BUSINESSES CLOSED FOR 2 OR 3 DAYS. THEY HAVE NO INCOME COMING IN. SO IT'S IT'S QUITE A BAD SITUATION AND WHERE PRAYING AND HOPING THAT WE GET MORE PEOPLE GET POWER. TODAY. THE HEAT WAVE, OF COURSE NOT. >> HELPING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT ALL. QUICKLY HERE MATTRESS MACK BEFORE IT GOT TO LET YOU GO. WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK. >> TODAY. WE'RE GOING SERVE LOTS OF FOOD TO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE POWER SOURCES THEIR DEVICES AND THEN PROBABLY STARTING SATURDAY GIVEAWAY, ICE AND WATER. WE'VE GOT A THAT COMING IN FROM OUR FRIENDS CAJUN NAVY. SO. WE'VE GOT TO CUT CONTINUE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE. THE COMMUNITY AND HE'S BEEN SO GOOD FOR US FOR THE PAST 43 YEARS. OUR OBLIGATION IS MAKE DIFFERENCE IN THE ESSENCE LIVING IS GIVING WE TRY TO LIVE THAT MOTTO EVERY DAY. AN INCREDIBLE LESSON. THEY ALWAYS SAY LOOK FOR THE HELPERS MATTRESS MACK. YOU ARE ONE OF THEM THANK YOU FOR YOUR

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