CenterPoint says all should have power by Friday, Texans safety takes families on shopping spree, Your favorite natural snack

Dana In The Morning Highlights 7/17

CenterPoint Energy says power should be fully restored by Friday
Houston Texans Safety Jalen Pitre took families affected by Beryl on a shopping spree
What's your favorite natural snack?

Episode Transcript

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Sunday ninety nine point one, We'vegot Houston's best variety of the eighties nineties,
and today Dana in the Morning andproducer Anthony and the Three Things you
Need to Know to get your WednesdayJuly seventeen started now Friday's the day.
Center Point says power will be onfor all in the meantime, residents,
especially out in Kingwood day nine yesterday, several senior centers there. The residents

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are really struggling. They need insulin. Insulin needs refrigeration. It's gone bad.
Centerpoint did bring out some mobile generatorsyesterday. Residents are hoping for long
term changes at Center Point. InHarris County, we're finding out now six
heat related deaths. Hopefully that numberdoesn't rise in the coming days. Robert
Yanez his dad one of them.He said he was only sixty one.

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He said his dad's death was totallypreventable. And then in the Museum District
where power is still out for manyareas, a woman who wasn't a senior
citizen, but she did have healthissues found in her apartment where it was
sweltering. She had died. Aneighbor, Pat Baker said this she's renting
from my daughter, so I beingto check on her and she didn't answer,

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so therefore un locked your door andfound her. It's just been hot
and miserable and I'm just sucking Up'mjust and she's this motion from that poor
woman just devastating. So hopefully wewill get that power back on sooner rather
than later. Now, weather today, we're gonna go up to ninety two.

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discounts producer Anthony Dan This is awesomeas our community has been coming together for
those going through the super extended periodsof no power. One of our Texans
players hosted a surprise shopping spree overat Dick's Sporting Goods. It was Houston
Texan Safety and Stafford graduate Jalen Petrie, and he was hosting families affected by

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Hurricane Beryl. Kids got to pickout new shoes and clothes. Jalen was
out there interacting with the parents andkids, giving them some encouragement after it
During a rough week, Jesse Hernandezand his wife traveled to the store with
their five kids in tow after nothaving power for an entire week. Meeting
Jalen, he says he was sayinghis true colors really showed he's a great
man, spoke with all of hiskids individually. Just really a great guy.

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And Jalen says he feels like it'shis duty with this platform to just
help out as many people as hecan. So big up so Texan Safety,
Jail and Peatrie bringing some smiles tofamilies still going through it from Hurricane
barrel Now. While Jalen was outat Dix, some other Texans players and
cheerleaders and toro waiting and surprising UnitedWay angels. When they walked into their

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big conference room, there was abig thank you celebration for their tireless work
during and after Hurricane Beryl. Theywere taking emergency calls on their two to
one one helpline throughout Beryl, providingall kinds of assistance to the community,
and many employees still without power butkept working to help the community. If
they say, the Texans really upliftedthem. Texans have been helping out the

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United Way for since two thousand andtwo. They've given over thirteen million dollars
oh United Way so far. Sothat was a really cool thing. Hey,
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variety of the eighties, nineties,and today Dan in the Morning and producer
Anthony seven twenty three now natural snacksyour favorite. We've got so many comments
on our Facebook at Sunny ninety nineHouston, raisins and and apples, and
you know the go tos like that, bananas, strawberries. We learned that
bananas Walmart's number one item they sell, toilet paper coming in at number two.

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We're asking you about your favorite naturalsnacks. We've got John who is
out in Friends with what's it foryou, John, Well, beef jerkey
that's pretty natural. But I've learnedto make my own and it's much more
economical, and I think it's quitegood. I'll give it out to the
teachers and staff and they seem tolike it, unless they're just like telling
me stories. But beef jersey,that's awesome. You'll make it his own.

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How do you make your own beef? Yeah? Really okay, So
I take some sauces that I reallylike and I'll marinate the meat. I'll
buy some specific meat at various storeswhen I can find it on sale.
I'll marinate it for twenty four fortyeight hours, and then I'll put it
onto the hydrator for anywhere from eightto twelve hours and comes out really really

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good. Wow, it's kind oflike a flat cheap piece of beef for
something. Melanisa is something I'll getlike if I go to like to meet
Tienda stores or Conna. Yeah yeah, Conna, Yes, all the of
all places has probably the cheapest.They're they're like round bottom round is very

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thin cut and uh it's only fiveseventy nine pound, And like Kroger will
have some beef stir fry that arealready really thinly sliced and those only take
about four or five hours to cook, come out really good. Are you
the cook for your family? John? I do a lot of the cooking,
especially when it concerns outdoors, butI do my fair share that has

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excellent awesome, just learns so muchgraz I'm gonna have to tell my husband
to get on it. Yeah what'she doing? Oh yeah, John?
Thanks. It's so much better thanpaying the thirty dollars a pound at these
places. That's what I'm saying,little little love. Of course, your
coworkers are gonna love it. John. And I've come up with a couple
of flavors that really really pop inKorean barbecue. And then I have this

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buffalo wing ranch one that I makethat's really good. Wow, I'm sensing
a little side hustle. Really Yeah, you when you start your side hustle.
Let us know. Okay, we'lldo, we'll do. I'll send
you some samples, eh. LoveJohn, you're a sweetheart. Glad that
you guys listen to Sonny. Thankyou, thank you,