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July 18, 2024 7 mins
Dana In The Morning Highlights 7/18

Houston announces new cooling centers with 29,000 people STILL without power
The Surf Dog competition is going down in Galveston this weekend
What are 3 things you are most thankful for??
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Sunday ninety nine point one, Houston'sBest Variety of the eighties nineties, and
Today Dana in the Morning and producerAnthony in the Three Things You Need to
Know to get your Were we Thursdayjail Friday Eve? Yeah, Friday Eve
July. I thought you were goingto say Friday. I'm going Wait a
minute, what happened? Almost it'sThursday, July eighteen started. Now.
You know, we don't talk politicshere, but I just had to let

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you know that there is another personrunning for president of the United States.
Very unique. He's from Texas.His name literally anybody else, Yeah,
this North Texas math teacher changed hisname and he's running for president. Here's
what he says. It's not necessarilyabout drawing attention to by a grievances,
but about giving a place for anyonewho shares these gradom sos to come together.

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It's a focal appointment. We haveall this scattered, all these scattered
opinions like like life going every whichaway. That's my dad was saying.
And this name is everybody something topoint to to channel that beam until one
message that's mostually haven't made it.Two inquests all right now? Now mister
Elves. He is not going tobe on the ballot though, because he

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didn't get the over one hundred thousandsignatures he needed in time. Oh,
on the valid but it's the principle, right. Well, we're learning that
where there are now twenty deaths fromHurricane Barrel so so many of them heat
related due to prolonged power outages,city leaders saying it didn't need to be
this way. Day eleven, stilltwenty nine thousand left in the dark.

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Everyone is supposed to have their powerby tomorrow. Now. The city has
announced forty new cooling stations opening todayall around the city. Ad in Kingwood,
we mentioned there are like nine SeniorCitizen centers that had no power.
Still their insulin was going bad becauseof no refrigeration. Well, the community
center out there is now open,multi service centers all over town. Libraries

(01:49):
open as well. You can callthree to one one to find a cooling
center near you and whether. Yeah, we've got some strong thunderstorm alerts all
over town, mainly on the northside though, but the Gallery is getting
a little dark too. We've gota fifty percent chance of rain throughout the
day, gonna go up to ninetyright now, it's eighty and uptown and
you're up to date, un sunnyand tell me something good brought to us

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by our friends at Goodwill Houston.I love it when a community bands together.
That's exactly what happened in Galveston afterHurricane Beryl. I mean, it
was devastating out there, but Galvestonbusiness has got together. They are now
back better than ever, ready forus to come and enjoy the cooler weather
out there. And my friends atvisit Galveston dot com sent me all they

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have planned for this weekend. Thething that really sticks out to me is
the surf dog contest. We'll talkabout that, but there's also beats on
the beach at Moody Gardens. Theart Walk is gonna happen sunset, and
sounds movie on the Strand. Yep, even the Historic Strand is open.
And this surf dog contest is gonnahappen Saturday morning, seven point thirty at
twenty seven to one Seawall Boulevard.It last until noon. It's a twenty

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five dollars registration fee. Thirty surfdogs are gonna be there and Anthony.
It all benefits the Galveston Island humaneSociety. You can check out all the
details and that's no fun. VisitGalveston dot Com producer Anthony Dane. This
is exciting, Texas finally getting aMichelin Guide. The tire in prestigious food

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authority confirmed this past Tuesday that Texaswill be the newest location featured in its
longtime travel guide and they point toour text mechs Barbecue, seafood and Steaks.
A Michelin rep called Texas an easychoice in the release. They said
Texas is the perfect fit for theMichelin Guide. The newest guide set to
be released later this year, withrestaurants in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth,

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San Antonio, and Houston being featured. And for those that don't know,
these Michelin Guides have been like thebe all end all of quality dining.
After Michelin decides to create a guidefor given area, anonymous reviewers will
spend months eating at local restaurants andrating them based on food quality, cooking
techniques, techniques and all these otherSo get excited. We know what we've
got. But now everyone knows thatTexas has shown up when it comes to

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food. I love that and onceagain I've got a story Neighbors Helping neighbors.
After an employee at Three Brothers Bakerylost his home burned down in southwest
Houston, possibly ignited by down powerlines during the storm, Jose's Gonzales says
the family was left with nothing.Well, the owners of Three Brothers Bakery

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started to collect donations and now they'regoing to be having a big fundraising cookout
on Saturday at forty nineteen Darlinghurst Drivestarts at eleven Fahetas, chicken, sausage,
everything on the menu. They'll cookuntil they run out. I love
that and we always have our tellMe Something Good stories up at Sunday ninety
nine dot com. You can alsofollow us on Facebook, X and Instagram.

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Sunday ninety nineties Sunday ninety nine,twenty one Houston's Best Friend of the
eighties nineties. And today it's seventwenty two now, Dana in the morning,
Producer Anthony, some strong thunderstorms aroundon the north side. Be aware
of that rest of us rain.We've got a fifty percent chance of rain
today. Some clouds moving into theGalleria right now as well. We're gonna

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go up to ninety right now.It's eighty excuse me I'm doing. I'm
going through the same thing thing Imowed the yard, you know, all
that dust. Anyway, it's eightynow in Uptown and we have posted this
question. I love it so muchon our Facebook at Sunday ninety nine Houston,
the three things after this hurricane.You know, you just take a

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moment to breathe, look around andappreciate what you've got more so than when
tragedy isn't around, you know,Yeah, sometimes tragedy does that. So
we're asking you the three things thatyou are thankful for. What an incredible
guy. Elliott is on the phonenow. Elliott, you've got you had
stage five terminal cancer diagnosis, givenninety days to live. Two years later,

(05:53):
you're still here and it's because ofyour wife. You've got to tell
us about this angel of a womanand what's her name? And welly,
what made you know she was theone? Like? What brought you two
together? Honestly, it was Scottsaying this is it because it was just
weird. How we met? Wereyou at work? How did you guys
meet? We met at fiesta?Got the story you met at ben Fiesta

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And I was lying the grocery.Oh my gosh, wow, sixteen years
apart. Wowly, that is socool. So what does she do to
keep you calm and positive? What'sher technique? What's her technique? She's
always positive, and she's always dealingwith me, you know, g Equatians
and uh my mentor. You know, I think you're sixteen years younger than

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me. She's always telling me,Hey, it's gonna be all right,
do this. You made a stand, and she's just amazing. Elliott.
I'm glad you found your angel.What an incredible story, Elliott. Thank
you for sharing it with us.We appreciate that. Thank y'all for giving
me the opportunity to do so ourpleasure. Love, you have a great
day, and your beautiful wife abig hug from all of us. Er I will
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