Feel-good stories spotted in the news

[DHBirr]

(looks down at .sig) Do turtles count as dragons, then?

Check out m'main reptile Gamera, the original mutant turtle.  Flies and breathes fire ... he's dragon enough for me!

Edit:  And here is another morsel of "feel-good."  All is not cold and selfishness in Texas at present....

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is known for his showmanship, even airing television commercials in which he’s actually wearing a mattress to draw attention to his stores.

But McIngvale is becoming more famous for something else: turning his expansive showrooms into lifesaving shelters.

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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Anyone is welcome to use the beds and sofas in his showrooms, take in a movie or basketball game on his big screen televisions and sit down to a hot meal, said McIngvale, 70.