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The 52-year-old Texas transplant, who has worked dozens of jobs including roughneck, auctioneer, and trailer park landlord, managed to get his hands on 200 units of the disaster region's most precious commodity: gas-powered generators to keep the lights and heat running through a blackout that could last weeks.
Some call him a Good Samaritan - even a godsend - for distributing the machines, which cost anywhere from $450 to $1,100. But Strange has a more earthly view: "I'm a hustler," he said through a Texas drawl that has taken on a touch of Kentucky slide during 22 years of life here.
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"I just don't know how to put what he's done for us into words," said Janeen Timmons, 62, the dialysis patient. She came up with the godsend moniker in her next breath.
"I was thinking I was going to have to take her to the hospital, until he came out," said her husband, Jimmy Timmons, 63, a retired iron worker. Timmons was reluctant to pour gas into the unit as it ran for the 12 hours a day his wife needs on dialysis, so Strange did it for him in the twilight of a 16-hour workday.
Some call him a Good Samaritan - even a godsend - for distributing the machines, which cost anywhere from $450 to $1,100. But Strange has a more earthly view: "I'm a hustler," he said through a Texas drawl that has taken on a touch of Kentucky slide during 22 years of life here.
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"I just don't know how to put what he's done for us into words," said Janeen Timmons, 62, the dialysis patient. She came up with the godsend moniker in her next breath.
"I was thinking I was going to have to take her to the hospital, until he came out," said her husband, Jimmy Timmons, 63, a retired iron worker. Timmons was reluctant to pour gas into the unit as it ran for the 12 hours a day his wife needs on dialysis, so Strange did it for him in the twilight of a 16-hour workday.
