WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 This is Doctor Wendy Walsh and you're listening to KFI AM six forty, the 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:08.960 Doctor Wendy wallsh Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI AM six forty. 3 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:12.560 You have Doctor Wendy Walsh with you. This is the Doctor Wendy Wall Show. 4 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:16.640 I'm a little damp, my hair's a little curly. I'm an out 5 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:22.199 in the rain and what rain it is? Okay? So if you're new 6 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:27.000 to my show, because you've been glued to KFI like most of Los Angeles 7 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:32.119 is today to get the latest news on what's happening in yet another atmospheric river 8 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:36.359 pouring down on the Southland. I want to let you know that you're in 9 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:40.359 very good hands. Not only do I have a PhD in clinical psychology, 10 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:44.600 I'm a psychology professor. I love to talk about mental health and the science 11 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.840 of love. But I have a long, deep background as a news reporter. 12 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:53.280 Maybe you remember me, remember k Coop? Then it became upn there 13 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:59.159 I was out covering riots, fires, floods and every minute of the O. 14 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:06.079 J. Simpson try So. Covering what's actually happening around the Southland is 15 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.640 not new to me. As I said to Tim Conway, earlier. I 16 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:14.719 still have my rain outfit that I used to travel with. Okay, So 17 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.640 during today's show, I am going to be taking your calls because I want 18 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:23.439 us to come together as a community so that we can share information about what's 19 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.719 happening around the Southland regarding this storm. I'm going to throw the number out 20 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:32.359 constantly. You call it when you need to. The numbers one eight hundred 21 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:37.280 five two zero one five three four. That's one eight hundred five two zero 22 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:41.920 one KFI. If you are in stranded in your car in heavy traffic, 23 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:48.920 if roadways are completely flooded out, if you've been evacuated, if you're worried 24 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.519 about a mud slide near your home. You know, back when I was 25 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.879 a news reporter, I remember my heart breaking turning up at some of these 26 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:00.879 homes on hillsides around California. And actually the most damaging tended to be ones 27 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:04.799 at the bottom of the hill where the hill came down from above. And 28 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:10.280 I saw entire first floors of homes just completely three feet a mud in them. 29 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:15.439 And we're praying this doesn't happen to anybody, But if this stuff is 30 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:16.560 going on in your life, then we want to hear from you. We 31 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:21.719 want to know where it's happening, because you are our eyes and ears. 32 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.120 Of course, we have great news reporters out there on the ground and great 33 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:28.759 first responders giving us lots of news for you, but if there's stuff that 34 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:35.000 you're hearing and seeing, we would like to know. You may be somebody 35 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.400 who has a flat roof in southern California. That would be me, And 36 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:44.159 so I tend to have a lot of anxiety in the rain. You know, 37 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.240 maybe it is from the lack of light, maybe it is a little 38 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:52.759 seasonaled effective disorder, But for me, it's that fear that there's going to 39 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:57.439 be a leak and you can't get a roofer to return your calls at all. 40 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:01.120 That's the deepest for me, because you're waiting and you're like, what 41 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:04.599 do you do? Like you climb up in there and put tarps down and 42 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.879 play I've done that. Okay, I've done that these atmospheric rivers. So 43 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:12.439 let's get to where we And also I want to talk about a few things 44 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.199 happening in the news during the show, So just to let you know it's 45 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:20.039 not only going to be about the rain. Are you aware that tomorrow morning 46 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:24.800 jury the jury is going to begin to deliberate in Michigan, the first historic 47 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:32.719 trial of a parent on trial for a mass shooting that their teenager committed. 48 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:38.840 I will have all the details of the Jennifer Crumbly trial and tomorrow her fate 49 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:43.080 will be decided. At least the beginnings of the deliberation will take place tomorrow. 50 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:46.000 Also, you can also call I mentioned you can call in. We'd 51 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:50.960 love to hear from you. That's one eight hundred five to zero one KFI. 52 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:53.520 You can also send a talk back through the iHeartRadio app. If you're 53 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.439 listening on the iHeartRadio app. If you do haven't downloaded it yet, where 54 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:01.360 are you? Come on catch up iHeartRadio app. You press the microphone button 55 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:05.840 on the top left hand corner and then you can send a thirty second message 56 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.120 about what's happening in your area. Producer Kayla's here. She can play it 57 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:15.039 on air so we can all learn. I also read Kayla that there are 58 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.839 a few thunderstorms happening, and that's just so rare. I mean, you're 59 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:24.000 from the northeast, right, Yeah, You're used to collapse of thunder with 60 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:27.560 lightning afterwards. I'm not used to rain without thunder and butting, and I 61 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.600 heard an earthquake happens, they too, like all the water somewhere. Conway 62 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.879 was talking about it, but I was running around, so I missed it. 63 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:36.199 But yeah, it's like another heart quake again. Yes, well, 64 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:41.319 we do know that there's a very high risk of flash flooding and this is 65 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:46.360 an atmospheric river. Now, to put it into perspective, in the entire 66 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:51.519 month of January, the amount of aculative rain that is average for the Southland 67 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:58.680 is three inches total for the entire month of January we are getting it is 68 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:03.079 estimated about an inch and a half per hour, So every two hours today 69 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:08.720 we're getting the entire month of January dumped on us. That's to understand how 70 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.959 much water is and so that you guys can understand. I mean, I 71 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.600 know this is basic stuff, but for those who might be new to California, 72 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:23.000 like Kayla, so when we have long dry spells and so much of 73 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:27.680 our history has had to do with of course drought, I want you to 74 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.399 imagine what your kitchen sponge looks like when it's sitting on the edge of the 75 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:35.600 sink for twenty four hours. It gets it shrinks, it gets hard, 76 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:40.920 it gets dry. Now you take that kitchen sponge and you pour it under 77 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:44.839 the water tap. What's the first thing that happens, do you know, 78 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.279 Kayla? It gets soft again? Yeah, but what happens before that? 79 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:51.120 Before we wed it? It's rock hard and crusty and gross. The water 80 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:54.800 rolls off first. Oh, I'd never noticed it, you ever. Oh, 81 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.600 take your hard sponge, put it underwater. The water rolls off first. 82 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.959 It doesn't absorb right away. Because it doesn't it's not porous enough. 83 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:04.079 So our land is not porous enough. This is why we have the flash 84 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:09.600 floods. This is why we have the mudslides right because it's not able to 85 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:13.160 grip. Later in the show, we're hoping to get a firefighter on to 86 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:16.199 talk about the thing that's always a quandary for me. I always have this 87 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:24.399 question. When it rains hard in a given season, does this increase the 88 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:29.480 risk of wildfires in the summer and fall. Hayla's running out because I know 89 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:31.519 she's calling that firefighter because I just reminded her. I watched her. She 90 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.279 just ran out of here because I gave her the name of a helicopter firefighter. 91 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:40.399 And here's the theory. And I don't know if it's true. Here's 92 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:45.399 the theory that when you have heavy rains in the winter, in the spring 93 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:48.519 and fall, a lot of grasses grow. Right. It's not like they're 94 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:53.000 just watering the roots of the big, heavy trees that are stabilizing. You 95 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.839 get all these new seeds that blow up, and a lot of them are 96 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.399 these invasive species. I don't know if you go hiking in the spring in 97 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:03.000 somewhere around here when we have those super tall grasses that you're walking through. 98 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:09.639 I'm laughing because Julio and I did it one time in weather like that, 99 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.639 those tall grasses that go right up to your armpits, but the trail is 100 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:15.279 kind of there and you can just move on through. And at one point 101 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:17.759 we were climbing up this hill and I saw something slither to my right, 102 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.920 and I'm like, Julio, I think that was a rattlesnake. He goes, 103 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:24.439 it's fine, it's fine, it's gonna be fine. We continue up 104 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.279 a little bit and then I feel a slither to my left. I'm like, 105 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.480 Julio, that's I'm sure that was another rattlesnake. He goes, it's 106 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:33.160 fine, it's fine, And then he gets ahead of me and within thirty 107 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:36.160 seconds, he turns around. He's storming back towards me. What are you 108 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:39.120 doing? He goes, it's a colony. We're out of here. We're 109 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:42.000 not doing this hike today. So yes, tall grasses, that's also where 110 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:45.480 the rattlers love to live. So I'm curious if anybody has information, call 111 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.879 and give us a top back about whether these rings mean it increased the risk 112 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:54.360 of wildfires because it creates more kindling. And remember you send that talk back 113 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.639 by downloading the iHeartRadio app. Maybe you got it already. You press a 114 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.879 microphone button on the top left corner and then you can record a thirty second 115 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.600 message. So when we come back, I do want to get into our 116 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:11.560 mental health, but also as it pertains to our weather. You know, 117 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:18.399 I mentioned earlier on Conway. I am Canadian and during the months, the 118 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:24.439 dark days of winter January and February, I thought everybody was in a funk, 119 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:26.839 because I sure was. I mean, honestly, in those months I 120 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:33.120 always had a depression, but I never equated. I never associated with oh 121 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:37.080 it's the darkness, or it's the cold, or it's the time of year. 122 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.919 It just was. I remember that I immigrated to America on April fifteenth, 123 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.039 And on April fifteenth, maybe the sixteenth, the day after my flight, 124 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:50.320 I walked down with my lily white skin, you know the kind of 125 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:54.360 white skin where you can see the blue veins underneath of it. I think 126 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:58.960 that's where the term blue blood came from. It's embarrassingly white. The best 127 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.120 I get at the end of a season is beige. And so I went 128 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:05.559 down to the beach in Santa Monica and I laid down on my back and 129 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:11.360 I felt the sun go into my eyelids and I literally could feel my neurotransmitters 130 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:18.039 exploding with happy feelings. I didn't realize that I had suffered from seasonal effective 131 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:22.879 disorder. When we come back, let's talk about seasonal effective disorder and whether 132 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:26.919 just a week of rain can trigger it, also what you can do about 133 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.519 it for your mental health. Now you are listening to the Doctor Wendy Walls 134 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:37.480 Show when KFI AM six forty were live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You're 135 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:45.159 listening to Doctor Wendy Walsh on demand from KFI AM six forty AFI Am six 136 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.320 forty year of Doctor Wendy Walsh with you. This is the Doctor Wendy Wall 137 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:54.320 Show. We are covering weather in the Southland. If you are experiencing a 138 00:09:54.480 --> 00:10:01.759 weather related condition having to do with floods, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, 139 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:05.080 we want to hear from you and hear what's going on around the city. 140 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.679 We're going to continue to keep you posted on all the information you are going 141 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.919 to need to stay safe. We have a listener on the call on the 142 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:16.080 phone right now. Brian, Hi, Brian, it's doctor Wendy. Hi, 143 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:18.399 Wendy. I love your show. Thank you for taking my call, 144 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:24.399 Thank you for having I'm in plus century right now and it is pretty bad, 145 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:28.879 pretty much up to the middle of the road. People are well. 146 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:33.039 Well, there's one living in High Hill. She haunked the horn and had 147 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:35.679 her husband come out and moved the car on the driveway and she got out 148 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.840 there and he had to move back out on the street. So pretty intense. 149 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:43.679 But yeah, I live in a motorhole side. Oh. I was 150 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.159 going to say, are you in safe in a house? So now you're 151 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.320 worried about the high winds, which are they're saying can are hitting sixty five 152 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.159 miles an hour in some places. Do you have any experience of that out 153 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.480 there? Yeah, I thought somebody was pushing my motorhouse. Thought there somebody 154 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:58.240 who's outside pushing it, trying to wake me up or something. It was 155 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:03.320 the wind. Oh my god, kind of weird, scary. I got 156 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:07.240 a really weird I got a really yeah it's but I got a front row 157 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.879 seats, that's for sure. I got one weird question. I hope it 158 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:15.440 doesn't. I love weird questions, Brian, I live for weird questions. 159 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:20.519 Go ahead, Okay, do you remember the movie? It's Pat? No? 160 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.600 Oh, I answered the weird question. So it's Pat. P a 161 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:28.519 t like Patrick. Yeah, it's Pat. Yeah, it's Pat. And 162 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:33.960 nobody ever knew if she was a woman or a man, and they always 163 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:35.639 try to. They make two they make two movies out of it. And 164 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:39.960 what's your question about people? I just want to know if you ever found 165 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:41.320 out that she was a man who or a woman? Nobody knows? You 166 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.919 know what, I'm gonna have to put that on my Netflix list or something. 167 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:48.720 It's Pat. Never heard of it? No, but god, yeah, 168 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:50.519 it's it's a comedy. It's it's a really good comedy. It's really 169 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:56.759 funny. But everybody she comes to encountered in uh encounters at work or doesn't. 170 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:00.519 I'm a dating scene. She'll she'll date men and she'll women, but 171 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:03.200 nobody knows what pat is a man or a woman. Well, there are 172 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.919 a lot of non binary people in the world today. I wonder how old 173 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:09.799 the movie is. But thank you for that question. And please stay safe. 174 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.840 You're in a motor home, and if you feel those winds get too 175 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.279 high, Brian, then you need to take cover, take action, and 176 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.399 get out somewhere. Thank you so much for that call. I appreciate it. 177 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:22.080 Okay, So just to let you know, the high risk that we're 178 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:24.600 talking about extends. You know, we're in a state of emergency. The 179 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:30.159 governor has announced a state of emergency. It covers all of Los Angeles County. 180 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:35.200 According to the National Weather Service, they quote life threatening flash and urban 181 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:39.559 flash flood is possible in all kinds of areas. But the good news is 182 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:46.519 we have a record number of first responders out eighty five hundred emergency responders are 183 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:54.000 out dealing with floods, landsides, slides, travel emergencies. So please don't 184 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:58.759 crowd their lines unless it truly is an emergency. Okay, because the operators 185 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.600 who are getting the nine one one calls need to field it to the correct 186 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.000 first responder, so please make sure it is an emergency before you make that 187 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:13.519 call. We do know that this risk of dangerous flash flooding is going to 188 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.159 continue through Monday. I happen to be a professor at California State University Channel 189 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:24.799 Islands, which is in Camerio, and we've already gotten notices about basically being 190 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.080 careful. They have not closed the school yet. They're watching closely to see 191 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.440 what's happening, but we have to be very careful on our commute tomorrow. 192 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.879 Obviously, if you live in the foothills, the mountains, burn areas, 193 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.600 you have to be prepared for the kinds of mudslides that we do see in 194 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:46.200 southern California. I find it interesting that the National Weather Service is even saying 195 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:50.360 that we may experience a few severe thunderstorms, and that some of these thunderstorms, 196 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.200 if they take place out over the specific the Pacific I'll get it out, 197 00:13:54.759 --> 00:14:00.240 could spawn what's known as a water spout. I had to do I'm 198 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:05.360 reading about this. A waterspout is basically a tornado over the water. And 199 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:09.320 then if the sixty five mile an hour winds that we can be expecting send 200 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:15.000 it inland, then it can actually turn into a bona fide tornado. Right. 201 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:20.879 I mentioned that the amount of rain we get in January is three inches 202 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.840 a month on average. We're getting an inch and a half every hour today. 203 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:30.080 This is no joke. What's happening here, and it will continue through 204 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:35.200 Monday and Tuesday. Unlike the recent atmospheric river that we had last week, 205 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.080 it's not gonna go away fast. This one's gonna hang out. It's going 206 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:43.159 to go through Tuesday, maybe even longer. Watch your weather reports, stay 207 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.440 close to KFI and so basically, the saturated soil, the more rain, 208 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:52.440 the strong winds are going to continue for the next few days. This is 209 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:56.399 happens to be Grammy night. To turn it over to some entertainment news. 210 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:01.320 I was less interested in who one what or who wore what. I was 211 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:05.519 much more interested to see who kept their hair and make up together in the 212 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.960 rain. I mean literally, like, how does that happen that they show 213 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:11.559 up on the red carpet? They must have covered it up of course, 214 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:15.720 and look together. According to Steve Gregory, apparently all the celebrities and the 215 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:18.600 stars have some underground tunnels that they're able to access the build. I don't 216 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:22.159 know if he was being funny. He was talking to Chris about it earlier. 217 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:24.960 Cenner, Yes, they can go underground and like get their nice, 218 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:26.840 dry, safe and beautiful. Did you have it to catch the open of 219 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:31.200 the show when Trevor Noah was vamping for way too long, I missed it. 220 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:35.519 Is it not entertaining? No, it's very very entertaining, because he 221 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:39.840 would move from table to table and you could see his brain trying to recognize 222 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.120 who is it. Like at one point he turns, He's like, what 223 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:45.519 are you doing there? Lenny Kravitz just sitting there like Lenny Kravitz like uh 224 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.080 blah blah blah. And he would find great jokes to make about everybody. 225 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:52.879 But I mean, Julio was watching it with me and he's like, why 226 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:56.600 is he vamping? Something's going on because he's so off script right now and 227 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:58.120 this open is going way too long. I go, there's a reason. 228 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:03.279 He's definitely filling. He's doing great at living. He's a supreme talent, 229 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.200 he's amazing. But why and then all of a sudden, who walks in 230 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.759 with her entourage and has to circle all the way through the room. Taylor 231 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:15.039 Swift oh, and we knew Taylor Swift was late. That's what was happening 232 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.759 late to come and sit at her table. Maybe the rain, maybe the 233 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.399 traffic, maybe the entourage whatever, And so then of course he has a 234 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:23.960 field day talking about Taylor Swift. He goes, you know, all you 235 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:30.120 people sitting near those tables that she's walking past, your local economy has been 236 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:36.919 risen right now, like because she wove her way through. And then the 237 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:38.120 other funny thing before we are getting back to the rain. But you know, 238 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:41.360 we're all obsessed with Taylor. She's the sweet angel of the moment, 239 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:45.279 right is, he said? Instead of you know, all the criticism the 240 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:51.519 NFL gets for doing close ups of Taylor during the NFL games, they have 241 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:55.679 decided that for the Grammys, whenever Taylor gets mentioned, they're going to do 242 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:59.440 a close up of a football player. So they immediately go to Terry Cruz 243 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:03.039 and Taylor laughed, she thought that was very funny. Okay, listen, 244 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:06.759 you can call any time here because we're going to be taking your calls. 245 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:10.480 We are community in southern California, and we want to know that you're okay. 246 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:12.279 We want to know how bad the flooding is. If you're seeing mud 247 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:15.720 slides, if the traffic is particularly bad in an area, if you're sitting 248 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:21.200 in your car, call us the numbers one eight hundred five two zero one 249 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.559 five three four. That's one eight hundred five two zero one KFI. You 250 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:27.480 can also go to the iHeartRadio app. All you got to do is press 251 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:32.359 the microphone button on the top left ten corner and you can record thirty seconds 252 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:34.640 that we can play. But we want to make sure everybody's okay, and 253 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:37.920 if there's news happening in this storm, we want to talk about it when 254 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:41.680 we come back. Let's talk about why the weather and how the weather impacts 255 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.759 our mental health and what you can do to stay happy in the rain. 256 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:49.200 You're listening to the Doctor Wendy Wall Show on KFI AM six forty. We're 257 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:56.240 live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You're listening to Doctor Wendy Walsh on demand 258 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:00.079 from KFI AM six forty. KFI AM six forty, you have Doctor Wendy 259 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:03.599 Walsh with you. This is the Doctor Wendy wallh Show. We don't have 260 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:10.799 much news about school closures yet here in Los Angeles except for Vineland Elementary School 261 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:14.880 in Hollywood. I believe has announced that they will not be holding in person 262 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:18.359 classes tomorrow. We have an LAUSD teacher on the line who can give us 263 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:23.240 an update in her neighborhood. Hi, it's doctor Wendy. Hi, doctor 264 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.440 Wendy. My name is Lossandra. How are you good? And where do 265 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:32.839 you teach? Love? I teach that seventy fifth Street eec of South la 266 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:38.440 And what is your weather like? Now? It is nasty. My street 267 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:44.720 is flooded. It's been raining NonStop since one o'clock this afternoon. The winds 268 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.440 are blowing. My umbrella went down the street and it's too wet for me 269 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.519 to go look forward. Hopefully I'll find you tomorrow. The dogs won't go 270 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:53.039 out. It's just really nasty. Oh no, you got to put out 271 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:56.240 those peepee pads for them so they won't right. I don't know, ruin 272 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:02.119 your carpets and your floors. So have you heard anything from LAUSD? Is 273 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:07.400 your school in LAUSD School? Yes? I am la USD. The last 274 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:12.119 thing that we heard was the biggest controversy on closing the schools one when Carvallo 275 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:17.839 closed them last year because the hurricane that never happened, and so maybe taking 276 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:22.079 slack if he dries that again and it's not as bad. Two, they're 277 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:26.079 most concerned with the children not being fed tomorrow. Over half of our students 278 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:30.160 their only meals are what they receive at school, being breakfast and lunch. 279 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:34.559 So if they can't come to school, they don't eat. That's a huge 280 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:41.119 concern. That's heartbreaking. It's to think about that. I remember if you 281 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.440 saw what the kids were served. Yeah, even more heartbreaking. Oh, 282 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.839 I remember when that topic came up during COVID quarantine too. It's like kids 283 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:52.519 were able to come to school sometimes to pick up meals, right, just 284 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.640 to get the fop wall centers, get pickup centers just for meals. Yes 285 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.680 they did. Oh, I guess it's hard to get that together overnight. 286 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:04.839 But they did say the next update will be first thing in the morning, 287 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:10.559 so you'll be up thoroughly waited out looking for your messages. So what grade 288 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:14.319 do you teach? I have pre k's. I get them ready to go 289 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:21.759 to kindergarten pre K fours, so they need outside playtime. Yeah, so 290 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.839 what we do is more music and movement. We'll stay on the carpet longer, 291 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.480 do more songs, do more calisten eggs, going on a bear hunt 292 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.759 two or three times around the class we just found. Yeah, we definitely 293 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.200 find ways lots of calisten eggs to get them going, to get that heart 294 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:40.759 rate up and work off some of that energy. Now, I know, 295 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.799 if you've been teaching pre K four for a very long time, I can 296 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:47.720 assure you that you have a very strong immune system. You've probably been exposed 297 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.359 to every new bug that comes along. But when I hear about going on 298 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:56.000 a bear hunt with twenty five kids in a classroom in hot, humid indoors, 299 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:02.599 all I could think of it's a petri dish. Well, unfortunately, 300 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:07.079 our heater hasn't worked in about three months. Also, it's actually good that 301 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:12.759 we run around to keep warm. That's a whole nother story. Can we 302 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:18.160 talk about public education? How is this possible in our city that we're talking 303 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:25.200 about kids who are getting substandard food, that are in classrooms that aren't heated, 304 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:29.119 And may I ask you how many students are in your class four year 305 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:33.359 olds? Well, since the pandemic, LAUSD has lost over three hundred thousand 306 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:37.839 students, where at first my center would hold one hundred and forty four students 307 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:40.640 and nothing now as of tomorrow, we're getting eight in the students, so 308 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:42.519 I think we'll be up to like seventy six. And how many in your 309 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:47.640 class? Don't say there's seventy six. One clumbers around fourteen? Yeah, 310 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:51.079 no, no, I'm sorry. My actual classroom is about fifth. I 311 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:53.480 think tomorrow get to the students of like fifteen. Oh good, good, 312 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:56.920 good good? And do you have an aid or is it just you and 313 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:03.240 fifteen four year olds? I'm two as Oh good, and with rain tomorrow, 314 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:06.519 like last week when it rained, I think I had six. Oh 315 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:08.920 yeah, Thursday, I think I had six out of the fifteen. Oh 316 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:11.599 oh, so they don't some of our students walk to school? That's another 317 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:17.359 huge concern. Oh a lot of them. Yeah, hopefully they're not walking 318 00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:19.880 along if they're four years old. No, no, no, no, 319 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:23.559 they need an adulgence to sign them in and out. Well, Assandra, 320 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:26.720 thank you so much for calling. I am going to watch closely to see 321 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:32.160 if there are any more school closer closures that are announced at LAUSD. And 322 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.440 good luck to you tomorrow. I hope you do find the bear on that 323 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:38.759 bear hunt. Thanks for calling in. Thank you so much, doctor much 324 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.720 so, if you want to call in, let us know what's going on 325 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.359 in your neighborhood having to do with weather related stuff. The numbers one eight 326 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:49.599 hundred five two zero one five three four. That's one eight hundred five two 327 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:55.000 zero one KFI. I do want to get to the neuroscience of these dark 328 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:56.960 days, but before I do, I want to make sure that I mentioned 329 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:02.319 that if you are a skier, this is a very good day for you. 330 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:06.640 If you are living in any of the towns in Sierra Nevada, please 331 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.519 stay inside. I don't even know. Look, I grew up in Canada, 332 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:15.680 and I remember hearing the sound of the snowplow at like four am and 333 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.519 thinking, darn, we're not gonna have a snow day, right, And 334 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.960 so when the snowplow did, when I heard the silence early in the morning, 335 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:25.759 and sometimes we couldn't even open our front door. You know who I'm 336 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:29.720 If you live in Sierra Madre, you know that snow will just pile up 337 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:33.559 outside your door and before you can even get to your car, your shoveling 338 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:37.240 sidewalks and snow blowing your driveway, et cetera. Anyway, stay inside. 339 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:41.400 But the good news for skiers is that we're talking about feet and feet of 340 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:48.240 snow two to force feet down below anything above five or six thousand feet, 341 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:53.599 we're talking four to six feet expected of new snow. I know you skiers 342 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:56.759 are like, Oh, it's gonna go for Monday and Tuesday. Maybe the 343 00:23:56.839 --> 00:24:00.920 roads will be open by Wednesday. We can get out there and go skiing. 344 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:03.640 So for some people this is good news. However, if the storms 345 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:10.680 are completely keeping you inside, then please stay safe. I'm going to tell 346 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:14.000 you, guys a little Canadian trick that I want you everyone to put in 347 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:17.400 your cars, especially if you live in a snow area or a cold area. 348 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:22.200 But you know, everything seems to be cold nowadays, So if you 349 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:27.200 get stranded in a snow drift in your car, do not leave your car. 350 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:33.079 Make sure you carry in your car with you a six inch pillar candle, 351 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.440 like one of the ones you buy at Ikia. You can buy a 352 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.559 whole set of them for like twelve bucks. You have one in your glove 353 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:41.799 compartment. Make sure you have a lighter or matches in there too. And 354 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:45.599 did you know that you can put a six inch pillar candle. You can 355 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:51.720 light it inside your car and it will give off enough heat to keep you 356 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:56.079 from freezing to death. Simple Canadian trick. Right, people think, oh, 357 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.759 I should have some warm gloves in my car. How about a fire? 358 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:02.200 How about a can that would be lovely. So if you are in 359 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.000 a snow area, hopefully you're not going to get in your car, but 360 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:07.720 if you do, make sure you bring a candle with you. It's something 361 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:11.880 that all Canadians know. It's just a thing. Listen. Years ago, 362 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:15.079 I remember when the Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson moved to Los Angeles. He had 363 00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:19.160 a little bit that was pretty funny about Los Angeles sunny weather, and what 364 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:26.119 he said was, how does anyone in LA get anything done? Because in 365 00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.720 Scotland, I can't do the accent, so I can't do it. His 366 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:30.839 funny way, he said, as soon as the sun comes out, everybody 367 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:34.200 runs outdoors and they just hang out. They don't go to work, they 368 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:37.440 don't do anything. And he said, so every day I would arrive in 369 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:41.039 LA and I'd be going to work and I'd see the sun and I'm like, 370 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:44.200 oh, not going to work. I'm going to the park today, 371 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:47.000 I'm going to the beach today. The sun is out. And he said 372 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:49.920 he just doesn't understand how anybody in La gets anything done well. We do 373 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:56.480 have these other days, these days now where we have this time of days 374 00:25:56.519 --> 00:26:00.599 and weeks of a little bit of darkness and a lot of rain. I 375 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:03.000 keep promising it, but we keep running out of time. When we come 376 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:07.119 back. The scientific reason why rain can dampen your mood and what you can 377 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.119 do about it. Also, if you'd like to call in and let us 378 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:11.119 know how things are in your neighborhood, the numbers one, eight hundred and 379 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:15.599 five, two zero, one, five, three four. You're listening to 380 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:18.359 the Doctor Wendy Walls Show on KFI AM six forty with Live Everywhere on the 381 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:25.640 iHeartRadio app. You're listening to Doctor Wendy Walsh on demand from KFI AM six 382 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:29.640 forty AM six forty. You have Doctor Wendy Walsh with you. This is 383 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:33.039 the Doctor Wendy Walls Show. We're changing our changing it up a bit tonight, 384 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.319 staying close to you in Southern California regarding your lives and the storm and 385 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:40.799 what you're going through. If you're new to my show, I have a 386 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:45.240 PhD in clinical psychology. I normally talk a lot about our mental health and 387 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:49.240 also our love relationships, the science of love. But we also have a 388 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:52.400 relationship with our environment. You know, some people get cheered up by the 389 00:26:52.480 --> 00:27:00.799 rain. Other people experience a damper mood. Right, there's actually giants behind 390 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:03.440 it. Oh did you know, by the way, that the research that's 391 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.680 supposed to lead the weather that's most associated with a good mood is about a 392 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:12.079 temperature between sixty and seventy degrees. Now, I would have guessed it would 393 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:17.480 like eighty degrees suntanning weather, but no, Apparently, nice, comfy sixty 394 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:21.240 to seventy degrees with the sun out and no clouds in the sky is the 395 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:26.480 best for our mood. But here's one of the reasons why when it rains 396 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:32.200 like this, many people, even in just a few days, can experience 397 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:37.920 a depression, a real depression in their mood. It has a lot to 398 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.319 do with the lack of sunlight. Right. So when the sun enters our 399 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:47.279 brain, we get a release of more serotonin that's an antidepressant, more dopamine, 400 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:51.559 and we do better. In fact, the other thing that sunlight is 401 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:55.319 very good for, of course, is to set our circadian rhythms. We 402 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:57.839 need to have that dose of morning sunlight to help us feel alert and wake 403 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:03.440 up, so we start to feel lethargic when it's gray all the time. 404 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:07.480 We do know that when we get lots of sunlight, that's when we boost 405 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:11.400 ourselves with those feel good hormones dopamine and serotonin, so we get a dip 406 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:18.680 a depression in those. For some people, rainy weather affects their body physically 407 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:23.480 right well, partly because they're less active, they're more lethargic. But for 408 00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:30.519 some people who have joint illnesses, joint pain, et cetera, the humidity 409 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:34.119 and the barometric pressure can actually physically hurt their body, and that can be 410 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:37.119 a little bit of a downer. Some people are more sensitive to that than 411 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:41.680 others. So what can you do? Can you boost your mood? Well, 412 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.160 I want to tell you right now, keep all the lights on as 413 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:48.839 bright as possible. It literally tricks your you know, normally, I'm always 414 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:52.000 saying to my students I teach at cal State Channel Islands. I'm always saying, 415 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:56.559 you know, you need to learn digital hygiene. You need to get 416 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:00.480 off your phones at least two hours before sleep time. That blue light is 417 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:03.920 tricking your brain into thinking it's morning. Now. I'm like, get on 418 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:07.960 those phones, okay. I want you to have as much light in your 419 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:14.240 house going on during these dark, rainy days as possible. Also, when 420 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:18.680 we feel lethargic, when we get a dip in our dopamine and serotonin, 421 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:22.920 we get Some people suffer from something called brain fog, and it's very difficult 422 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.119 for them to get organized. This is why you need to make a list. 423 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:30.599 The list might even be for household chores like I gotta change the sheets, 424 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:33.519 I gotta do laundry, but it also might be about paying bills, 425 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:40.200 calling people, emailing people, et cetera. I know it's rainy, don't 426 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:42.720 skip your workout. You may not be able to. If you have a 427 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:48.079 gym you have to drive to, then you're not going to the gym. 428 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:51.839 There's a lot you can do on your living room carpet in front of a 429 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:53.279 TV screen, And there are a lot of free workouts on there because I 430 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:57.200 find them on YouTube all the time. But today my fiance Julio and I 431 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:00.960 did dry. He drove me to the gym in our neighborhood. And you 432 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:06.359 know, all I did is put on some if I tell you, Donna 433 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:10.559 Summer okay, some disco music, and then I made sure that I did 434 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:14.279 my twenty minutes of cardio and that was enough to boost my mood. Right, 435 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:18.640 the endorphins will come up. Also, this is not the time to 436 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:22.559 do a couch potato deep dive with a bunch of junk food. Okay, 437 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.720 well, you can do a deep dive if it's with your honey and you 438 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:30.079 want to get you know, those other hormelones going. But otherwise, this 439 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:33.079 is your time to be a chef, a good healthy chef that means protein 440 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:37.599 and vegetables. By the way, you can hold me accountable. I'm doing 441 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:41.319 dry February. I missed Dry January because I was in France and I was 442 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:45.920 drinking wine. You can't go to France and not drink wine, so there's 443 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:49.200 no dry January for me. So just to let everybody know, I have 444 00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:53.960 found substitute drinks that are doing just fine by me. I take. I'm 445 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.640 telling you to do this because in rainy days you shouldn't be drinking alcohol, 446 00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:03.160 which is a depressant, which adds to the depression. Okay, I do 447 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:07.799 now an alcoholic beer and I put it over ice, and then I squeeze 448 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:10.440 in a bunch of limes, you know, like you might do at the 449 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:12.759 beach with a corona or something. Anyway, it tastes so good. It's 450 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:18.359 got enough acid that I crave. It's not sweet, and so that's my 451 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:22.839 goat to drink. But I've also been trying to find the best kind of 452 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:26.240 non alcoholic wine, because you know, I like to just hold my glass 453 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:30.559 when I have my dinner. And I found it. It's called French Bloom 454 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:34.519 and it's like a rose champagne and it's really close. It's really really close. 455 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:37.880 You can trick your brain into that one. All right, back to 456 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:41.440 things that you should be doing. If you're feeling a little bit down during 457 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:47.559 this dark days of winter and this bad weather, call up some loved ones. 458 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:49.960 I called some friends in Canada today. We had a lovely old chat. 459 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:56.160 You know, it's really hard to complain about the rain and the darkness 460 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:00.319 when, as Julio told me today, I have cousins that are in white 461 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:04.519 Horse, Yukon territories and it's minus thirty five today, Okay, minus thirty 462 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.160 five and zero light. Right Well, I don't want to see zero, 463 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:09.599 but you know they get twenty four hours of darkness on December twenty second, 464 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:14.000 so it's starting to open up the day a little bit. So all of 465 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:16.799 a sudden, I'm like, yeah, well we have rain, we have 466 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:20.960 a little rain, and well, well we have a lot of a lottering 467 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.319 and it's dangerous for people here. And they're like yeah, yeah, okay. 468 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:29.839 You know, one time I was home in Ottawa for Christmas, and 469 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:32.880 you know the big question Canadians always say to Californians, how can you live 470 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:40.119 there the earthquakes. Aren't you afraid of the earthquakes? Because apparently that is 471 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:45.480 what our pr Department for the State of California tells the rest of the world 472 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.759 so that we can try to reduce some of the traffic on our freeways, 473 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:52.319 right, we want everyone else to be afraid to move to our paradise. 474 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:55.039 So they always say, what about the earthquakes? So one time I was 475 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:58.960 there in Ottawa at Christmas and I had the Weather Channel on because they keep 476 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:02.839 it on in the background all day long. It's like their important news constantly. 477 00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:07.920 Okay, we do it for a couple atmospheric rivers a couple times a 478 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:12.200 year. They have it on twenty four seven, So the Weather Channel's on 479 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.680 and they were talking about driver safety and they said, you know, every 480 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:22.720 year in Canada, more than two hundred people die in weather related car accidents, 481 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:27.279 And I thought, huh, two hundred people every year just because of 482 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:30.200 the snow and the ice, skidding out, dying. So I did a 483 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:36.240 little research. How many people I google in California have died in an earthquake 484 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:40.240 in the at last year, zero year before zero? Okay. Since the 485 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:45.920 time I've lived in La thirty years, thirty seven people. Thirty seven people 486 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:50.240 have died. Okay. So what's safer that bad weather and that darkness or 487 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:54.480 us we live in paradise. Unfortunately, every once in a while, Paradise 488 00:33:54.599 --> 00:34:00.920 gets a reality check and it's happening right now. So all your loved ones, 489 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.599 I know, the ones who live in the north won't feel sorry for 490 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:06.839 you. But the other people are people that you can check in with, 491 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:12.880 because our social support, our connection to each other is the best thing for 492 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:15.719 our mental health. And I know I say this a lot, and I 493 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:21.519 know it sounds corny and very Californian, but it's true and there's absolute science 494 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:29.199 behind it. Find gratitude even in the storm. You have to tell yourself 495 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:32.880 that remember all those years when we complained about the drought, when we had 496 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:37.280 to turn the water off, when we brushed our teeth. I think you're 497 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:39.880 still supposed to do that, when you're supposed to take short showers, or 498 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:44.360 shower with a friend, or do something to save on the water. Well, 499 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:47.280 now here, we are too much water and they're filling up our lakes, 500 00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:52.039 they're filling our snowpack. So we're gonna you know, we've been able 501 00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.440 to last year. We got ourselves out of the drought I think in most 502 00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:59.039 of California, and I think this is going to continue. So tell yourself, 503 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:02.280 thank thank you for the rain. The farmers are happy if the crops 504 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:07.400 aren't being flooded. I'd love to get a call from a farmer actually to 505 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:09.679 find out how this is affecting them. 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