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<v Speaker 1>It's nice eyes, Dan Ray, i'mdelling you mazy Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Beg you very much, Madison, as we start a Wednesday

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<v Speaker 2>night edition of Nightside. And wasn't it cold today? Boy,

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<v Speaker 2>it showed doesn't feel like May, it feels like March.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me get some of that global warming going here.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Dan Ray. It's gonna warm up. Don't worry.

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<v Speaker 2>June will be here before you know it. It's May

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<v Speaker 2>twenty first. I am the host of Nightside. Rob Brooks

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<v Speaker 2>is the producer of this program. He's back in the

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<v Speaker 2>control room. He'll begin to take phone calls at nine o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>At nine o'clock, we'll be talking with the Auditor State

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<v Speaker 2>Auditor of the Commonwealth, Diana Disauglio. She has released a

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<v Speaker 2>seventy four page report and audit of the Executive Office

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<v Speaker 2>of Housing and Liverpool Communities. Well, that has generated a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of conversation today. And then we'll talk tonight at

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<v Speaker 2>ten o'clock about coyotes not just in the suburbs, but

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<v Speaker 2>coyotes in Brookline, Massachusetts, which is really very very close.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a suburb of Boston, but it's sort of surrounded

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<v Speaker 2>by Boston itself. So anyway, we'll get to that later

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<v Speaker 2>on tonight, and who knows, maybe a couple of other topics.

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<v Speaker 2>We have four topics to deal with here at the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the program, in the first hour, we want

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<v Speaker 2>to introduce first of all, Major Kevin Pallito. He's a

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<v Speaker 2>major in the Salvation Army and works out of the

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<v Speaker 2>Milford Core Community Center. I believe, is that correct, Major Polito?

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<v Speaker 2>It is correct.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks, it's great to connect with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice to have you with us. So you're in the

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<v Speaker 2>midst now of a program that runs, I guess from

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday through the end of the week here the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>fourth which is called through the weekend called Fly the

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<v Speaker 2>Flag program, and you're going to install some five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>American flags to provide support to residents in need. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm unfamiliar with this, So tell us how the flag

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<v Speaker 2>the Fly the Flag campaign works specifically in Milford, Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess also hope they'll and mend it as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, I mean, first, can you tell me if

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<v Speaker 3>there's been any coyotes spottings in Milford? I hope not.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you they're a lot closer to you are

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<v Speaker 2>than than I if you got to kind of keep

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<v Speaker 2>an eye open. I suspect it's probably a good amount.

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<v Speaker 2>If coyotes are in Brookline, I think that they probably

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<v Speaker 2>have at least passed through and maybe set up shop

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<v Speaker 2>in Milford as well.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, extra careful when I'm putting out flags at dusk,

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<v Speaker 3>I think. But that's a good tip.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. So that the Fly the Flag program is it's

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<v Speaker 3>a program, a fundraiser that's unique to the Salvation Army

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<v Speaker 3>in Milford and it's been, uh, you know, it's become

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<v Speaker 3>quite the labor of love for a lot of allolunteers.

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<v Speaker 3>For both my wife and I who give leadership to

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<v Speaker 3>the Salvation Army in Milford. We do put out almost

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<v Speaker 3>five hundred flags all around the communities of Milford, Mendon

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<v Speaker 3>and Hopeedel at different residences or businesses that will sponsor them.

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<v Speaker 3>And it helps us to raise critical needs to help

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<v Speaker 3>neighbors in our community that are that are in need.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's a great partnership.

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<v Speaker 2>So you folks identify people in your community surrounding community

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<v Speaker 2>as well who we're proud to fly the American flag.

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<v Speaker 2>And this, of course is the two hundred and fiftieth

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<v Speaker 2>anniversary really of the beginning of the revolution. Yeah, as

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<v Speaker 2>particularly of time when I think a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>feel the need to fly a flag, and so do

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<v Speaker 2>you bring them to their homes, into the businesses. Does

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<v Speaker 2>does certain flags generate a certain amount of money or

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<v Speaker 2>is it something where all contributions are gratefully accept it?

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<v Speaker 2>How does it work?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? So basically, you know, we have we send out

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<v Speaker 3>enrollment forms to you know, those house those residences and

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<v Speaker 3>businesses who have supported us in the past. We of

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<v Speaker 3>course tried to do some advertising and we have an

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<v Speaker 3>online website that it's Salvation ARMYMA dot org backslash Fly

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<v Speaker 3>the Flag where people can go out and sign up online.

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<v Speaker 3>They can sign up for one, two, three, four. I

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<v Speaker 3>have one particular corporation in our community that gets sixteen

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<v Speaker 3>flags that it's a very large business and they have

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<v Speaker 3>multiple interrances, so they have flags flying at at least

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<v Speaker 3>two or three different entrances there. So, you know, and

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<v Speaker 3>what's great is it definitely you know, raises those critical

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<v Speaker 3>funds that help a lot of our neighbors in their

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<v Speaker 3>need as you know that you know, one out of

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<v Speaker 3>three Massachusetts families struggle with food security that they are

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<v Speaker 3>food insecure. So our pantry has seen probably since we

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<v Speaker 3>got here in June twenty twenty one, there's been almost

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<v Speaker 3>a five hundred percent increase in utilization of that program,

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<v Speaker 3>our emergency food pantry. So you know, we we definitely

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<v Speaker 3>are seeing it. And also I think probably another thing

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<v Speaker 3>is surging utility prices. I'm sure a lot of people

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<v Speaker 3>in your audience know all about that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we talked about that drawn up. Is this

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<v Speaker 2>a program that is run by various Salvation Army organizations

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<v Speaker 2>around the commonwealth or is this one that you folks

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<v Speaker 2>have come up with as a fundraiser. Is this is

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<v Speaker 2>your idea?

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<v Speaker 3>This is one that is unique to Milford. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>think there are any other Salvation Armies that in the

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<v Speaker 3>in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that run the program. It

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<v Speaker 3>was a predecessor of mine, Major Dave Irwin, who you know,

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<v Speaker 3>just was looking for a way to come up with

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<v Speaker 3>a creative program and it really took off. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>now it's become a critical revenue source for us year

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<v Speaker 3>in and year out, and it helps us, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>so enables us to do all the things we do.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the projection? What what this is? Obviously a labor

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<v Speaker 2>intensive effort one to sign people up and then to

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<v Speaker 2>get back.

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<v Speaker 3>And oh wow, it's definitely way Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>What were you raised by the end of the week.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you're going to this apparently runs through Saturday.

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<v Speaker 2>So by Saturday, I assume all the flags will be

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<v Speaker 2>distributed and they'll all be flying and it's too beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>in advanced Memorial Day. Uh, in these communities. But what

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<v Speaker 2>do you think you're going to raise?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean the you know, like a lot of nonprofits,

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<v Speaker 3>our goal is high for we want to raise twenty

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<v Speaker 3>five fouls. Then I would say that we're almost probably

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<v Speaker 3>seventy percent good already towards that goal. But we actually

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<v Speaker 3>do three distribution So flags go out now before Memorial

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<v Speaker 3>Day and then they'll stay out through the July fourth holiday.

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<v Speaker 3>Then we take them down we can spect them. There's

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of behind the scenes work. My one course,

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<v Speaker 3>argant major at our Salvation Army Milford Corps. He has

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<v Speaker 3>like a whole workshop downstairs where he's straightening pulls and

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<v Speaker 3>repairing tattered flags. You know, we want to make sure

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<v Speaker 3>they stay in tip top shape, and then we'll actually

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<v Speaker 3>put them out again prior to nine to eleven. They'll

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<v Speaker 3>stay out for a couple of weeks and then we'll

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<v Speaker 3>bring them back in and then they go out a

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<v Speaker 3>final time right before Veterans Day. So all told, it's

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<v Speaker 3>almost between the field of flags, which is they're installed

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<v Speaker 3>a draper park. It's a partnership with a Citizen for

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<v Speaker 3>Milford group. We put two hundred and twenty there and

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<v Speaker 3>it's a beautiful, wonderful spectacle that really, you know, always

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<v Speaker 3>seems to increase the mood of the community. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a great program for generating a lot of community spirit.

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<v Speaker 3>And then we also put out another three hundred sum

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<v Speaker 3>flags at these businesses and residents throughout the towns of Milford.

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<v Speaker 3>Ended in Hope, Tel Matt.

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<v Speaker 2>Great job, major congratulations to you and all the other

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<v Speaker 2>members work with you, the Salvation Army volunteers and others

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<v Speaker 2>who volunteer. If people want to get more information, give

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<v Speaker 2>us a quick website that folks in the the Root

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<v Speaker 2>eighty five area I can can get involved with.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Absolutely, Like I mentioned prior, it's the Salvation Army

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<v Speaker 3>m A DOT O r G backslash fly the flag.

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<v Speaker 3>People do have to live in you know, one of

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<v Speaker 3>those three communities. Sometimes we do have people that will

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<v Speaker 3>from outside those communities that will, you know, buy a

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<v Speaker 3>flag and say, hey, donate it to a veteran or

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<v Speaker 3>you know, a neighbor need in your local community, and

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<v Speaker 3>we try to do our best to honor that request.

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<v Speaker 2>So but well, Happy Memorial Date to you and to

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<v Speaker 2>everyone else in the in the organization. Thank you, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you so much.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks to you. Dan, I wish you all a great

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<v Speaker 3>Memorial Day weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, thanks very much, Major Major Kevin Palito of

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<v Speaker 2>the the Salvation Army based in Milford. Back on Nightside.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a Monday night. We're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>a great program that Comcast is running. We're gonna speak

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<v Speaker 2>with the director of Community Impact and the architecture what's

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<v Speaker 2>called Comcast Rise in Boston. I think you want to listen,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly if you have a small business in Boston. There

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<v Speaker 2>may be some help for you coming up from Comcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Just on the other side of the s break, my

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<v Speaker 2>name's Dan Ray. This is a Wednesday night, Stay right

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<v Speaker 2>with us. Back on Nightside.

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<v Speaker 1>Right after this, if you're on night Side with Dan

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<v Speaker 1>Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this is an interesting program that I heard about

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<v Speaker 2>about a week ago. It's called Comcast Rise. Comcast, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody knows Comcast and with us is Becca Fracasa? I

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<v Speaker 2>hope I pronounced that correctly. Becca, Is it beca fracassa

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<v Speaker 2>or is it a heart?

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<v Speaker 4>You? You did it excellently, Thank you?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? Okay, that's good. I was afraid it might have been.

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<v Speaker 2>Just names get pronounced differently, and it's important to me

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<v Speaker 2>to get them right. Becca is the director of Community

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<v Speaker 2>Impact and the architect of Comcast Rise in Boston. My

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<v Speaker 2>understanding is this is a program the Comcast is doing

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<v Speaker 2>across the country in several different communities, but we're lucky

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<v Speaker 2>to have it in Boston. First of all, let's talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the scope of this. It's it's not just in

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<v Speaker 2>Boston this year. It's in four other communities as well. Correct.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, We're in Nashville, We're in Seattle, We're in South Valley,

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<v Speaker 4>Utah as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, Grid, I think Grid Rapids, Michigan is in

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<v Speaker 2>there too, if if my memory serves from from what

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<v Speaker 2>I read here, Yeah, Grand Rapids, Michigan isn't. There. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, we have listeners in all of those communities,

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<v Speaker 2>so this applies more than just to just to to Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>Greater Boston. But it's housing a great program, So tell

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<v Speaker 2>us about it and uh it to some extent it

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<v Speaker 2>almost sounds too good to be true. That's how good

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<v Speaker 2>it is.

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<v Speaker 4>Go right, Yeah, absolutely, And we get that a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>We're like, is this Real's what's the catch? It really

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<v Speaker 4>is real. We do every year we pick five cities

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<v Speaker 4>in which we do five hundred really comprehensive grants for

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<v Speaker 4>small businesses. As you mentioned, it's coming to Boston this year.

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<v Speaker 4>We've given away one hundred and forty million dollars in

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<v Speaker 4>value over the years for this program. And when we

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<v Speaker 4>talk about it being comprehensive, it really is. It's a

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<v Speaker 4>technology makeover, creative production, a media schedule, educational resources of

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<v Speaker 4>five thousand dollars, monetary grant, and business consultation services. And

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<v Speaker 4>when we think about that locally, we're going to give

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<v Speaker 4>one hundred of those packages away inside the one twenty

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<v Speaker 4>eight belt. So really a very comprehensive package to give

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, looking at more with more specificity technology makeover. So

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<v Speaker 4>When we put all of this together per market, we're

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so it's about it's about thirty it's about thirty

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<v Speaker 2>Really I missed I missed the one thing, Becker. You

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, I think most people can get past that hurdle. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>yeahh So, and my understanding is that people can businesses,

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<v Speaker 2>It's the deadline is what May.

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<v Speaker 4>Thirty first, Yes, midnight on May thirty first, is when

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<v Speaker 4>you need to have your application in at comcast Rise

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't mean to drop go ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>That's okay, it's about a fifteen to thirty minute application process.

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<v Speaker 4>And you can and you can save it so you

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So what happens? So let's go through the logistics,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think this is so important. People are sitting there. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Comcast dot Now where do we have to Where do

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<v Speaker 4>So Comcast Rise dot com. Where we're going?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Comcast Rise r I se dot com. And if

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<v Speaker 2>Is it open to just businesses?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, it doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So you go to Comcast Rise and there is

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<v Speaker 2>it sounds to me like this a written application. You

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<v Speaker 2>there any essay that has to be Is this like

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<v Speaker 4>No, no, And when I when we say fifteen to

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<v Speaker 4>looking for stories. The other piece we're looking at that

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<v Speaker 4>the other short answer question, besides you know those sort

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<v Speaker 4>around how do you feel that your business impacts your community?

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<v Speaker 4>And I, honestly, personally, I believe that every small business

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<v Speaker 4>those short answer questions. And there's just those two of

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<v Speaker 2>This is great. Now you are in charge of this

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<v Speaker 2>in New England. When will the winners? When will the

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<v Speaker 2>people who get the grants be announced? How long do

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<v Speaker 2>of the one hundred winners here in the Greater Boston area.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we expect to have an announcement for those winners

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<v Speaker 4>in the middle of August, so that we'll start talking

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<v Speaker 4>about and reaching out to those one hundred winners and

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<v Speaker 4>then really activating around all of the resources. Work very

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<v Speaker 4>collaborative with collaboratively with each winner on our own timeline

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<v Speaker 4>to make sure we're really responsibly activating around each of

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, just one final clarification, Sure, how do we define

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<v Speaker 2>We defined businesses, but how do we define businesses in Boston?

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<v Speaker 2>Do the businesses have to be within the city limits

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<v Speaker 2>or is it more of a Greater Boston concept?

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<v Speaker 4>Did you say it's a little bit of a Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a little bit of a Greater Boston concept. We're

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<v Speaker 4>referring to it in many places as Metro Boston. If

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<v Speaker 4>you think about the one twenty eight loop and try

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<v Speaker 4>to staying inside of that loop, we've taken it all

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<v Speaker 4>the way up to Gloucester and all the way down

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<v Speaker 4>to Angham. When small businesses go into the application, one

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well, it sounds to me like a right program.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope all the winners take it full advantage of

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<v Speaker 2>everything that you guys are offering here, and again, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you very much, Beca for the time tonight. I think

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<v Speaker 2>you've explained it well. And I hope that people who

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<v Speaker 2>have listened if they want to get information. If someone

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<v Speaker 2>was listening and their their son or their daughter or

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<v Speaker 2>their brother in law has a small business and didn't

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<v Speaker 2>hear tonight, give us the website where they can go

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<v Speaker 2>to to get all the information. They can listen to

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<v Speaker 2>our interview tomorrow on Nightside and demand. That's easy. But

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<v Speaker 2>give us that website one more time. I know what

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<v Speaker 2>it is, but it yeah, hear it from you?

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<v Speaker 4>Go ahead, yeah, please come visit us at Comcast Rise

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<v Speaker 4>dot com. So it's Comcast ri se dot com and

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<v Speaker 4>you'll get all of the information that you need and

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<v Speaker 4>have access to the application.

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<v Speaker 2>Sounds great. Well, thank you for the generosity from Comcast

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<v Speaker 2>to the businesses to thank you for your time tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks very much, better much. Maybe what we can do

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<v Speaker 2>when you pick some winners when the one hundred folks

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<v Speaker 2>are selected next August, maybe we can have one or

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<v Speaker 2>two of them come on and talk about exactly what

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<v Speaker 4>We'd love to have that conversation. Thanks so much, Dan, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, the news awaits at the bottom of the hour,

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<v Speaker 2>so let's get right to that right now. My name

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<v Speaker 2>is Dan Ray. This is Nightside, and we will be

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<v Speaker 2>back on the other side. We have a couple more guests,

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<v Speaker 2>and beginning at nine o'clock tonight, we will talk with

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<v Speaker 2>State Auditor Diana Dezaglio. She released a seventy four page

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<v Speaker 2>think one of the papers described it as a scathing report.

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<v Speaker 2>Today we'll talk about that coming back on Nightside.

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<v Speaker 1>You're on night Side with Dan Ray on waz Boston's

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<v Speaker 2>All right, thank you very much. Madison. Let us continue

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<v Speaker 2>here on the night before the big storm. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>that some of you can maybe take a mental health

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<v Speaker 2>day tomorrow. It's going to be nasty, nasty weather day.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll be talking with someone one of the ACU weather

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<v Speaker 2>actually weather meteorologist beginning at about quarter of nine. But

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<v Speaker 2>right now we're talking to doctor Shivani Kumar. He is

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<v Speaker 2>a vascular surgeon at Tufft's Medical Center and doctor Kumar.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Nightside. First of all, thank you for joining

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<v Speaker 2>us tonight.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you so much for having me pleasure to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're going to talk about a new non invasive

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<v Speaker 2>technology which I've never heard of, using a device called Tamby.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, is that the correct pronunciation ta mbe tamby.

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<v Speaker 5>That's the correct planciation of the acronym. The long name

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<v Speaker 5>is a thorical abdominal branch endoprop thesis, so so we

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<v Speaker 5>abbreviate that to campy.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to call it tamby. You can call it

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<v Speaker 2>anything you want, but this is intended to treat a

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<v Speaker 2>certain type of aortic aneurysm that previously required major open

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<v Speaker 2>heart surgery. First of all, for those of us who

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<v Speaker 2>are not spot about this, as you are in a

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<v Speaker 2>order aneurysm, I think most of us know what an

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<v Speaker 2>aneurism is. I think some of us have an idea

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<v Speaker 2>where our order is. But I'm sure you can explain

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<v Speaker 2>it much better than that.

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<v Speaker 5>Go right ahead, sure, So our order is the biggest blood,

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<v Speaker 5>that's all that comes off of our heart. It supplies

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<v Speaker 5>blood all over our body. And an aneurysm you can

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<v Speaker 5>think of as a bulge, dilation of ballooning of the order,

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<v Speaker 5>and the bigger that gets, the higher the risks that

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<v Speaker 2>And so when kids blow bubble sort of like when

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<v Speaker 2>kids blow bubblegum, you know, the bubble keeps getting bigger

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<v Speaker 2>and bigger, and you know at some moment that bubble's

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<v Speaker 5>Go right ahead exactly like that, exactly, And so that's

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<v Speaker 5>the problem that carries high high mortality. And this particular

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<v Speaker 5>type of aurism that we're treating is one that involves

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<v Speaker 5>blood flow to the major organs in the belly, your liver, spleen,

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<v Speaker 5>way we've had to repair these is by doing you know,

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<v Speaker 5>really the biggest surgery we do in vascular surgery, which

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<v Speaker 5>is opening someone up from the chest down to their

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<v Speaker 5>navel and move their organs out of the way, clamp

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<v Speaker 5>their reorda need to have some partial bypass to provide

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<v Speaker 5>blood flow to these vital organs while we're operating, and

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<v Speaker 5>it carried a lot of you know, risk with it,

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<v Speaker 5>with the tamby. We now have a this is a

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<v Speaker 5>for these aneurysms, and that got to proved an August

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<v Speaker 5>of twenty twenty four. And now we have a way

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<v Speaker 5>to treat these patients with one small incision like up

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<v Speaker 5>on the chest and then two needlesticks in the groin

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<v Speaker 5>and patients can recover and go home from the hospital

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<v Speaker 5>on post operative day two or three.

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<v Speaker 2>So have there been a lot of these surgery, these

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<v Speaker 2>so called TAMPI surgeries? You said that's only been approved

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<v Speaker 2>since last August, But how's the track record at this

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<v Speaker 2>point to this.

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<v Speaker 1>Procedure so far?

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<v Speaker 5>Very well? Actually, I was speaking to the medical team

423
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<v Speaker 5>the last few days and now we've hit one thousand

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<v Speaker 5>implants across the country since approval.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is this involves an implant.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And my question is, and you know, for those in

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<v Speaker 2>the audience maybe who are more medically knowledgeable than me,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe they'll sound like a silly question, but oftentimes when

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<v Speaker 2>you hear of aneurysms, you hear of brain aneurysms. Are

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<v Speaker 2>these aneurysms, these aortic aneurysms, Are they before you can

432
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<v Speaker 2>intervene in this part of the body more.

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<v Speaker 5>Easily, So yes or no, They're easier to identify because

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<v Speaker 5>oftentimes patients come into the er with abdominal pain or

435
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<v Speaker 5>another problem, and they get a capped inner an ultrasound,

436
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<v Speaker 5>and so we oftentimes find them incidentally, you're sort of

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<v Speaker 5>by accident, and that allows us to kind of track

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<v Speaker 5>them and treat them when appropriate, when they reach that

439
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<v Speaker 5>size that's big enough, like that bubblegum about to burst. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>we also, you know, the United States Prevented Task Force

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<v Speaker 5>also recommend screening for aneurisms of specific patient populations, men

442
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<v Speaker 5>over the age of sixty five who have ever smoked,

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<v Speaker 5>people who have a family history of aneurysms, and women

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<v Speaker 5>with high risk factors.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, doctor, I want to give medical advice over the

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<v Speaker 2>over the radio, but I want you to know I

447
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<v Speaker 2>am on the wrong side of But I'm happy to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you I have never smoked a cigarette in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>And I actually do my annual physical tomorrow morning with

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<v Speaker 2>my doctor. So when I say to him, do you

451
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<v Speaker 2>think I have it? I could possibly have an aortic aneurism.

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<v Speaker 2>Is he going to look at me like I have

453
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<v Speaker 2>two heads, or do I then have to tell them. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>just last night I was talking to doctor Kumar. I

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<v Speaker 2>love it when you say people who haven't smoked, and

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<v Speaker 2>I've never. I just never liked to have it, to

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<v Speaker 2>be honest with you. And so does that help protect

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<v Speaker 2>me about people who haven't smoked with both aortic or

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<v Speaker 2>with other aneurisms and other parts of the body.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, that's definitely a protective factor for you, you know, and

461
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<v Speaker 5>patients who have never smoked, the prevalence of an aneurysm

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<v Speaker 5>is about one to two percent, so it's pretty rare.

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<v Speaker 2>I've enjoyed this conversation. You know why I never smoked.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. You know what your experience has been.

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<v Speaker 2>But my dad was a two packa day smoker, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can remember as a kid in the house, I

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<v Speaker 2>hated smoke. I hated the smell of smoke, hated everything

468
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<v Speaker 2>about it. And when the Surgeon General's report came out

469
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<v Speaker 2>in nineteen sixty four, he went cold turkey. It's very,

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<v Speaker 2>very stubborn or adamant, whichever adjective you want to use.

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<v Speaker 2>But I credit him for making sure that I had

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<v Speaker 2>never picked up the habit. I just thought it was

473
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<v Speaker 2>a dirty, you know, a filthy sort of habit, and

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<v Speaker 2>it never appealed to me. I have other vices, but

475
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<v Speaker 2>not that. So you've made me happy. What should people

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<v Speaker 2>do who are listening and maybe have smoked over the

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<v Speaker 2>age of sixty five? Should they ask their primary care

478
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<v Speaker 2>physician to consider what or not they could have an aneurism?

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<v Speaker 2>What advice can we give generally to people who maybe

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<v Speaker 2>would be in the category who are susceptible?

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<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, I think anyone over the age of sixty five,

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<v Speaker 5>especially men who have ever smoked in their lives, even

483
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<v Speaker 5>if it was five years remotely, they have an increased

484
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<v Speaker 5>risk of an aneurysm. So they should talk to their

485
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<v Speaker 5>primary care doctor about doing a one time screening. It

486
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<v Speaker 5>is covered by insurance, and that screening is painless. It's

487
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<v Speaker 5>an ultrasound down of the belly and that detects if

488
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<v Speaker 5>you have one or not, and if you do, you

489
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<v Speaker 5>can be referred to a vascular surgery who can then

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<v Speaker 5>follow your aneurism with appropriate imaging an appropriate timeline depending

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<v Speaker 5>on the size.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so I think the yeah, I'm sorry, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think what I heard you say was that even if

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<v Speaker 2>someone had given up the cigarettes, five years or ten

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. That's a good thing, but they still if

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<v Speaker 2>they had smoked for any period of time, they got

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<v Speaker 2>to be aware of this when they talk to their PCPs.

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<v Speaker 5>Absolutely absolutely, Land and you kind of touched on it,

499
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<v Speaker 5>but smoking succation and stopping smoking is also very important

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<v Speaker 5>for aneurism growth. You know, smoking is the number one

501
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<v Speaker 5>risk factor for aneurysm development and then for that aneurism

502
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<v Speaker 5>to grow to that bubblegum size you were talking about

503
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<v Speaker 5>that Pops.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, I'll tell you really, I so appreciate you

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<v Speaker 2>coming on. We're very fortunate with the number of medical

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<v Speaker 2>professionals and experts we have in the Greater Boston area

507
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<v Speaker 2>who will give us a few minutes on this program

508
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<v Speaker 2>and talk about to you know, tens of thousands of

509
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<v Speaker 2>listeners about medical issues. And I just want to say thanks,

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<v Speaker 2>very thank you very much for what you do, and

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<v Speaker 2>congratulate everybody over at Tough's Medical Center. It's a great

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<v Speaker 2>medical facility. We're blessed to have so many great medical

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<v Speaker 2>facilities here in the Greater Boston area. And I learned

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<v Speaker 2>a lot tonight from this interview, and I really do appreciate.

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<v Speaker 5>You taking the time our pleasure. Thank you so much

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<v Speaker 5>for having me and bringing some more awareness to this

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<v Speaker 5>disease process.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, doctor Schavani Kumar, there's there's no particular website that

519
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<v Speaker 2>you want to refer folks to here. I assume this

520
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<v Speaker 2>that they can google. I guess aortic aneurysms if they

521
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<v Speaker 2>fall into that category, I get some more information. But

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<v Speaker 2>there's no nothing particularly that we can refer people to.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say, you know, Tamby dot com.

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<v Speaker 5>Or something like that, right, you can google Tamby that

525
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<v Speaker 5>will come up. You can also, you know, I think

526
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<v Speaker 5>googling abdominal aoricaneurism is helpful, but there's no particular website

527
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<v Speaker 5>dedicated to aneurismal disease. But that's a good idea and

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<v Speaker 5>maybe something that we can work on as ascular surgeons.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much, Doctor chavann Kumar. Talk again, I hope,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you very much. When we get back. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about the reality of the weekend and the

532
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<v Speaker 2>reality of tomorrow is a big time rain. It's as

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<v Speaker 2>simple as that. I don't think we're going to escape it.

534
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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure we're not going to escape it. And I

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<v Speaker 2>hope to be talking with acute Weather Media A just

536
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<v Speaker 2>Brian Thompson, not only about Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, but

537
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<v Speaker 2>what the rest of the weekend might hold. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the first long weekend of the summer. It doesn't feel

539
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<v Speaker 2>like the summer. It doesn't feel like the start of summer.

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<v Speaker 2>But hopefully, hopefully we can turn around now and at

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<v Speaker 2>least give you some hope that Saturday or Sunday might

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<v Speaker 2>be better. We'll be talking with Brian Thompson right after

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<v Speaker 2>the break.

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<v Speaker 1>Night SI with Dan Ray. I'm telling you Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if you were out today rowing on the Charles

546
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<v Speaker 2>or sailing on the Charles, or walking along the public garden,

547
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, eighty five degrees isn't a bad weather day.

548
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<v Speaker 2>Of course it wasn't eighty five degrees, but maybe in

549
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<v Speaker 2>your imagination today was a nasty day. I mean it

550
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<v Speaker 2>felt like March more than May. And to explain all

551
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<v Speaker 2>of this, first of all, why we're having a deal

552
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<v Speaker 2>with this type weather is our good friend acuweather meteorologist

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Thompson. Hey, Brian, what did we do wrong that

554
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<v Speaker 2>had the weather gods so angry? Have you figured that

555
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<v Speaker 2>one out yet? No?

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<v Speaker 6>I haven't done. It is it's not unusual to have

557
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<v Speaker 6>days like this in mid to late May. It's it's

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<v Speaker 6>not it's not particularly common to get this many days

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<v Speaker 6>of chilly weather. And it's going to stay pretty chilly

560
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<v Speaker 6>through tomorrow, Friday, even Saturday is going to be a

561
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<v Speaker 6>bit on the cool side. So we're talking about highs

562
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<v Speaker 6>in the fifties, which again is not uncommon. It does

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<v Speaker 6>happen this time of year, especially with the water still

564
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<v Speaker 6>being so chilly, but it's just an unusual for it

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<v Speaker 6>to be a string of days like this.

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<v Speaker 2>It seems like it's been. It seems like it's been

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<v Speaker 2>the entire month, and I don't remember April being that

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<v Speaker 2>grade either.

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<v Speaker 6>Well I actually believe it or not. We're running three

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<v Speaker 6>degrees above average for the month. We've especially early in

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<v Speaker 6>the month, we did have some warm days got to

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<v Speaker 6>eighty four. That was way back on May third, it

573
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<v Speaker 6>was nearly three weeks ago. Yeah, but we've certainly had

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<v Speaker 6>some chillier stretches in between. And this is actually some

575
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<v Speaker 6>of the cool weather of the month we're seeing right now,

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<v Speaker 6>so unusual, kind of backwards the way you think of it,

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<v Speaker 6>You normally think the cooler weather of May would be

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<v Speaker 6>in the beginning of the month to get warmer tour

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<v Speaker 6>Memorial there.

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<v Speaker 2>So what's going on. We got a whole bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>tornadoes running around in the Midwest, and this apparently is

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<v Speaker 2>what we're not that we're going to be seeing tornadoes

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<v Speaker 2>because I think it's probably too cool, too cold for tornadoes.

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<v Speaker 2>If I think I learned that somewhere, and what you

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<v Speaker 2>know when I read it somewhere tornado.

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<v Speaker 6>It's not impossible to get tornadoes and cooler weather. It's

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<v Speaker 6>rare though, because to get the to get the instability

588
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<v Speaker 6>you need for severe thunderstorms, typically it needs to at

589
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<v Speaker 6>least be on the milder side.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So, so what happens these tornadoes. We've just seen

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<v Speaker 2>them down in Oklahoma and Missouri and Kentucky. As they

592
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<v Speaker 2>come up towards New England, they they're losing that that

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<v Speaker 2>wind power. But the cold is staying and the ra

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<v Speaker 2>is the rain's coming up nonetheless, and we're gonna look

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<v Speaker 2>at a really nasty day.

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<v Speaker 6>Tomorrow from yeah, yeah, tomorrow is gonna be the worst

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<v Speaker 6>day of the stretch. It was it was cool today,

598
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<v Speaker 6>it was cloudy, was damp, it was drizzled. But we're

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<v Speaker 6>gonna have a lot more rain tomorrow that's gonna certainly

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<v Speaker 6>make it worse when you tied in with the severe weather.

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<v Speaker 6>The storm system that has helped to fuel that severe

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<v Speaker 6>weather has been moving through the Ohio Valley, and this

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<v Speaker 6>weather map looks very similar to something we'd see in

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<v Speaker 6>the wintertime, because we've talked about the storm being a

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<v Speaker 6>kind of a nor'easter type storm here, because you have

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<v Speaker 6>a storm that's moving into the Ohio Valley and you

607
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<v Speaker 6>have another storm that's developing along the east coast, and

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<v Speaker 6>that there's kind of an energy transfer that takes place.

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<v Speaker 6>The storm along the coast kind of takes over as

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<v Speaker 6>the main storm and then moves up again. We see

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<v Speaker 6>this a lot of times in the winter months. That's

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<v Speaker 6>where we sometimes get the big snowstorms. And that's what

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<v Speaker 6>we're going to see into tomorrow. The storm along the coast,

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<v Speaker 6>it develops, that intensifies, and that's going to put us

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<v Speaker 6>in the in the area of some heavy your rain

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<v Speaker 6>and some strong winds as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think at least one of the weather forecasts

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<v Speaker 2>I saw in the last day or so talked about

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<v Speaker 2>some snow up in Maine and eastern New Hampshire.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's very possible. I mean we're talking about temperatures

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<v Speaker 6>most of the day tomorrow that will be in the

622
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<v Speaker 6>forties around here, and when you get up in elevation,

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<v Speaker 6>it won't have to get super high to be talking

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<v Speaker 6>about some snow in northern parts of New England.

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<v Speaker 2>When is it going to break? Okay? So tomorrow is

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<v Speaker 2>a washout, Okay, but tomorrow's Thursday. It's not Saturday or Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Friday going to be a transition day or is

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<v Speaker 2>it just going to creep and get a little bit better?

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<v Speaker 2>At no point? I mean the song from Annie the

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<v Speaker 2>Sun will be up tomorrow. That's not playing tomorrow at all.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, that is not playing tomorrow. I don't think it's

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<v Speaker 6>playing Friday either. Maybe Saturday. I think there's some hope

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<v Speaker 6>to see some sun. To your point of Friday making

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<v Speaker 6>a transition day, I think it will be to some extent. Again,

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<v Speaker 6>it's going to be cloudy. It is still going to

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<v Speaker 6>be very chilly on Friday. I don't think we get

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<v Speaker 6>past the mid fifties in most spots, but it won't

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<v Speaker 6>be nearly as wet as tomorrow. We'll have a couple

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<v Speaker 6>of showers still around Friday, but kind of transitioning out

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<v Speaker 6>of the wetter pattern. I think Friday is going to

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<v Speaker 6>be that transition day, and Saturday kind of falls into

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<v Speaker 6>that category too. Now I think Saturday we have a

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<v Speaker 6>better chance of seeing some breaks of sun than Friday,

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<v Speaker 6>but we'll still have a couple of showers around. But

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<v Speaker 6>as nasty as the next thirty six hours or so

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<v Speaker 6>are going to be, I don't think it's a bad

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<v Speaker 6>holiday weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>Again.

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<v Speaker 6>It'll start off kind of cool Saturday, and overall it

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<v Speaker 6>is going to be on the cool sign for a

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<v Speaker 6>Memorial Day weekend. But by the time we get to

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<v Speaker 6>Sunday and Memorial Day, highly back into the sixties again,

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<v Speaker 6>and as possible, attempts may get well into the sixties

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<v Speaker 6>on Memorial Day. I know it's not the summer preview

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<v Speaker 6>that some people want, but it's going to be an

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<v Speaker 6>improvement certainly, and if you have outdoor activities, I don't

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<v Speaker 6>think I think most of the weekend is going to

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<v Speaker 6>be dry. I don't think we're going to be dealing

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<v Speaker 6>with rain a lot at the time. Again, the chance

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<v Speaker 6>for a shower two Saturday, maybe a stray shower either

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<v Speaker 6>Sunday or Monday, but again, a lot of the time

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<v Speaker 6>looks dry at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I know that, and I just I don't want to,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, put any pressure on here. But when we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about New England, New England's it's a small place

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<v Speaker 2>on a map, but it's a big place if you

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<v Speaker 2>have to drive around. Who's going to get the better weekend?

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say, let's talk about Saturday, the Cape of the

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<v Speaker 2>Mountains or western Massachusetts. It's gonna or is it just

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<v Speaker 2>going to be kind of the same.

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<v Speaker 6>It's going to be kind of the same. We're going

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<v Speaker 6>to be in this broad pattern where there's an upper

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<v Speaker 6>level low overhead. So I don't think the weather is

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<v Speaker 6>going to vary all that much from place to place,

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<v Speaker 6>just looking at some of the forecasts on the Cape

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<v Speaker 6>or looking at temperatures in the mid fifties on Saturday

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<v Speaker 6>with a shower or two, but out in Western mass

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<v Speaker 6>probably a little cooler but still in the low fifties

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<v Speaker 6>and very similar with clouds and a shower too. So really,

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<v Speaker 6>actually across most of New England Saturday, I think it'll

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<v Speaker 6>be very similar weather. We'll just have these spotty showers

682
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<v Speaker 6>that are around. Itill be pretty cloudy, but at times

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<v Speaker 6>the sun's going to pop out, but most of the

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<v Speaker 6>time is going to be dry.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So last question, I swear, and that is when

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<v Speaker 2>does this pattern? Can you foresee this pattern finally be

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<v Speaker 2>done with it and getting it. Yeah, we'll have rain

688
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<v Speaker 2>in June, I get it, We'll have some cooler days,

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<v Speaker 2>et cetera. But is this this huge pattern that we

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<v Speaker 2>have We're going to all of a sudden turn around

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<v Speaker 2>sometime next week, which is June, well not June. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me look at my calend. It's it's June first. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>get you until next weekend. Following next weekend on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>when will it feel like June? It's fun.

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<v Speaker 6>It may take until June. Actually, yes, because we're in

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<v Speaker 6>this pattern through the weekend again, it warms up a

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<v Speaker 6>little bit at least into the sixties by Monday. But

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<v Speaker 6>the problem is the jet stream is going to still

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<v Speaker 6>be kind of kind of up in the western part

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<v Speaker 6>of the US and down in the east. That allows

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<v Speaker 6>the cooler air to kind of stick around. So I

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<v Speaker 6>think kihceptre's a lot of next week could still be

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<v Speaker 6>in the sixties. But as we get late in the

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<v Speaker 6>next week and especially toward next weekend, as we get

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<v Speaker 6>toward the beginning of June, there are signs that may

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<v Speaker 6>be some of that warmth from the western part of

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<v Speaker 6>the country will start to slide eastward a bit, so

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<v Speaker 6>we may finally start to warm things back up a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, look, I so appreciate you taking the time, Brian.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure that everybody is bugging you at this point

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to figure out what the weather forecast is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be. But you've reached a lot of people tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>And although you haven't provided the forecast that we wanted,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, seventy five and Sonny, you've given us. You've

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<v Speaker 2>given us a great explanation. I so appreciate you taking

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<v Speaker 2>the time. My friend will talk sooner, and you have

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<v Speaker 2>a great Memorial Day weekend. Okay, you two damn thanks

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<v Speaker 2>very much. Ack you weather meteorologists. Brian Thompson telling us

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<v Speaker 2>the way it is, not the way we want it

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<v Speaker 2>to be, necessarily, but the way it is. So we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to wrap it up here for the eight o'clock hour,

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<v Speaker 2>and we will be standing by and after the nine

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock newscast, we're going to have an opportunity to speak

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<v Speaker 2>with the State Auditor of conwalth and Massachusetts. Diana Desauglio

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<v Speaker 2>is not the most popular person at the State House

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<v Speaker 2>these days, but good for her. She has the courage

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<v Speaker 2>and backbone to stand up and do what her office

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<v Speaker 2>mandates true to do. So we'll be talking with Diana Desauglio,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going to tell you right now that if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to talk to a get on the line early,

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<v Speaker 2>because she's going to stay with us, not for the

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<v Speaker 2>entire hour, but just till nine thirty. Feel free to

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<v Speaker 2>join this conversation six one, seven, two, five, four ten

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<v Speaker 2>thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. Come

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<v Speaker 2>on right back on Night's side after the nine o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>news