WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:07.240 on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:10.119 They have a special fire coverage, of course, covering the 5 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.439 fires that continue to burn in these very very windy 6 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:18.600 conditions throughout La County. We have three, although they keep 7 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:21.239 saying they want to shoehorn a fourth in there and 8 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.800 there's no need. Three big fires. The Palisades Fire burning 9 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:29.000 out Malibu between Malibu and Santa Monica through Pacific Palisades, 10 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:34.079 well over five thousand acres is an under estimate as 11 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.679 to how much ground has burned up. The county fire 12 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:42.039 chief did say that about a thousand structures were destroyed. 13 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.320 That number could also be low. A high number of 14 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.960 significant injuries that again the Palisades Fire. The Eton Fire 15 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.240 in the Altadina Pasadena area has now burned more than 16 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.960 ten thousand acres according to the Angelus National Forest. We 17 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.560 do know there were two fatalities in that fire, but 18 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.280 at this point point unknown cause of the fatalities, also 19 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:07.120 a number of significant significant injuries and well over one 20 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:11.000 hundred structures destroyed there. The third one, burning in the 21 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.519 northernmost area of the San Fernando Valley. The Hurst Fire 22 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:18.239 up near Silmar is over five hundred acres burning in 23 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.480 an old burn scar from the old Saddle Ridge Fire 24 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:26.040 and has caused been cause for several evacuations as well. 25 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.760 We're keeping an eye on a fire station out of 26 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:33.159 Santa Monica where we expect to have President Biden and 27 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.599 Governor Newsom take part in a news conference in a 28 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:36.079 short time. 29 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.680 Biden was just a Cedar Sinai where Hunter's wife, the 30 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.280 one he married in twenty nineteen after just six days 31 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:45.359 of knowing her, is giving birth to their second child. 32 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:48.840 It was a planned c section there. He was in 33 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:51.879 town to do the two monuments right over in the 34 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:54.760 Inland Empire, and then they decided he would not be 35 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:56.920 doing that because of the fire. So he was hunkered 36 00:01:56.959 --> 00:01:59.959 down somewhere overnight in La went to Cedars this morning, 37 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:03.480 and it's going to the fire station now. But that's 38 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:07.159 neither here nor They're not important. No politics is important 39 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:10.680 right now. It was devastation and eating canyon overnight where 40 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:15.159 that brush fire that started last night round six six 41 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:19.840 thirty something like that. It exploded overnight because the winds 42 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.120 were so insane. We mentioned that ninety nine mile per 43 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.879 hour wind in Altadena clocked at about nine thirty last night. 44 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:29.879 That is just where you're. 45 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.560 Finding home after home after home just gone. And again 46 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.680 the fire crew saying we are spread too thin. And 47 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:41.800 when you think about the distances between the fires as well, 48 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:47.080 it's great, great distances between the Palisades and Eaton Canyon 49 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:48.159 area as well. 50 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:50.759 And I think it is telling that a lot of 51 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:51.280 times with. 52 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.199 These fires, you'll hear the firefighters say, you know, just 53 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.240 get out, just get out of your neighborhoods, you know, 54 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.199 to leave the hoses there so that we can use 55 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.879 them if we need to. You're not hearing that because 56 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:06.759 they don't have enough crews to respond to every single 57 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:11.199 residential fire that's sprouting up. So you've got people manning 58 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:14.080 the hoses trying to water down the bushes and the 59 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:17.919 trees and the fences and everything around the homes because 60 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.639 of what you saw also in past in the Pacific 61 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.680 Palisades yesterday where the fire crews couldn't get to the 62 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.639 top of Palisades Drive because of all the traffic moving 63 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:29.319 down all four lanes from the mountain, and then saying 64 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.400 that if you're at the top, shelter in place, don't leave. 65 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:33.840 Well. 66 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:38.919 Obviously, people's eyeballs are important when we see the beginnings 67 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.080 of these things. And the very first indication that we 68 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.120 had of this fire yesterday in Palisades was listener Felix, 69 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:47.439 who called and left us a talk back. 70 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:54.319 Oh, Garre at Salamonica. I'm facing north of Gloriafield Exit. 71 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:56.560 It's a giant fire. I don't know if we just 72 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:00.159 want to talk about that. It's yeah, these ways going 73 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:00.680 to be killed. 74 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:02.120 Take care. 75 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:06.439 Yeah, And that basically started what began twenty four hours 76 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.280 of wall to wall coverage up to this point. At 77 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:11.280 this point, Felix actually is joining us live now on 78 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:13.400 the phone to talk more. Felix, hey man, thanks for 79 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:20.319 having great eyeballs yesterday. Good when you saw this yesterday, 80 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:22.120 you have any expectation that it was going to get 81 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:22.959 this bad? 82 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.040 I kind of did. Just the wind were so bad 83 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:31.160 and the flames were just so so strong already, even 84 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:32.800 if it's just on top of the ridge, you were 85 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.519 able to tell that it wasn't going to be an 86 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:36.560 easy battley to pay. 87 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:38.680 Yeah, you could kind of hear it in your voice. 88 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.480 You're like, these winds are not good. This is not 89 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.439 going to be a good situation. You know, we kind 90 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:45.439 of had the same feeling yesterday when we were talking 91 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.639 about it, talking to Henry to Carlo, and you know, 92 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:52.160 you hear all this hyperbole about you know, Arctic blasts 93 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:57.040 and atmospheric river and polar vortegs and Arctic outbreak and 94 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.240 it's just like this hysteria. But when we are about 95 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:04.040 this wind event, with these crazy ass mountain wave winds. 96 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:05.639 You just kind of knew it was gonna, you know, 97 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:06.839 hit us very different. 98 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:12.839 Yeah, the winzard are consistent, they're being they may not 99 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:17.199 be extremely strong, but they're they're there. I'm working, I 100 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.000 work on doors, so I'm just constantly feeling the wind. 101 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:21.639 Oh man, what do you do? 102 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.600 I delivered for the brown trunk. 103 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:30.800 The brown trucks got it. I know. I like those guys. Felix, again, 104 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:34.319 thanks for thanks for calling us when you saw that yesterday. 105 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:37.279 It's it's important we get that information quickly, and you 106 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:37.879 were the first. 107 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.639 Thanks you, and thanks for continuing to work through all 108 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:41.319 this mess. 109 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:44.079 Thank you. I appreciate your all. 110 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:46.120 You know, as they say, brown never stops. 111 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.480 No, it doesn't like that. No, it's a brown storm. 112 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:49.560 Oh wait, that's the cruise. 113 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:53.279 Thanks Felix, We appreciate it you too. 114 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:58.000 We are in Santa Monica, the City of l a 115 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:02.839 fire chief is giving President Sandalus an update looking at 116 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:06.600 a map and aerial map of the Palisades fire warning. 117 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:10.439 Around ten thirty. We did pre deploy a number of resources. 118 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:13.360 We knew this was there was a potential for a 119 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:17.759 significant threat to our constituents due to the weather event 120 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.639 high high, high winds. I've never seen the winds in 121 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:23.839 my twenty five year career, so we leaned forward as 122 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:27.360 much as possible and pre deployed with that. We had 123 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.040 a significant amount of fire that occurred. We had an 124 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:35.560 aggressive fire attack. The fire has grown from originally ten 125 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.160 acres to ten thousand, eight hundred and two acres as 126 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:44.519 we speak. It's an active, active firefight with our firefighters 127 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.120 and they're doing their very best to protect our people 128 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:48.040 within this area. 129 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:50.319 Interesting enough, because. 130 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:52.120 Of the winds and the low humidity, we had a 131 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:56.000 second fire also break out, and that was the Hurst Fire, 132 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:57.399 which is just north. 133 00:06:57.160 --> 00:06:57.959 Of that area. 134 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.560 Again, this was close to eleven one thousand acres. This 135 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:05.040 is close to five hundred acres. That also broke out. 136 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:08.000 The information that I want to share with you is 137 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:11.759 also the significance of multiple fires in the area within 138 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.319 the city but also the county. 139 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:14.759 That's the second. 140 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:18.439 Fire that actually came out and we're actively engaged in 141 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:22.720 that firefight. The third fire then broke out this morning 142 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:24.959 at four o'clock in the morning, in which we have 143 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:28.199 an active firefight there as well. We're working with our 144 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:33.319 local jurisdictions, our state, regional, as well as federal, so 145 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.439 we're doing everything we can to protect life first and 146 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:39.639 property next. We'll go ahead and then pass this off 147 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:41.800 to Police Chief McDonald. 148 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:43.879 Thank you, Thank you, Chief, Miss President. 149 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:46.160 It's an honor to be able to be here and 150 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.079 be part of this and represent the men and women 151 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.639 of LAPD and policing to support our partners in the 152 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:54.199 fire service. What we saw here in the last twenty 153 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:57.079 four hours is unprecedented. I've never seen anything like this. 154 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:59.439 Fire is driven by the type of winds that we 155 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:03.160 saw up to one hundred miles an hour. Our role 156 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:06.680 out there is strictly support to be there for evacuations, 157 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:09.040 to get people out of the affected area, to be 158 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:12.120 able to provide for traffic control and then crime suppression 159 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.399 as the fire is fought and some may come in 160 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.199 and try and take the opportunity to go into these 161 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.680 homes and steal from them. So we're going to be 162 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.519 on top of that. I just want to say the 163 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:25.720 relationship we enjoy here in my case under the leadership 164 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:28.399 of Mayor Bass, but all of our elected officials, is 165 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.639 unlike I think anywhere else in the country. We are 166 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:33.240 blessed to have the relationship between police and fire that 167 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:36.399 we do here. Unfortunately we do this kind of thing frequently, 168 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:39.679 never to this level, but I can't say enough about 169 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:41.519 how important that is. And as we go into the 170 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:44.480 next five years with the Super Bowl and the World 171 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:46.879 Cup and the Olympics coming up, it's critical that we 172 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.200 maintain those partnerships. 173 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:50.039 So thank you for this opportunity circuit. 174 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:54.000 Oh sorry, let me introduce my partner from the county 175 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:57.480 Fire Department, Chief Tony Maloney. 176 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:01.200 Yeah, so thank you. I'm going to be giving you 177 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:04.440 an update on our Eaton fire, which is east of 178 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:08.240 cornst The county starts all the way up in Lancaster 179 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.840 and goes all the way down to the Long Beach border. 180 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.320 We go from the county line in Fadura all the 181 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:18.440 way out to Pomona four three hundred acres, so we 182 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.559 have a fire east of the Palisades Fire that began 183 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:25.840 last night. It's called the Eton Fire. It's currently ten thousand, 184 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:30.840 six hundred acres zero percent containment. We have over seven 185 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:35.799 hundred and fifty firefighters on the line. Unfortunately, two people 186 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.159 have lost their lives. Residents have lost their lives at 187 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:43.840 the Eaton fire. It's impacting tens of thousands of homes, 188 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:47.159 not only in the city of Pasadena, but also the 189 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:52.000 county area of Altadena, and we're doing our very best. 190 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.919 We just had our out of state resources arrived from 191 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.000 Arizona at the Eaton fire to assist us. Last night, 192 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.720 as the Region one coordinator, I contacted the Governor's Office 193 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:08.440 of Emergency Services. We requested two hundred and fifty additional 194 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:13.200 engines into La County with one thousand personnel. We also 195 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:20.519 are using our inner our compacts with other states like Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, 196 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:24.759 and Washington. Firefighters from those regions are on their way 197 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.000 down to Los Angeles County right now to assist us. 198 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.600 So thank you for your interest, thank you for your attention. 199 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:43.440 You get him a microphone? Why are people not good 200 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:44.120 at their jobs? 201 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:46.480 Ken? 202 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:51.039 We are listening to President Biden speaks well from a 203 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:52.039 mile away. 204 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:55.000 Apparently driving me. 205 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.759 Because he's talked to the Department of Defense about this. 206 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:09.240 California National Guard, California National Guard. Good lord, why can't 207 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:13.000 they get the president a microphone? For the love for 208 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:19.279 more SOT? Okay, you know what, that's not gonna go 209 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:21.360 any better. He's not on Mike. He's not on Mike. 210 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.799 I've got an update here. We'll monitor this. I'm not 211 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:28.360 gonna listen to bad audio. We've got an update from 212 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.600 the watch Duty app. By the way, the watch Duty 213 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.759 app has been key. There's been a lot to talk 214 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.080 about this on Twitter and elsewhere. 215 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:36.639 It is true. It is a great app. 216 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:40.600 It's nonprofit, and it's fantastic in terms of the updates. 217 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:45.279 It's a free app again watch Duty. It reports that 218 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:50.799 the Palisades fire now that radio traffic indicates the fire 219 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:54.600 is advancing up the canyon and will reach Old Topanga 220 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:55.720 in about an hour. 221 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.879 Reversing direction there uh not. 222 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.320 They did see some of that kind of fire behavior yesterday, 223 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.200 but it was not well reported. They did, you know, 224 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:08.600 instances of it, but it wasn't. I mean, the benefit 225 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:11.679 that we have today, obviously is daylight. For one thing, 226 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:15.200 lower wind speeds and wind gusts, So we do have 227 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:17.480 aircraft in the air so they can see that sort 228 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:19.879 of behavior and give us a heads up. The other 229 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:23.240 thing that the fire chief did mention was that Palisades 230 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:26.879 fires close to eleven thousand acres. Remember we were saying 231 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:29.759 earlier today that five thousand that he estimate that he 232 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:33.720 gave in the first news conference was very very low, 233 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:36.519 and as I was saying multiple times, it's going to 234 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.080 come out much higher than that, the ten thousand, eight 235 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:42.559 hundred and two acres of the Palisades fire. 236 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:44.960 But by the time we're done with this, it's going 237 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:47.720 to be in the tens of thousands, if not, you know, 238 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:48.759 six figures. 239 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:52.720 You mentioned this earlier. The acreage isn't what is most 240 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.960 important here. Most important here is a that we had 241 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:59.879 no fatalities. We did have a high number of significant injuries, 242 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.519 but that we've seen one thousand structures destroyed. That was 243 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.600 the That was the number that was given by the 244 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.320 county fire chief early this morning. A thousand structures destroyed. 245 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:12.600 And that's just the Palisades fire. That doesn't count the 246 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:15.080 Eaten fire over an Altadena in Pasadena. 247 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:23.360 This is continued. Nobody has a microphone. 248 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:26.519 Nobody has a microphone in that in that fire station, 249 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:29.080 and there's a dozen cameras they're watching that. 250 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:32.639 Let's it's not a time, it's not about the what 251 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:37.159 day is it is? Wednesday eleven, nineteen and forty nine seconds? 252 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:40.120 There is a microphone on a boom that's about sixty 253 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:41.759 feet away from the guy's face. 254 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:44.960 I understand that. I understand that we're going to get 255 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:45.600 through this together. 256 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.279 I doubt it. 257 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.360 We're taking your calls one eight hundred five. 258 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:51.519 Now they're offering everybody out, Ladies and gentlemen, out of 259 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:53.200 the room, no questions. 260 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.960 You're yelling one eight hundred and five to zero, one KFI. 261 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:01.360 This is a horrific morning, a lot of shock. A 262 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.120 lot of people who didn't even know that they were 263 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:06.480 going to have to evacuate, got out in the nick 264 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:08.799 of time, and then went back this morning and there's 265 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:12.279 nothing left. I mean, just a freaking whiplash morning for 266 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:16.759 a lot of people. Eaton Canyon Pacific Palisades a mess. 267 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.519 So if you've had an experience overnight a lot of 268 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:22.200 us have, let us know. We'll talk about it together. 269 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.879 One eight hundred and five to zero, one KFI. The 270 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.320 big three, of course, being of the Palisades, which we've 271 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:32.080 been monitoring for more than twenty four hours now, Altadino 272 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:37.279 which exploded overnight sheer devastation there as well, and Sillmar 273 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.879 being the site of the latest big one. There have 274 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:42.440 been other smaller ones popping up all over the place, 275 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:45.559 but these are the three big ones. The good news, 276 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.799 I guess, if there is any for people whose homes 277 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:54.279 still stand, is that the water dropping aircraft have resumed flight. 278 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.519 The winds have died down, which will make it all 279 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:00.240 not for not the way it was yesterday and you 280 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:04.039 saw whatever aircraft were able to survive the winds and 281 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:10.440 fly through the winds, they were kind of deemed irrelevant 282 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:12.679 because they would drop the water and the water would 283 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:15.200 just fly sideways. It wouldn't land because the winds were 284 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:19.399 so erratic. You saw the flames blowing sideways. I mean, 285 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:23.080 this was the angriest fire I've ever seen, and it 286 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:25.679 was no match, no matter We've talked to firefighters and 287 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:29.720 fire agencies, no matter how ready they were, how experienced 288 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:32.799 they are. We have the best firefighting agencies in the 289 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:36.320 world in La County, and I can't get over how 290 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.559 frustrating it might be to be put up against a 291 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.440 wind event that you just have no chance against. 292 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.600 You were under an actual mandatory evacuation order. I was 293 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:49.440 ready for one. I kept getting the alerts, but they 294 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:51.879 were apparently sending them to the wrong zone. But I 295 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:56.120 was ready to go. Dear, what was going on with you? 296 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:57.759 I know you were in an area that was going 297 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.000 to be you were nervous. I have a sense that 298 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:02.039 you are a bit nervous. 299 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:04.639 Well, I'm in Woodland Hills and I'm up in the hills, 300 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.200 and you know, Shannon's been mentioning ninety eight mile per 301 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:08.720 hour winds and she's not kidding. 302 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:11.320 It was terrifying. 303 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.279 I literally, and I'm not exaggerating, did not get a 304 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:17.000 minute of sleep last night. My bags and my husband's bag, 305 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:20.399 dog stuff were all packed to go. In fact, I 306 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:22.600 was going to bring the dogs into work this morning. 307 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:24.799 But fortunately my daughter was able to come over for 308 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:26.279 a little bit so I can come to work. 309 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:32.480 But terrifying. And we're very close to the Panga Canyon, so. 310 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.000 There are areas and it's very confusing with the different zones, 311 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:39.840 but there are areas into Panga Canyon that have mandatory 312 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:43.080 evacuation orders. Were also very close to Calabasa. It's the same. 313 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:47.879 So I am just ready to get out. 314 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:47.960 Me. 315 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.960 Let me say, I was confused last night when my 316 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.480 first when my first alarm went off at about twelve 317 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:54.840 fifteen this morning and it said that I was in 318 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:58.919 an evacuation zone. I didn't think I was, but I 319 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.679 went on to their there's a couple different. 320 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.879 I mean, watching all in evacuation zones. It's just whether 321 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:06.559 your zone has been alerted to it's turned off exactly. 322 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.160 Yeah. 323 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.960 So Watch Duty is that app that you mentioned a 324 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:12.319 few minutes ago. That was great in terms of being 325 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.119 able to very clearly see which zone you might be 326 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:19.079 in or which zones are evacuation orders or warnings. The 327 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:24.599 other one is Genesis Protect, which is ge Na Genesis 328 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:28.480 Protect very similar in terms of the ability to zoom in, 329 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:32.279 find your location where you are, and then compare that 330 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:36.240 to which zones are under evacuation orders or warnings. 331 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:39.440 And those two do work in conjunction at times as well. Yeah. 332 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:45.640 My experience was my power was shut off just randomly 333 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.079 at six pm. I didn't know if it was be 334 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.400 peremptory preemptively shut off because I'm in a fire area. 335 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.200 I'm right up against the foothills in the two ten 336 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.960 quarridor where they were worried about, or if it was 337 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.279 a power line down or whatever. And it was a 338 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:02.160 pot a popcorn machine in my backyard for lack of 339 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:06.039 a better term. Tables and chairs and plants just being 340 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.960 thrown all over the place. And like Debra said, I 341 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:11.599 was not going to be able to sleep, There's no way, 342 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:13.720 Like you didn't get any sleep because your first alert, 343 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.279 Gary went off at twelve fifteen. I knew I would 344 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.440 not be able to sleep through that winds because I 345 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:20.680 was worried that the trees in the backyard were come 346 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:24.359 slight just come be thrown into the windows. 347 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:25.000 Of the house. 348 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:28.519 Like we heard Aaron said her dining room windows got 349 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.680 blown out by the winds. 350 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:31.799 That seemed like a very real possibility. 351 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:34.839 Oh yeah, my power was shut off at seven. 352 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:37.279 And also I heard you talking earlier how you weren't 353 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.920 able to listen to the station A same. I need 354 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.200 to get a transistor radio as well, because I had 355 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:44.920 my cell phone was everybody kept texting me to say 356 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.000 if I was okay, which was very sweet, but I 357 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:49.279 kept saying, don't text me anymore, and I don't want 358 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:51.559 to answer it because I was trying to save the power. 359 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:54.599 Yeah, I mean I had a battery ready to go 360 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.759 for my phone, so I was able to have a 361 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:00.319 full phone battery. But it didn't matter because because I 362 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:02.920 couldn't get anything, I couldn't get online. I couldn't get 363 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.599 to Twitter, I couldn't get online, I coudn't get any 364 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.240 news source. 365 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.440 I had nothing. 366 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:10.960 And that's a terrible feeling, especially how connected we are now. 367 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:13.119 It's not like it's nineteen eighty five. 368 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:17.160 But in nineteen eighty five, we all had transistor radios 369 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:19.079 at the home. We all had radios, so it wasn't 370 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.319 a problem. Now we're so connected with these phones. When 371 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:26.240 they stopped working, we're screwed. It's a bad place to be. 372 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.839 Like I said, I couldn't wait to get into the 373 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:31.000 car so I had access to an actual radio. Anyway, 374 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:32.839 we will stay on top of this. Let us know 375 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:35.119 your experience. One eight hundred and five to zero one 376 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.240 kfive eight hundred five two oh one five three four 377 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:40.759 will take your calls. See what happened in your life. 378 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.319 Over the course of the last twenty four hours. 379 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:47.440 Special coverage of these fires burning throughout southern California one 380 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:51.440 thing to keep in mind. Former mayoral candidate Rick Ruiz 381 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.880 was going to be on with John coming up right 382 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:55.759 about one o'clock. Made some headlines yesterday when he went 383 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:58.359 on Channel eleven and suggested that one of the reasons 384 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:02.000 why we were seeing such damage inflicted on Pacific Palisades 385 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.440 was crews were hooking up the fire hydrants and not 386 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.759 getting any water pressure. 387 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:09.200 So we'll we'll hear. 388 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:12.240 From him again see if he can give flesh out 389 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.559 some of the details about that. 390 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.720 The bottom line right now is we've got more than 391 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:22.400 one thousand homes gone devastated. We've got two people who 392 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:25.559 have died in Alta Dina. We don't know the specifics 393 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:28.200 of that. We know that people had a hard time 394 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:32.759 escaping in both Alta Dina and in the Palisades because 395 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:37.000 the flames were moving so quickly, so ferociously, covering two 396 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.160 to three football fields in one minute. 397 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.920 At times. 398 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:43.880 We heard that Dukes was kind of a mass casualty situation, 399 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:47.519 with burned people coming down from the hills seeking refuge there. 400 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:50.440 These fires are out of control at the moment. 401 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:53.759