WEBVTT 1 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:26.559 Is everyone being safe out there? That's what I want 2 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.559 to know, is everyone being safe? Later with mo Kelly 3 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:32.439 k IF I am six forty one Live Everywhere in 4 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:36.439 the iHeartRadio app. We asked for the rains, they are here, 5 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.960 and some we asked for the rains, and we said 6 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:46.039 prepare for the mud slides. They're here, and some we 7 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:48.560 asked for the rain, but we said get ready. There 8 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.320 might be flash flooding. And guess what we have plenty 9 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:56.280 of flash flooding. I'm watching NBC four and they're showing 10 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.560 this video over and over again of an suv being 11 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:04.280 washed out into the ocean by fast moving mud slides. 12 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:05.799 It is dangerous out there. 13 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:09.239 I encourage you to slow down, and we always talk 14 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:15.040 about personal self defense and remaining safe. For today especially, 15 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.680 just take the long way home. It's okay to go 16 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:22.040 a little bit slower, go somewhere a little bit safer, 17 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:26.599 and make sure you arrive at your destination safely. As 18 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:28.359 as a matter of fact, I try to practice what 19 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.439 I preach. I took surface treats in I had to 20 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:33.959 be in at four o'clock for a meeting, which meant 21 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.120 I left my house around a little bit after two, 22 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.560 so I gonna say maybe two fifteen or so, and 23 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:42.719 I decided to just get on Western Avenue and just 24 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:45.319 drive north until I got to the one on one 25 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.239 and could loop around the Barn Boulevard, and then I 26 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:51.599 was at Burbank And it took me close to two hours, 27 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.840 close to two hours. But you know what, it wasn't 28 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:58.959 as stressful, it wasn't as dangerous, and yes, people were 29 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.280 a little bit impatient, but ultimately I got to my 30 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.319 destination safely and I did not. And I can't speak 31 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:07.560 for what it looks like right now because I've been 32 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.879 inside for the past four hours or so three hours, 33 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:14.360 but there wasn't as much flooding and something that you 34 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:17.680 have to be mindful of, especially if you're on the freeways. 35 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:19.680 If you're on the freeways. 36 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:24.240 Right now, slow down because of this downpour, this torrential downpour. 37 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.599 There may be flooding and puddling that you may not 38 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:31.680 readily see as you would during the daytime. It only 39 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:35.599 takes a momentary loss of traction and all of a 40 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:39.319 sudden you're hydroplaning. I can't speak for Mark Runner or Stephan, 41 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:41.319 but I know I've been in a car which is 42 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:43.680 hydroplane and it's a scary thing. 43 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.639 It's a very dangerous thing. And I don't know. 44 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:48.159 This is actually what I wanted to bring into the 45 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:50.879 conversation for a good evening, Mark, good evening, Stephan, Hello, Mo. 46 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:53.800 I have certain rules when I drive in rains like these. 47 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:58.159 If possible, I try to avoid the freeways, just because 48 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:02.319 chain reaction accidents happen all the time. But I also 49 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:06.159 never drive in the lane closest to the center divider. 50 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:10.080 Never because depending on the freeway, you'll have puddling there. 51 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:14.879 And if you do even momentarily lose traction and start 52 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:16.960 to hide you plane, you'll probably end up in the 53 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:17.599 center median. 54 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:18.680 That's me. 55 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:21.439 Do you have any rules that you follow? I don't 56 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.080 know about rules. I mean slower and keep more distance 57 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:26.159 between me and the car in front of me, which 58 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:28.960 not everybody follows that rule. By the way, people were 59 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:32.159 still zipping in and out, you know, like it was 60 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:36.080 a video racing game. Really some a plus displays of 61 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.120 driving skill today and possibly a few trips to the 62 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:41.439 er later. Here, let's do this like an old Johnny 63 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:42.039 Carson video. 64 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:42.599 Are you ready? 65 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.919 Is this the great cardat No? No, no, no, no no. 66 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:48.240 It was so the drive in here was so scary today. 67 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:52.639 How scary was it? Well, I'll tell you, it was 68 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.000 so scary that I was afraid to take one of 69 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:57.360 my hands off the wheel to give anybody the finger. 70 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:00.199 You know, you have these. 71 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.319 Little markers of growth, and for me, my marker of 72 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.800 growth was four or five people haunked at me because 73 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.280 I was being overly cautious. They couldn't see what I 74 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:12.280 saw in front of me, so they were really impatient. 75 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.199 They were like bay and they wouldn't go. 76 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.040 They wanted to zoom around me to let let me 77 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:19.839 know how angry they were at me. And you know what, 78 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.560 I didn't stare them down. I didn't give him a runner. 79 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:24.439 I didn't do it. 80 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.639 I'm calling, we don't have to, but I am okay. 81 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:32.879 I reject this. I resisted, and I'm finally an HR complaint. 82 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:34.680 But I almost gave a couple of runners. I mean, 83 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:42.199 excuse me. It's the Gulf of America and it has 84 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:47.480 been so declared. That's a big negatory. But my point is, 85 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.079 I take it from me. I can only speak for 86 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:54.199 me as a measurement of personal growth. Because I did 87 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:59.360 not engage, I did not reciprocate. I understood that if anything, 88 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:01.639 I was driving for more than one person, I'll strive 89 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:03.920 for me and that person. I could see a hazard 90 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:07.040 that the person behind me just couldn't see. There was 91 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.879 a bus getting ready to pull out in front of me, 92 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:12.160 and so I had to slow down quickly. Why bus, 93 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:16.040 But the person behind me took exception to that. 94 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:17.040 That was my drive in. 95 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:19.759 It took a lot longer, but it was a lot 96 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:23.480 safer and it was a lot less stressful because of that. 97 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.720 I didn't have to worry about hydro plating or anything. Twalla, 98 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.600 what was your drive in like? Leaving the valley. 99 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:33.639 Especially in the Chatsworth area as because it was a 100 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:37.040 torrential downpour for most of the afternoon and it got 101 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:39.480 worse as the day started coming to at least the 102 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.439 first half. And when I headed out onto Tapanga making 103 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:47.000 my way to the freeway, right around where Topega and 104 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:50.439 Devonshire kind of meet, all you could just see the 105 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:52.199 streets just the flooding. 106 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:54.439 I came up to about. 107 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.879 Oh, I can't remember which street exactly, but it was 108 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:02.079 right right where the the bee farm is, right where 109 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:03.639 the bee farm is that I will never go to. 110 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:07.519 That You'll never go to cars were literally getting stuck 111 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:11.720 in what I could see from my monster truck, I 112 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.839 could see that the water was coming up to the 113 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.079 to the runner there. So it's at least a foot 114 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.040 of water that cars were trying to and they were 115 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.560 just hazards on they try to make it through. 116 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:21.319 They couldn't. 117 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:25.560 No hydroplaning when you were in a tank, I will 118 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:27.399 say thank you to the tank. 119 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:30.680 This is one time I do appreciate having an suv, 120 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:35.000 if only because that higher center of gravity when you're 121 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:38.279 dealing with potential flooding and puddling, that's what I want. 122 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:40.040 I'm not trying to go seventy miles an hour around 123 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.199 the corner, so I don't need all that speed in handling. 124 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:44.560 I just like to have a higher center of gravity 125 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.800 so I don't stall out in a puddle. 126 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:53.120 Now, does your vehicle come with all of the added 127 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:54.959 terrain options? 128 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:55.680 Absolutely? 129 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.839 Because I put my slippery when wet moss, that's right, Yes, 130 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:01.480 I yes, I felt it. 131 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:02.879 I felt it grip the street. 132 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:04.839 This is the first car I've had which I've had 133 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:08.000 those types of options, where any other time I'm relying 134 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:12.160 on my superior driving skills and handling to maneuver and 135 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.279 navigate through this treacherous terrade. But now I can just 136 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.120 go bip and it's all done just like that. So 137 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.839 if we can say anything to you, just slow down. Honestly, 138 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.720 there's no need to plow through that puddle. There's no 139 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:28.040 need to go seventy five miles an hour on the freeway, 140 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.879 whichever freeway you're on. And it may look like there 141 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:33.199 are no other cars out there, it may look like 142 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.040 that it's maybe not rainy as hard as it was 143 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.759 an hour ago, but there are many reports of flash flooding. 144 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.600 We will have that for you throughout the evening. Be 145 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:45.279 clear on that there are depending on where you are, 146 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:49.120 especially if you're in the Malibu area on PCH that 147 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:50.759 they might have even shut it down. At this point 148 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.319 we'll try to get the specific information. But there have 149 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.279 been a number of reports of mud slides. We told 150 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.279 you about the car, which was the suv which was 151 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:02.040 swept out into the place ocean because of fast moving 152 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:04.800 mud slides. And the moral of the story is it's 153 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:08.519 very dangerous out there. It may not seem like it, 154 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.839 and if you're new to California, you may think, oh, 155 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:12.480 it's just rained, or even the folks who've be live 156 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:14.800 in here for forty years. It seems like we have 157 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:18.639 to retrain ourselves and teach ourselves every single year that 158 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:22.720 when it rains, we have to slow down. So if anything, 159 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.600 just slow down, if need be, take surface streets if 160 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:29.839 you're not, if you're concerned about the freeway I am. 161 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.759 I'm mature enough to admit, Hey, I'd rather be on 162 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.679 surface streets in weather like this. And even on surface 163 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.080 streets you still have to be careful about the puddling 164 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:42.240 and the flash flooding. But we'll have this information for 165 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.679 you all the rest of the evening. At the bottom 166 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:47.759 of the hour at seven thirty, we'll have Michael Monks, 167 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:50.360 who's going to join us and talk about his weekend 168 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:54.279 wildfire special which is coming up. All these elements we're 169 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:58.720 going to be covering, and the Twala has jokes. He says, 170 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.000 time is running out for me to repay my debt 171 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:04.320 to Denny's because Dinny's has announced the closure of some 172 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:07.919 seventy to ninety restaurants. In other words, if I'm gonna 173 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:11.399 pay back the money I owe for dining and ditching, well, 174 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:15.039 I'd better hurry up before the you're a news article now, 175 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.759 I am I Am. We'll talk about that before the 176 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:21.519 hour's up, and so much more. It's Later with Moe 177 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.639 Kelly KFI AM six forty. We are live everywhere on 178 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:25.720 the iHeartRadio app. 179 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:29.840 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from 180 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:31.519 KFI AM six forty. 181 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.120 We're gonna tell you again, hey, just slow down, just 182 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.919 slow down. Wherever you're going, it's still going to be 183 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:41.600 there when you get there. And whether you get there 184 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.639 ten minutes later, twenty minutes later, or even forty five 185 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.120 minutes later, it's still going to be there. 186 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:48.799 Now. 187 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:52.519 That said, since we know that it's going to be 188 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.559 raining at least for the next day or so, we're 189 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:58.120 going to have to plan ahead. You know that you're 190 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:00.519 probably gonna have to go to work tomorrow, Well, let's 191 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:03.600 think about good practices as far as planning ahead. If 192 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.559 you got to be at work at nine am tomorrow 193 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.000 and you usually leave at eight thirty, well you might 194 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:10.080 have to leave at eight o'clock or seven forty five, 195 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:11.960 so you don't have to rush, you don't have to 196 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.120 put yourself in more danger, you don't have to put 197 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.720 those who are around you in danger. Just some other 198 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:21.320 good thoughts and practices that you can use between now 199 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:24.120 and the end of the weekend or whenever it should rain, 200 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.639 because presumably it will rain again, even if we get 201 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:29.120 a drought in between, it's going to rain again. And 202 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.720 I got this from LAist and I didn't know some 203 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:34.559 of these. I didn't think about some of these, So 204 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:38.039 it's good for everyone to know. And if you haven't 205 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.480 done it, it's not too late to do it. And 206 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.320 if you're going to put your car out there, you 207 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.519 might as well make sure that your car is ready 208 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:45.480 and safe. 209 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.799 Have you checked the treads on your tires. 210 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:51.279 I had to get a screw removed from my tire 211 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:55.600 two days ago. Now how that's important is this if 212 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:58.960 I knew that my tire was had a slow leaking 213 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:00.799 and it was getting low. If you've ever driven a 214 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:06.000 car with decreasing tire pressure, you do not have as 215 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:09.360 much stability in your steering. It will pull to one 216 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:12.360 side of the other depending on which side that a 217 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:15.440 slow leak is. And if your tires are imbalanced in 218 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.480 terms of pressure, you make it more difficult to handle 219 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:20.519 the car. And I have an SUV, so it's even 220 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.200 more noticeable and could be more dangerous. So make sure 221 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:29.080 that your treads are reasonable, then the pressure is correct 222 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:32.559 and you should be doing this regularly, regardless of the rain. 223 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:37.840 But it's more important in times like these. And I 224 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:40.799 didn't know this, but when I was reading this, it 225 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:45.039 makes sense. Did you know that mid days, when it's 226 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:50.039 raining especially, is the most dangerous time. That's when you're 227 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.000 going to encounter the most accidents and the most likelihood 228 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:55.159 of you being in an accident. 229 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:56.960 Elias are reported. 230 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:01.639 Back in twenty nineteen, researchers from USC datam Project Crosstown 231 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:06.480 crunch traffic and weather data and found these patterns. On 232 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.360 dry days, they found that crashes tend to peak during 233 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:13.759 rush hour, when they're the most fender benders. But on 234 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:19.240 rainy days, the researchers discovered most crashes happen during the 235 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:24.720 middle of the day, when there's seemingly less traffic. Maybe 236 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:28.080 that's because you see less traffic, you think you can 237 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:32.799 drive normally, or may drive even excess of the speed limit, 238 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.440 which dramatically increases the likelihood of a crash. When you 239 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:42.080 combine speed and weather conditions with the rain, obviously more collisions, 240 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:45.480 more traffic, and more delays. As I said before, give 241 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:48.720 yourself more time than usual when trying to go from 242 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:52.639 A to B, and for the most part, it's easier 243 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:53.440 now than it. 244 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:54.919 Was fifteen years ago. 245 00:12:55.240 --> 00:13:00.120 We have these apps like Google Maps and Ways and 246 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:03.879 Apple Maps, where if you're stuck in traffic, there's a 247 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.159 way to find out an alternative route, be it on 248 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:11.120 streets or some other way. If there's a traffic some 249 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:14.000 sort of obstacle, there are ways that you can do it, 250 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:16.519 and you don't have to be dangerous about it, because 251 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:18.960 it used to be you were just trying to figure 252 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.879 it out on the fly. There was a flood in 253 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.879 front of you, the street or freeway was closed down, 254 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:27.159 and you're just trying to find your way on the 255 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.039 surface streets, trying to find your way around, and it 256 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.720 gets to be really hectic and dangerous, frankly. But we 257 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.679 have technology and make sure we're using it for our benefit. 258 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.159 And here's something else. If you've driven as long as 259 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:40.919 I have, and I've been driving forty years, sorry to 260 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:44.399 tell my age, but I've been driving forty years, it 261 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:47.799 used to be we had cars in which the headlights 262 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:52.039 did not automatically turn on, or you couldn't have a 263 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.639 censor where it would just come on if it was dark, 264 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:56.879 and there would be a lot of fools out there 265 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:59.559 who would not turn on their headlights when it was 266 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.480 raining in the middle of the day. At least turn 267 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:05.120 on your headlights. Folks, turn on your headlights. And I 268 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.799 was just talking to Twalla during the break. The light 269 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:12.360 helps not only you see, but it helps people see you, 270 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.279 especially if someone's coming in the other direction. And when 271 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:19.960 you're driving right now it's nighttime, you better have your 272 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:23.159 lights on. But make sure, especially in this rain, and 273 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:27.480 not your high beams, just your regular headlights where people 274 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.440 can see you and you can see them and also 275 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:32.080 hopefully see some of the puddles. 276 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.399 But you gave a great bit of advice last night. 277 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.200 When I left here it was pouring. I left here 278 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:42.279 right when it started coming down, and the entire time 279 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:45.840 on the freeway as long as I could. I actually 280 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:49.919 rolled behind a semi I rolled behind a tractor truck 281 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:54.759 because I knew that anything was that this truck was 282 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:57.320 abiding by the rules of the road. It's not gonna 283 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.440 be speeding. Anything that happens in front of the truck. 284 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:03.519 I will know what's happening before it comes to me. Now, 285 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.720 only that my light's just generally bouncing off the back 286 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.679 of the truck. It helped to illuminate the road, which 287 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:11.200 I can see with my glass and I can see, 288 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:14.080 you know, fairly good at night. But still that helped 289 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.279 me to stay in line, stay on the road, and 290 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.960 actually drive slow. It forced me to have to drive 291 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:20.720 slow because I'm not gonna drive into the back of 292 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:22.799 this truck like you go around me if you want to. 293 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:25.440 You may think I'm tripping, but I'm going to follow 294 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.200 this truck as long as I can to get to 295 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:33.399 my exit as almost a path layer in front of me. 296 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.919 Like I'm running interface you're running in and finish. You're 297 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:38.600 gonna You're gonna block any and everything. If there's a puddle, 298 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.440 there's anything, if there's accent, I'm gonna see you react 299 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.919 to it before I need to. And it's a lot 300 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:45.440 harder to do that if you're following a car in 301 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:47.519 front of you, which may be zipping and zimp in. 302 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:51.200 Yeah, I can stand the driver's last night. No, and 303 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:54.759 we're all dealing with it. Stephan is gonna deal with it. Oh, Stephan, 304 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:56.879 what time did you leave your house to get here today? 305 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:00.799 I usually like ten before, like one fifty. Did you 306 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:04.240 leave at the same time today. Yeah, did you actually no, 307 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:06.919 you're right, I left a quarter till today because I 308 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.360 was worried, like you said about the traffic. 309 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:11.000 Did you follow the same path that you usually do? Route? 310 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:14.720 I did follow the same path because when I got 311 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.360 to the spot where I normally get off right by 312 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:22.639 the Galen Center in USC, it was actually moving pretty 313 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.840 smoothly because I think a lot of people did what 314 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:26.840 you did and took the streets. So I might have 315 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:30.159 opened up the freeway a little bit, but yeah, there was. 316 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:35.120 There's still bozos that drive like, you know, like nothing, 317 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:37.120 and when it's pouring down like this, it's just like 318 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.360 you don't know who you're gonna run into or you know, well, 319 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:42.600 motorcycle shouldn't be driving, but what if a motorcycle comes 320 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.440 up and you don't see them? 321 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:45.519 It's yeah, you know, that's yeah. 322 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:49.039 And the One Tin Freeway is notorious for flooding at 323 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:51.120 certain points. I wonder what it's going to be like 324 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.039 going home tonight. That's what I was thinking to you know, 325 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:56.120 It's like should I take the one ten? And I'm 326 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:58.559 specifically talking about the one Tin that's the one that 327 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.840 usually floods because like under the underpass. It's like it 328 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:04.240 almost like has like a cove. It does, and it's 329 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.000 so like it. There's two of them harbor. Yeah, there's 330 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:10.680 one like around usc Ish around thirty second Street, and 331 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.000 there's one at Vernon. 332 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:12.480 Yeah. 333 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:14.279 And the slawsuit when I was thinking of it, Yeah, 334 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.400 because it like, yeah, it'll just harbor all the water 335 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:19.000 right there. So I can't imagine what that's like right now. 336 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.920 It's going to be bad. It's going to be bad. 337 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:24.400 And Mark, does this change how you drive home? Possibly? 338 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:24.759 Tonight? 339 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.319 Well changed the drive here because they're the on ramp 340 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.799 to the four roh five in North Hills, you're fording 341 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:34.119 a river. I knew that the car would stall out 342 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:37.240 if I took that way, and but there were a 343 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:39.200 number of other places on the way here as well. 344 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:43.240 I left early, and I'm glad I did. You do 345 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.519 not want to screw around in this stuff. I'm telling 346 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.960 you as a former Seattle resident. Uh, today was a 347 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:51.200 bad one. 348 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:53.680 And it possibly, from what you're telling us, Mark, about 349 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:56.920 tomorrow's precipitation, could be worse. 350 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:58.000 Is that correct? No? 351 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.319 Actually, I think we're through the worst of it, and 352 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.480 we should as far as I understand from everything I've 353 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.559 been reading and reporting. We should be in the clear 354 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:10.519 by tomorrow evening. Okay, I'll take good news wherever we 355 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.079 can find it. 356 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:13.839 When we come back KFI z own, Michael Monks will 357 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.000 join us with a preview what he has going on 358 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.480 this weekend and it relates to the wildfires. 359 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:21.480 We'll learn more about that just a moment. 360 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.519 You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from 361 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.960 KFI AM six. 362 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.039 Forty and coming up this weekend Saturday from seven to 363 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:34.119 nine pm and Sunday from two to four pm KFI Zone. 364 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:38.960 Michael Monks will be presenting his special on the weekend 365 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:42.680 excuse me, the Weekend Wildfire Special, and he'll give us 366 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:44.119 an update on that right now. 367 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.559 Michael Monks, good to talk to you. 368 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.799 Good evening. 369 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:46.880 Mo. 370 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:51.400 I always wondered when you're reporting the news, you get 371 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.680 one perspective. 372 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:54.720 You don't get a wide perspective. 373 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.160 You've kind of narrow in just the facts and what 374 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:59.640 is happening in the moment. But now that some time 375 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:03.480 has you gain a little bit of perspective, what do 376 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:07.039 you think that you have learned looking back on the wildfires. 377 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:10.599 I'll tell you what was most interesting in putting this 378 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:14.480 together so far, and I should note just for disclosure, 379 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:17.279 I talked to a couple of wildfire victims who work 380 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:19.480 with us at KFI and at iHeart, one of them 381 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:22.839 being your producer to Wala Sharp, who had some trouble 382 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.119 in the Altadena fire, and also David Howard from our 383 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:28.920 sales department, who lost a house in the Palisades. 384 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.839 And as I talked to both of them. 385 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:33.400 Separately, by the way, and then put together this piece 386 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:38.240 about their experiences, I learned the similarities. Despite the fact 387 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:41.359 that these fires happened thirty miles from one another in 388 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:46.279 different types of neighborhoods, there was a sense of optimism 389 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:50.400 on both sides that hey, we've seen these types of 390 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:54.720 forecast before. Heck, we've had fires before, but this may 391 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:57.480 not play out. And so there was that hope up 392 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.960 until the very last moment that nothing was going to happen, 393 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:05.480 and then after it happened, the similar emotions not just 394 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:10.359 of losing the homes, but both of these guys experienced 395 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:13.839 the sensation of being physically lost in neighborhoods that they 396 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:17.480 have known for decades because everything was gone, All of 397 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:21.680 the recognizable historic landmarks were gone, and that really opened 398 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:24.680 up a new perspective of the devastation we've all seen. 399 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:27.079 We've seen aerial footage, I've been there on the ground, 400 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:28.759 I've seen it up close and personal. 401 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.119