WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.839 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to kf 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.360 I AM six forty the Gary and Shannon Show on 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:08.560 demand on the iHeartRadio app. You know, I'm in Houston 4 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:12.519 here for the wild Card game Chargers Texans, and I 5 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:16.160 was walking around, you know how we don't have anybody 6 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:18.440 that works in La Yes. 7 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.359 It's a ghost studios, not just because of fires, not 8 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:22.359 just because of COVID. 9 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:24.559 It's just been a ghost town here, right. 10 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:26.879 It's like this huge building with like six people in 11 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:29.800 it anyway, So like when we walk around there, it's 12 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:34.079 not a problem for me to have my tourettes. I 13 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.640 was walking around in the hallways here and it's an 14 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:39.079 iHeart studio, so it kind of looks like home, but 15 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.640 it's not, you know, with the iHeart insignia, same kind 16 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:45.079 of glass doors, red red walls. 17 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:45.320 Things like that. 18 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:47.759 Yeah, And I was walking in the bathroom and I 19 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:52.159 was like, las us Center and then I was like, 20 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:55.399 uh oh, and I kind of looked at her. 21 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.240 I told you the other day, I said, listen, we 22 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:02.399 need to cut down this singing just a bit, keep 23 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:03.200 you to one song. 24 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.760 And I tried, I really should be let out of 25 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.000 our little cage there I tried. 26 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.400 The National Guard is in town, they are in place. 27 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:17.079 They are going to help enforce a curfew that was 28 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.840 announced just last night went into place all of the 29 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:23.560 Palisades and eaten fire areas and all areas that are 30 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:28.079 under evacuation orders. There is a curfew in place between 31 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:31.359 six pm and six am. Sheriff Luna at the news 32 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:35.480 conference this morning said, you are subject to arrest if 33 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.400 you are in those areas at that time, even if 34 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:40.560 you live there. He said, it's not to try to 35 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:44.280 punish people, it's try to protect the properties that exist, 36 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:46.879 and the easiest way to do that is with a 37 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:50.159 pretty blanket curfew from six pm to six am again 38 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:54.040 in those areas of the Palisades and eaten Fires, and 39 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:58.400 any other areas where there is an evacuation order in place. 40 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:02.280 Side not the red flag warnings are expected to expire 41 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:04.879 at about six o'clock tonight, but the National Weather Services 42 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:07.599 the gusty winds out of the North could come back 43 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.400 Sunday and the early part of next week. 44 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:13.000 I just got an alert from the Watch Duty app, 45 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:17.800 which has been incredible throughout these all of these incidents 46 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.560 and a bunch of evacuation orders and warnings have been 47 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:26.039 lifted for Glendale, which is great as well. Every time 48 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.599 we get an alert that something's been lifted, it's been nice. 49 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.360 Michael Monks has been spending some time in the Pacific Palisades, 50 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.240 joins us now with the latest of what he has 51 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:37.759 been able to take in from the scene there. 52 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:42.000 Good morning, Gary, Good morning Shannon. 53 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:42.680 Yes it is. 54 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:45.960 You know, you see the images from ten thousand feet 55 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.479 and it's shocking to come up close to it. It's 56 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:52.120 something that won't leave your mind maybe ever, it's just 57 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:56.719 so disturbing to see one of the most aspirational places 58 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.199 of LA basically wiped off the map. I'll let you know. 59 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.680 If my connection is bad, go ahead and dump me. 60 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:04.680 I'll try to call in on the phone. It's been 61 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:07.879 really difficult to get proper coverage out here, so I've 62 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:10.439 been moving around a lot. I'm at will Rogers State 63 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:13.240 Beach right now, and you know, it's one of those 64 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.680 California days. On one side, when you look out, you 65 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.120 have the water and the sun shining a little bit, 66 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:21.199 but the haze has blocked much of the horizon and 67 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.080 then Pacific Coast Highway, no civilian traffic really at all. 68 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.879 It's all emergency vehicles and not just our own. I've 69 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.560 seen fire trucks from San Francisco. I've seen fire trucks 70 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:35.000 from Clark County, Nevada, Las Vegas, so this is quite 71 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.560 a scene. I haven't seen the National Guard yet, but 72 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:40.080 as you noted just now, Gary, they are apparently on 73 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.800 their way to the various areas hit and that's only 74 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.319 going to add to the surreality of what we're experiencing 75 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:50.400 in these places, because it does look like a war zone, 76 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.240 and a fresh one. The way the smoke is still 77 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:53.919 kind of coming off of the ground and some of 78 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.759 these burned out places. Oh, I spoke too soon. The 79 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:59.960 National Guard has literally just rolled in past this beach. 80 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:02.319 They are going past me right now. I'm seeing the 81 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:07.080 big humbis the camouflage. Here they come. So the National 82 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.039 Guard has arrived in Pacific Palisades right this moment. 83 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.400 Hey tell us about these hikers that you were able 84 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:16.079 to talk to, all right, you know, I mentioned I 85 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:18.600 was looking for some service and I've had to move 86 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.639 around a lot, and I found myself next to some 87 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:22.680 portolettes on. 88 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:26.240 The on Pacific Coast Highway and was able to get 89 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:27.600 a signal there, so I set up shop. 90 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:29.319 I know, in case I had to pee too. 91 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:31.399 It's like, all right, I got a signal and a toilet. 92 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:34.920 Hey, when you're a re border, you know the free bathroom. 93 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:36.480 Good point. 94 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:40.480 Oh absolutely not, no question, because this Stanley cup was 95 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:41.279 about to be filled. 96 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:42.399 So we all got luck. 97 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.959 Anyway, these two guys, these two guys were walking and 98 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.160 you know, I'm from downtown La, so I'm a little 99 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:51.279 shady when you know folks are approaching me that I 100 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:53.759 don't know, because you gotta stay alert. And they did 101 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:58.360 look a little dirty and weird, but they approached and 102 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:03.720 they were asking if I had any water, and I did, thankfully. 103 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:05.519 I hadn't dumped out the cup to pee in it, 104 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.240 so I had the water still in there, and so 105 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:10.439 I let them drink it. And I asked them, you know, 106 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.240 where did you guys come from? And they were hiking, 107 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.759 and so originally I thought, oh my god, what a 108 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:19.720 story to think that you went up into the trails 109 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:24.000 before all hell broke loose and you're just now getting out. No, 110 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:28.279 sixteen hours ago is when they decided it was a 111 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:30.439 great idea to go hiking near the Palisades. 112 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:35.319 And it didn't go well for them. As you can't imagine. 113 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:35.800 They're alive. 114 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:38.560 They weren't harmed, but they had no supplies left, they 115 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:39.560 were sweaty, they were tired. 116 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:40.040 They went. 117 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.680 I went in a little piece of the interview. 118 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.120 Oh, and then all of a sudden. 119 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:49.360 If you want to hear, it's. 120 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.600 Crazy, and we're like oh, and we were like, okay, 121 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:53.600 well fine, we would turn back around, and we'd love to. 122 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:55.759 We saw a whole bunch of orange and we're like, 123 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:57.639 maybe just keep going the same direction, kind of think 124 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:59.519 we kind of already made the dumb mistake and just 125 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:04.000 keep going. And then yeah, we got by like this 126 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.160 rock corner and we were like, do we keep going 127 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.240 or not? And we said, screw it, let's just like 128 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:11.439 stay here for like ten minutes. And that ten minutes 129 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:15.399 became like three four hours, and we literally had like 130 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:17.920 like hell fire waves going over us. But we're in 131 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:21.120 rock and I've traveled quite a bit, so I was 132 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:22.800 kind of aware that, like, as long as you're not 133 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:25.040 somewhere super combustible, all you have to worry about is 134 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:26.319 asphyxiation suffocation. 135 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:27.959 So it gets just get low. 136 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:32.879 God, the evolution of Michael Monks should not be overlooked 137 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:36.199 this week from going to the evacuation center and not 138 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:40.439 wanting to disturb people who were evacuated being sensitive to that, 139 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:44.439 to nearly peeing in his cup and talking to hobos 140 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.000 on drugs coming out of the hiking trails and the flames. 141 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:52.000 It has been an evolution and I'm here for it. 142 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:53.240 It's a growing experience. 143 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:55.279 And I'll also let you know that I relate to 144 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.879 your turettes because I mean, I'm sitting here in this 145 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:00.000 war zone waiting for this life hit to come up. 146 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:04.600 But I'm like, I feel incredible. You know, you hear 147 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:07.680 these things enough and you start to lose your mind. 148 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.439 I know, I know, I hear you, and I do 149 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:11.319 love I do love that. 150 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:14.040 One of the hikers said, I've traveled quite a bit, 151 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:18.000 and then that somehow translates into him becoming a fire 152 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:19.279 behavior expert. 153 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:23.920 Well, he seemed a little silly, but he's from up 154 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.879 in Bear Springs Valley, he says, and that seems like 155 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:32.160 a pretty nice place. So, I mean, they weren't completely crazy, 156 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.639 but they did something crazy, and you could tell that 157 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:38.079 they regretted. In fact, I asked them that, and he 158 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.319 says that he probably shouldn't have. I asked you know, 159 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:42.879 they couldn't use their phones either. There's no service up here, 160 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:45.120 so they could not get a hold of anybody to 161 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:47.160 even tell them that they were stupid and went into 162 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:49.800 these trails, which is probably a good thing, he says, 163 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:51.600 because if they had to be airlifted, he would have 164 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:55.000 owed about fifty five thousand dollars to the state of California. 165 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.399 But when he finally met the first responders of the 166 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:01.480 police outside the trails, they got a scolding and directed 167 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:02.920 on their way. No, he was like, I was sad 168 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:05.199 they didn't give us a ride, Like, oh, there's some 169 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:06.160 things going on here. 170 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:08.720 I mean, talk about a bill that would never be 171 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:12.879 So take a hike, you know what. It feels really 172 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:14.399 good to laugh. Thank you, Michael. 173 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:21.560 It's always my pleasure. Michael Monk's out there in Pacific Palisades. Okay, So. 174 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.160 Keana producer Keana just got about ten fifteen minutes ago, 175 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.759 got another alert that she needed to evacuate. 176 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:33.159 Is she anywhere near a fire zone? 177 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.080 No, right, she's in the other room. 178 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.039 I know that, But I mean is her residence? 179 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:39.679 No? 180 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:42.039 Do they go based off of where your phone is 181 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:42.879 or where you live? 182 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:43.240 Well? 183 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:45.440 Mine, the way I have it set up is it 184 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.320 goes through location services. So this morning, when I drove 185 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.720 through what was an evacuation warning area, it gave me 186 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.480 an alert that says you're entering an evacuation warning area. 187 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:59.679 That was for about four minutes on the freeway, and 188 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:02.279 then I got here again. This is after I was 189 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:05.559 woken up by the false alert alert at four am, 190 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.559 and then the other one from night before four pm. 191 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:15.159 The explanation for this is completely unnecessary. What is necessary 192 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.639 is the county explaining how they're going to prevent it 193 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:21.799 from happening again and how they're going to restore trust 194 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.519 in this app that they are using to try to 195 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:26.440 get information out. 196 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:27.840 We'll talk about it when we come. 197 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:29.480 This is why I don't have any of those alerts 198 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:30.279 set up by way. 199 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:30.559 I know. 200 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.679 Well, we're continuing to talk about the fires. Of course, 201 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:36.759 we will talk a little bit later into more detail 202 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:40.039 about the iHeartMedia Los Angeles teaming up with the Dream 203 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:44.759 Center LA committed to providing immediate support and resources to 204 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:49.360 anybody in need during these incredible fire siege that we 205 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:53.000 have seen. You can donate at the Dreamcenter dot org 206 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:57.279 slash donate actively collecting and distributing a bunch of disaster 207 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:02.559 relief supplies for communities, and we need things like bottled water, 208 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:07.159 sports drinks, non perishable food items, hygiene products obviously, clothing 209 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:11.759 and blankets, flash lights, batteries, portable phone chargers for power 210 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:15.320 outages that people are still dealing with, pets, food and supplies. 211 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:17.840 We'll talk more about it as we get through the 212 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.960 as we get through the day today, but dreamcenter dot 213 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:25.360 org slash donate is one way you can do that. 214 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:30.919 You mentioned Shannon's in Houston today for tomorrow's wild Card 215 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:33.200 game between the Chargers and the text and. 216 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:36.159 So I have time for a brief story. Of course, Okay, 217 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:38.639 here's a brief story. May not be that brief. I'm 218 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:39.600 a little long winded. 219 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:44.840 So yesterday, thank you off Yesterday. I have a clock. Yesterday. 220 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.559 We get to the facility and everyone's wearing LA Fire 221 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:52.679 Department hats, La County Fire Department hats. The whole team, 222 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.000 the whole staff, we're all wearing them, right, We wear 223 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:58.320 them on the plane. We get to Houston, where it's 224 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.759 wonder raining and cold and you could breathe and it 225 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:09.080 was incredible. And we get to the hotel and it's 226 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:12.600 a it's an older Marriott and we get We get 227 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.600 there and it's always a crush to the elevators, right, 228 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.200 so it's a large influx of people to be getting 229 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:22.279 upstairs at one time. 230 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:23.679 But anyway, I. 231 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:27.200 Get upstairs and we get got it about nine thirty. 232 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:30.639 I hadn't really eaten anything, and so I ordered a pizza. Listen, 233 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:34.039 I'm rationalizing the pizza. I ordered a pizza. I wanted pizza, Okay, 234 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:38.759 I wanted right. So I go downstairs to get my 235 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:40.840 pizza to pick it up from the Uber Eats. It's 236 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:44.519 about ten o'clock and at ten o'clock local time, and 237 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:45.759 the elevator is taking forever. 238 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:47.679 I'm on the tenth floor. It's taking forever and ever 239 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:49.399 and ever, Like, what the hell's going on? Whatever? 240 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:52.720 So I get downstairs or I'm all my way down 241 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:56.519 and offensive coordinator comes into the elevators like, can you 242 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:58.120 believe that the elevators are stuck again? 243 00:11:58.159 --> 00:11:58.679 I said what? 244 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:03.240 Because it when we were in Dallas, there was a 245 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:06.279 group of guys that got stuck in an elevator, justin 246 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.519 Herbert included Dan Felt's wife was in there for two 247 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:11.840 and a half hours, okay. 248 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.440 And so it was a big story. 249 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.679 Jim Harbaugh came out, was like, I wish I was 250 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.720 stuck in that elevator. 251 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:18.720 I want to be in the war. 252 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:19.120 You know. 253 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:22.200 It was like this great team building moment. You know, 254 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.720 one of the things that Justin he doesn't often post 255 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:28.000 to social media, but every time he has, he hashtags 256 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:30.919 no elevators. The team even had hats made with a 257 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:34.279 picture of an elevator and a red ex going through it. 258 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:36.759 It's been a huge deal for the fan base. Everyone's 259 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.840 kind of bonded together over no elevators this season. 260 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:41.320 So I get. 261 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:44.480 Downstairs and I see and Greg Grolman's like look, and 262 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:46.679 I look at the elevator and it's clearly stuck in 263 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:49.200 between the floors. And so there were some coaches on it, 264 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:52.519 a couple players. I think John Spanos was on there 265 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.559 as well. So I get downstairs finally to the lobby 266 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.480 and the police the fire department's there and he Waston 267 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:01.600 Fire Department, and then they're coming in with all their equipment, 268 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.240 and here's a contention of us in the lobby all 269 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:08.159 wearing La Fire Department hats as the Houston Fire Department's 270 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:08.639 coming in. 271 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:10.679 So it was very funny. They were able to make 272 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:11.519 quick work out of it. 273 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:13.480 I think they were only stuck in there for about 274 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:15.840 twenty minutes, but it was just and then I saw 275 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:17.320 the GM this morning. 276 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:19.559 I go, maybe this is a good sign. 277 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:22.120 He's like absolutely, He's like, we won that game, so. 278 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:22.519 Here we go. 279 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.840 He's about the state of Texas and the elevator and 280 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:30.080 the elevators all right. Well, listen, a lot of people 281 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:34.200 are being having their heads put on a stake because 282 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:36.600 of what's been going on in terms of fire response 283 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:39.320 and fire preparedness. I think this guy might be the 284 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:40.519 first guy to lose his job. 285 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:45.440 I can't express enough how sorry I am for this experience. 286 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:48.200 This is the guy in charge of La County's Office 287 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:52.240 of Emergency Management, the agency that's responsible for now at 288 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:57.399 least two false alerts that went out on everybody list. 289 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:58.720 These two missus. 290 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.960 Patricia says she got three false alerts. She said, the 291 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.559 first two she loaded the car. The second or the 292 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.399 third alert, she made a cup of tea. 293 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:10.639 Yeah, and that's the problem. There had been some announcement. 294 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:12.480 I didn't know where it come came from. I didn't 295 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:17.080 hear it, but somebody said the Chargers game was postpone removed. 296 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:21.360 Yeah, Amy's okay, Well, I got a couple texts from 297 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:24.559 people that it may have been in one of Amy's newscasts. 298 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:29.120 Oh well that wasn't, because I'll hear it. No, no, no, no. 299 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.679 The Rams game that's scheduled for Monday night has been 300 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:37.639 moved out of so far to what is it state Arizona. 301 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.360 To Glendale, Arizona. 302 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:41.600 Yeah, so the game will take place, and in fact, 303 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:45.000 tickets are on sale for season ticket holders for the 304 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.919 Rams right now. If you're here and you want to 305 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:50.320 make plans and go to the game Monday in Arizona. 306 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:53.879 For the first two hours of ticket sales, it's only 307 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.480 open to Ram season ticket holders, and then at noon, 308 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:59.159 I guess the NFL opens it up to everybody else. 309 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:01.840 God bless her Art's trying to pack that with Rams 310 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.200 fans when you know that the Vikings fans travel with 311 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:09.159 a hunger, with a drive, with the give me the 312 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:10.919 Lombardi Trophy spirits. 313 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:13.200 They give me the trophy spirit. 314 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.799 Yes, they are hungry that fan base. I love the 315 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:19.519 Vikings fan base, by the way. They are good people. 316 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:22.360 We wish I could say the same for the Rams. 317 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:23.200 I can't. 318 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.879 Wow. Oh you're gonna make friends. 319 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.519 I don't care. 320 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:29.600 That's that's something about you that's awful. 321 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:33.240 They're awful fans. They use those noise makers there. It's 322 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.879 so far the Rams fans do, which because they. 323 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.159 Know the World Cup soccer ones, the Vuzelas or whatever 324 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.399 they are. 325 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:42.399 Now they're like they're they're smaller, and it's like it's 326 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:45.320 like it's an admonition, like they know that there's not 327 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.080 enough of them, so they have to amplify the sound 328 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.240 of each person. 329 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:51.720 Wow, it's true, sad. 330 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:54.519 La County is in the hot seat, and I mean 331 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:59.000 that both ways. La County itself has been sending out 332 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:02.960 false alert for people to evacuate, or at least telling 333 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.480 them that they are in evacuation warning zones. I got 334 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.279 one yesterday afternoon. I got one this morning at four am. 335 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.919 Keana got one about nine to forty five. And we're 336 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:14.159 not the only ones, hey. 337 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:17.720 Garan Chan, I love the show. I also got those 338 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.679 false notifications. I'm down in Orange County. My wife got 339 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:23.840 one this morning. And I actually lived in Honolulu when 340 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:27.279 we got the false notification about the nuclear warhead that 341 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:29.559 was going to come and decimate the island a handful. 342 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:29.879 Of years ago. 343 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:32.440 What they found there, and I'm sure what they'll find 344 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:35.080 here is it's the human element sitting behind the computer 345 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:39.000 pushing the buttons that causes the false notifications. Just my thought. 346 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:39.840 Take care. 347 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.399 Yeah. 348 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:44.240 So Kevin McGowan is the director of the Office of 349 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:48.720 Emergency Management and his explanation of what's going wrong. 350 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:52.519 Is so stupid, It is so. 351 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:58.799 Idiotic that it almost defies credulity to even play it. 352 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:02.080 First of all, I want to clear this is not 353 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:05.960 human driven. There is no one sitting at a desk 354 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:11.559 right now initiating emergency alerts. I want to restate that 355 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:16.599 right now, as these alerts are being issued, they are 356 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:20.400 not being activated or initiated by a person. 357 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:24.480 Okay, does that make you feel better that it's not 358 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:28.519 a human being who is sending out false alerts a 359 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.039 little bit? 360 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.759 Why? 361 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.920 Because humans are more likely to error than machines are. 362 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:38.200 If they're machines that are calibrated correctly to know exactly 363 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:41.920 which areas are affected, which I believe would involve a 364 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.440 human at some stage. 365 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:47.440 Well, okay, that's that's the key. It should involve a 366 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.240 human at some stage if there's if there's an alert 367 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:54.880 that's going to go out to the entire county, why 368 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.440 isn't there somebody in that chain of command that can 369 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:59.839 click a yes or a no button. Yes this needs 370 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:02.240 to go out to the entire county, or no, we 371 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:04.240 need to rethink this before we send the alert. 372 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:06.559 The thing I don't like about it is the complete 373 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.839 lack of accountability. 374 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.119 Say we screwed up. 375 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.920 There's so few times when people will have the balls 376 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.720 to get up and be. 377 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.279 Like, I screwed up. We screwed up. This is screwed up, 378 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.440 you know what I mean. 379 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:21.359 It's just like this, like you said, obfuscating all the 380 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:23.799 time from all of these people. I did a deep 381 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.160 dive on this kid, Kevin McGowan, wanting to know what 382 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.960 his deal. 383 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.400 Is lot tea dot com? Is that where he looked? 384 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:35.599 No, Actually, he's a veteran. He was in the army 385 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:39.400 for eight years. He went to Harvard, he did some 386 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:43.480 time with FEMA, Naval postgraduate school, went to got his 387 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:48.279 bachelor's poll PSI from North Carolina, went to Pepperdine for 388 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:51.480 his masters. So there's a little low tea mixed in 389 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:55.279 there with FEMA and well some other things. But I mean, 390 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:57.400 he is a veteran. He's only been on the job 391 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:01.359 since twenty nineteen, so it's kind of been like a 392 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.000 dead zone. I guess you could say after COVID and 393 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:08.240 all of that, but but you got to have accountability 394 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:11.200 when you're the director of emergency services and those things 395 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:13.720 go wrong. I mean, it's right there in the title, right. 396 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:17.640 This is when people need somebody the most. It's an emergency. 397 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:20.720 And if you're the head of the department that's going 398 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:24.440 to be decimating the information, disseminating the information, then you 399 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:27.279 need to be accountable. You need to make sure all 400 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:29.279 the t's are crossing, the eyes are dotted, the buck 401 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:31.640