WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:04.160 You're listening to KFI AM six forty wake Up Call 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:08.199 with me Amy King on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:14.640 When fires strikes southern California. KFI News is on it. 4 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:22.519 KFI and KOST HD two Los Angeles, Orange County. 5 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:24.760 It's time for your morning wake up call. 6 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:29.399 Here's Amy King. 7 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:35.200 Good morning. It is five four. This is your wake 8 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:41.560 up call for Wednesday, January eighth. I'm Amy King. What 9 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:45.039 a day to come back. This is an event like 10 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:49.640 we have not seen. We have fires, they burn, they 11 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:53.079 burn homes, but as you heard Neil Savadra saying, this 12 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:55.719 one is affecting almost all of us. And I know that. 13 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.520 I was thinking that last night. Last night was the 14 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.640 first time I've really been wor read. Even though the 15 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:05.000 fire is the fires are miles from my home, I 16 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:07.920 was worried, and I was like, Okay, what happens. What 17 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.120 happens if do I need to go? If I need 18 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:14.200 to go, I've got my two cats, plus I'm house 19 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:16.920 sitting or babysitting another cat. I was like, how am 20 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:18.640 I going to carry three cats out? If I have 21 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.519 to get the heck out? But I mean, it's making 22 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:27.079 us reevaluate everything because this is affecting so many people, 23 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:29.840 even though the fires aren't as Neil has been telling 24 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:33.599 you if you've been listening, they're not huge. We've got 25 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:36.920 the three fires burning, the first one in Pacific Palisades 26 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:41.640 that started around ten thirty yesterday afternoon. Then there's also 27 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:44.480 the one in Altadena that started at about six thirty 28 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:47.760 last night. It spread to a thousand acres, and those numbers, 29 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.400 quite honestly, are going to change when we have a 30 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:54.040 press conference. We're waiting for any kind of updates. We 31 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:58.400 haven't had updated numbers since last night. The Cellmar fire 32 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:02.680 that's burning north of the two ten and just east 33 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.719 of the five Freeway near that fourteen five interchange, that 34 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:12.439 is now about five hundred acres. We've got evacuation orders 35 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:16.599 for thirty thousand residents in Pacific Palisades, and we just 36 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:20.039 got new numbers on the evacuation orders for the Eton fire, 37 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.840 which is the fire burning in Altadena. Fifty two thousand 38 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:28.800 residents have been ordered to leave their homes. More than 39 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:34.120 twenty thousand homes and businesses are threatened the evacuation warnings, 40 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:38.080 which is a step down forty almost forty seven thousand 41 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:43.680 residents and eighteen thousand businesses and homes and schools and churches. 42 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:48.319 These fires are big and they are devastating. Let's do 43 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:50.199 a quick little update and then we're going to check 44 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:52.919 in again with Neil. We've got Gary Hoffman who was 45 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.680 getting evacuation warnings overnight, so he came in early. But 46 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:58.560 let's get started with some of the stories coming out 47 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.000 of the KFI twenty four hour news. The fire burning 48 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:04.080 out of control in the hills above Altadena has burned 49 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.840 about a thousand acres at last update. Some homes have 50 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.159 burned as neighbors use water hoses and anything else they 51 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.319 can find try to protect the homes. 52 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:17.520 Hoses, buckets, uh. 53 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.159 We went, there's a pool at one of the neighbors 54 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:21.599 who're just taking buckets and hoses to get their fire out. 55 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:23.840 And that's that's all we were doing. 56 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:26.759 The fire and Eaton Canyon was reported just before six 57 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:28.960 thirty last night, and by midnight it had grown to 58 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:32.719 about a thousand acres and again those evacuation orders have 59 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.919 been updated. More than fifty two thousand residents told to 60 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:38.919 get out, and evacuation shelter has been set up at 61 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:43.039 the Pasadena Convention Center. Schools in Pasadena Burbank, and Glendale 62 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:46.520 are all closed today. About thirty thousand people under mandatory 63 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.759 evacuation orders because of the wind driven wildfire in Pacific Palisades. 64 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.159 It had at last check burned nearly three thousand acres 65 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:57.000 at least city fires. Margaret Stuart's's the wind speeds and 66 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:59.919 dry conditions have created the ultimate fire storm. 67 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:02.800 The fire as large as it is now, it starts 68 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.240 to kind of create its own weather, and the winds 69 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:08.560 will swirl and the ember cast can travel a mile 70 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:10.560 downwind and start a spot fire. 71 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:14.360 Several homes and buildings have burned since the fire started yesterday. 72 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.680 Evacuation orders have been extended into Malibu and Santa Monica. 73 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:22.560 Air tankers and water dropping helicopters were making drops throughout 74 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:26.560 the day yesterday, but by evening all air resources were 75 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.839 grounded because of the high winds. Evacuation orders also in 76 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:32.519 effect in Silmar, where a wind driven fire has burned 77 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.680 about five hundred acres. It started around ten thirty last night, 78 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.040 close to where the five and the fourteen freeways meet, 79 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.920 just north of the two ten. Evacuation centers have been 80 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:44.639 opened in north Ridge and Panorama City. CalFire says Evacuation 81 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.800 warnings are in effect for parts of Santa Clarita along 82 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:52.240 Colgrove Boulevard and the New Hall Pass, Wildwood and Eternal Valley. 83 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:55.120 So cal Edison has worn The power could be turned 84 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.480 off because of high fire danger in southern California. See 85 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.040 says as many as four high hundred thousand homes and 86 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:05.879 businesses could experience precautionary shutoffs. At last check the power 87 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.519 outages in southern California affecting about three hundred thousand people. 88 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:12.680 The National Weather Surface has issued that red flag warning. 89 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.279 It started yesterday morning and will continue through at least 90 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:19.519 Thursday night. Wind Gusts of up to one hundred miles 91 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.600 per hour in some areas have been clocked. Neil was 92 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.680 just talking about a wind gust in acton one hundred 93 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:30.240 and fifteen miles per hour. Will was just mentioning the 94 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.399 semi trucks that are affected by those high winds. I 95 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:37.319 mean we're talking hurricane force winds that can blow over 96 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:40.560 semi trucks. And Kno said that he got to experience 97 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:42.399 that on his way and he was coming in on 98 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.519 the two ten. So you got to drive by the 99 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.240 fire burning in Alsadina. 100 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:52.240 Yeah, So I go through you know, Fontana, ra Chicukumonga 101 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:56.079 through Zuza, so the two ten west all the way 102 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:59.519 to the one thirty four. So yeah, saw probably seven 103 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:04.439 down overturned. I'm not just talking like they pulled over 104 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.240 to the side, so they were flipped, Yeah, flipped over 105 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:10.160 on their sides correct. And then I mean you almost 106 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:14.079 see like a line of semi trucks pulling over like 107 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.920 they know that they can't do it. But it's it's 108 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:20.360 pretty much the entire freeway at least through Fontana, rect 109 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:24.160 Cuckamonga area, and then yeah, getting closer to Burbank and 110 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.439 going through a Zuza, you can see I believe it's 111 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.600 a Silmar fire that's right above the two ten that it's. 112 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.959 Oh you could see two fires, I think, is that, Well, 113 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.399 there's the one in Altadena and then there's the one 114 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:39.879 in Silmar, which is the two ten and the five r. 115 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.279 R it's no, okay on the one thirty four. Yeah, 116 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:44.680 you can just see like an entire mountain off the 117 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:47.399 two ten. Just it looks like armageddon pretty much. 118 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:49.759 Yeah, it's crazy and it's just burning out of control. 119 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.680 Because like I was just mentioning a couple of minutes ago. 120 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:54.800 They can't attack this fire from the air right now 121 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:57.680 because the winds are so strong and it's just too 122 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:01.959 dangerous for the for the aircraft of overnight. So that's 123 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.120 you coming in on the two ten. And then Gary Hoffman, 124 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.120 who normally you wouldn't be talking to until nine o'clock, 125 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:10.600 got an early morning start today because he was getting 126 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.959 evacuation warnings up in the Santa Clarita area, so he 127 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:17.000 came in and Gary, what was your drive in like 128 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:17.519 on the five? 129 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:20.600 It was very similar. I mean I saw the fires 130 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:23.680 in the reverse Ordervncono did, though I saw the Silmar 131 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:25.839 fire first, I mean almost immediately when I got out 132 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:27.759 of the house and made a left turn, right turn, 133 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:30.279 go down the hill, and you can see it coming 134 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:32.319 over the crest of that hill right through the New 135 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:36.720 Hall Pass as you go farther down I five. The 136 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:39.040 only thing that's really closed on I five, at least 137 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:42.000 the southbound area if you're coming in from the Santa 138 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:45.519 Clarita Valley or parts north of there, is the truck 139 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.439 lanes the truck tunnel that goes through there. That's and 140 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:50.240 the old road. You can't take the shortcut and go 141 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.279 through the old road. But I five is open through 142 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:55.720 that area. And then once you get just past the 143 00:07:55.720 --> 00:08:00.560 connector to the fourteen, you see that telltale glow of 144 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.199 just around the corner there's going to be massive flame. 145 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.839 And sure enough, as you go farther down the freeway 146 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.240 and you kind of look off to the left, you 147 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:10.600 can see that entire hillside up above the two ten 148 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:12.759 that was on fire. And then as you get farther 149 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:15.720 down into the valley San Fernando Valley, I did not 150 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:19.680 expect to see the Altadena fire, but you could see 151 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.000 some of the active flame from that one as well. 152 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:27.519 Because it's glowing so brightly in the night sky, it 153 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:30.920 is sort of surreal, apocalyptic, or the words that come 154 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:33.159 to mind. But I mean, what other words do you 155 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.799 describe that when you see a whole hillside on fire 156 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:38.559 like that, and you know that like in the Altadena area, now, 157 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:43.519 fifty two thousand people are under evacuation warnings, twenty thousand 158 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:48.919 structures are threatened in the Palisades, thirty thousand evacuated, and 159 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:53.519 more than ten thousand homes are threatened. We know that 160 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:56.720 lots have burned. We don't have any kind of numbers yet. 161 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:59.519 Fire officials were saying, we can't go in and assess 162 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:02.279 the damage right now because the damage is still happening. 163 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:05.159 The fires are still burning, the winds are still blowing. 164 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:08.960 Neil Savedra and I don't live too far apart. I 165 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:12.200 came out of my house this morning and there was 166 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:16.120 no wind, but I walked out and I could smell smoke. 167 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:19.240 And there have been lots of fires burning around southern 168 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:22.480 California over the years. I've never smelled smoke like that, 169 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:25.279 so you know that it's lingering even though the fires 170 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:28.840 are miles away. But just a few miles away from 171 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.600 where I was walking out of my door with very 172 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.679 calm winds, Neil was getting blown across the street. 173 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:36.960 Yeah, there was a lot of wind this morning. I 174 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:40.960 was actually quite surprised that it was still going full force. 175 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.159 And you know, I talk about this, Sorry, this is 176 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:45.080 going to sound like a plug and it's not. But 177 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:49.440 I talk about my American vision windows because we have 178 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.600 replacement windows in certain areas of the house and not 179 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:57.440 in others. And the because it's a you know, one 180 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.639 hundred and twelve year old house or whatever it is, 181 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:04.639 and the windows they do this weird sucking in the 182 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:07.200 knocking sound of the ones that have not been replaced, 183 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:12.080 and it was still going in the morning, and you know, 184 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.360 it's dark. I don't want to wake anybody up. And 185 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:16.879 it kept freaking me out because it sounded like it's 186 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:22.200 in the kitchen and it sounded like the dishwasher was 187 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:23.799 going to explode or something weird. 188 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:24.840 It was like this weird. 189 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:26.960 So I'm doing that and then I'm like, wow, the 190 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.879 winds still are going. And then I go to to 191 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.879 go out the door and just this rush of wind. 192 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:37.879 I could see that plants had been knocked off the 193 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:44.399 we have a like a fire pit outside on our 194 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:48.600 front porch, and the plants in pots, in heavy pots 195 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:51.919 had been blown off and onto the floor and broken. 196 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:55.080 And I'm like, ah, I can't deal with that right now. 197 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:59.639 And then parts of trees were in our front yard, 198 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.120 and of course the palm fronds that lined the beautiful 199 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:06.679 streets of Los Angeles all over the place. So I 200 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:08.480 was quite surprised. And that was the first thing. The 201 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.279 second thing, amy was, as we hear every now and 202 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:15.399 again in our area, the sirens that were going off everywhere, 203 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.440 so a lot of acting like car alarm sirens or 204 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:22.320 police sirens. Police sirens and yeah, and. 205 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:25.799 On the drive in you mentioned palm fronds and that 206 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:29.399 kind of thing on the freeways. Mostly we're clear for 207 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:32.039 at least for my drive. I know Cono had overturned 208 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.559 big rigs, but as far as like branches and down 209 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:40.559 those kinds of things, down trees, we hit the surface 210 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:44.159 streets in Burbank and there was debris everywhere. So when 211 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:47.000 you're driving around, if you need to drive around this morning, 212 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.360 whether you're in the actual fire zones or not, just 213 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.559 be careful because there's a lot of stuff on the roadways. 214 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:56.000 And the tumbleweeds might be a homeless person, so be 215 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:56.840 very careful. 216 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.320 The strongest winds of the Santa Anna wind event technically 217 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:04.120 have ended. They were expected overnight last night from ten 218 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:07.480 pm until five am, but that doesn't mean that we 219 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:10.080 are out of danger because the red flag warnings remain 220 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:13.360 in place. They're going to be in place until at 221 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:17.879 least tomorrow evening. For La and Ventura County, including the 222 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:21.559 San Gabriel Mountains, the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys, 223 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:25.840 especially in the Foothills, Beverly and Hollywood Hills coastal areas 224 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:29.240 near the Supulvita Pass, The Santa Monica Mountains, the Santa 225 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:33.840 Susanna Mountains, Malibu, eastern Ventura County, mainly near Simi Valley 226 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:37.399 in moor Park, the San Bernardino County Mountains, the Inland Empire, 227 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:41.240 Santa Anna Mountains, and for coastal and inland Orange County. 228 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:45.159 So this wind event is not over by a long shot. 229 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:48.440 We've got Santa Ana winds blowing through the area that 230 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:53.720 are whipping up the flames and just making situations and 231 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:58.399 then conditions treacherous. The Pacific Palisades fire has burned at 232 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.679 last count about three thousand and eight in Altadena. The 233 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.240 fire that started last night near Pasadena is up over 234 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:10.399 one thousand acres. And then there's the fire in Silmar 235 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.600 that has grown to five hundred acres, which is north 236 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:17.000 of the two ten and east of the five Freeway, 237 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:20.799 and the whole health side is on fire and lots 238 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.080 of people are in harm's way. We want to get 239 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:27.080 an update on the fires and some of the things 240 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:29.159 that you can do to make sure that you stay 241 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:32.919 safe with LA Fire. Captain Kelliher, good morning, Captain. 242 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.279 Good morning. Thank you for having us. 243 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:37.600 All right, thank you so much for coming on. We 244 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:39.519 know that it's so important that we get the information 245 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:41.960 out as people are waking up, even if they're not 246 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:44.360 in a fire zone. But let's first just give a 247 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:47.720 quick recap of what the conditions of the fires are 248 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:49.440 that we know at this moment. 249 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:51.200 Yeah. 250 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.600 So I have been on the Palisades fire all night 251 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:57.039 while we're there, from the beginning until just now, and 252 00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:01.240 I am really amazed at the wind. And they said 253 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.759 it was going to peak last night from ten till 254 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:05.240 six this morning, and they were not lying. 255 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:10.600 It got just horrendous, you know, just insane wind conditions 256 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:15.039 that have driven this fire. The topography is treacherous over 257 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:18.399 there in the Palisades, and it's just made for the 258 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.759 perfect storm. Unfortunately, the Eaton Canyon, which is the one 259 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:26.480 you were talking about over by Pasadena, is facing some 260 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.240 of the similar conditions. In both these situations, structures have 261 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:32.679 been lost. We don't have a total count on what 262 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:35.519 the damage is yet. That'll come with the damage assessment. 263 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:38.080 But I think the biggest message I can give to 264 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.039 the folks is really listen to the warnings that are 265 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:44.399 coming out. Pay attention to what your evacuation is a 266 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:46.960 warning in order if it's a warning, get ready, get 267 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.240 your stuff together, get ready to get out. Don't underestimate this. 268 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.399 We have winds until late tonight. 269 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:57.720 And we also hear that the red flag warnings have 270 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:00.279 been extended even though the winds are going to start 271 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:03.679 dying down. The red flag warnings for high fire danger 272 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:09.320 possibility are extended through tomorrow as well. Captain kellerher, I'm 273 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:13.240 curious as to the direction that the fires are blowing. 274 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:17.720 We know that one saving grace of the Palisades fire 275 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:21.039 is that it was blowing last night toward the ocean. 276 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.960 Yeah, and most of these fires, the way these winds 277 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:27.639 are blowing, they're blowing in a southwest kind of direction, 278 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.120 but they are you know, it's interesting because they start 279 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:35.519 to swirl and they become intermittent, and that just causes 280 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:39.559 like those you know, big almost little mini tornadoes in 281 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:44.960 the fire. So it is very tricky out there. And yeah, 282 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:47.000 you know, the fact that it did blow to the 283 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.759 ocean that that definitely helps. But the other fires are 284 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:54.720 blowing the same way, kind of a southwesterly path. 285 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:57.559 Which is not great news for the fire, the Altadena 286 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:01.120 fire because south of yeah, where it's burning is the 287 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:06.600 two ten Freeway and huge, you know, huge population centers. 288 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.919 Yeah, and that's the case, and that's what we're working 289 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:14.399 so incredibly hard on. And hopefully when the sun comes up, 290 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.799 we'll see if those helicopters and our fixed wings can 291 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:19.440 get up and fly. But they weren't able to fly 292 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:22.720 because of the wind last night. So that really takes 293 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.960 a big piece of arsenal out of our firepower when 294 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.960 we can't get up in the air. 295 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.039 Right, So the Palisades fire. For a while yesterday there 296 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:34.759 were air dropping helicopters and the Super Scooper planes making drops, 297 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.679 but that had to stop. And then because the fire, 298 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:41.919 the Eaton Canyon fire started so late in the day, 299 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.120 that never got any aerial attention, did. 300 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:48.759 It, you know, not that I know of. I was 301 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.039 so so fixated on the palace aide, but I don't 302 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:56.639 think so. Those winds were just pretty pretty insane, So 303 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:58.399 it's been a challenge, to say the least. 304 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:04.400 Yeah, and Keller, have you ever seen fire behavior like this? 305 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.119 I think the Wolveny was close, but I feel like 306 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.839 the winds here are are even more dramatic and extreme 307 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:16.920 and unpredictable, that's the word I'm looking for. They're unpredictable 308 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.400 in the way that they shift a little bit, but yeah, 309 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:22.759 I think this is by far one of the worst 310 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.880 ones I've ever been a part of. 311 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:27.640 Okay, and the embers that we've been talking about through 312 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:30.240 the morning are one of the biggest dangers of the 313 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:32.440 fire spreading. So not only do you have the wind 314 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:35.559 and the flames, but you've got these embers that are 315 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:39.359 throwing little fireballs ahead of the fire. 316 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:43.640 You said it, that is exactly what's happening. To give 317 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:46.799 you a little bit of perspective. Last night, I was 318 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:50.599 sitting at will Rogers Beach, at that parking lot just 319 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.920 next to the ocean, and right across pH that whole 320 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.759 hillside was going and those winds kicked up to probably 321 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.640 seventy miles an hour, maybe a little bit more, and 322 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:05.279 it looked like it was raining fire. And that's no seseration. 323 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:07.200 It looked like it was hailing fire. I think that's 324 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:09.759 a better word because of just what you said. Those 325 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:13.960 embers and they're big and you know, tossing, you know, 326 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:19.119 pieces of brush and trees just flying by, and they 327 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:22.920 get second they actually made it across the pch We 328 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.480 lost several lifeguard towers if you can imagine that in 329 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:30.680 the sand, So those embers can land anywhere. And you know, 330 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.680 that goes back to what we always talked about harding 331 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.759 your home. Make sure there's nothing around it where those 332 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:36.720 embers can get caught in and get lodged in to 333 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:38.799 keep your home safe from this type of wind event. 334 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:42.880 And I've heard too that the embers are especially dangerous 335 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.519 to the homes because they can get up under the eaves. 336 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.039 Yeah, very much so. And there's so many. I think 337 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:52.720 that's that's like, it's just not like one. It's just like, 338 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:55.039 like I said, it looks like it's hailing. Yeah. 339 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.000 So with that, with that knowledge, even if you're not 340 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:02.440 in an evacuation, world warning or order zone at this time, 341 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:06.480 is there something that homeowners who are possibly near or 342 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:08.559 when there's an event like this, is there something that 343 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:11.240 they should be doing. Should they be watering down their houses? 344 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:13.960 Should they you know, what kind of last minute things 345 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.400 should they be doing to get ready just in case? 346 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:17.519 Yeah? 347 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:19.839 I think I think first and foremost, if they can 348 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:24.720 download the Genesis app that's Genesis Evacuation that has just 349 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:29.240 been incredibly useful, that alerts the residents that are in 350 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.000 evacuation warnings or orders, that puts up the boundaries and 351 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:34.519 the borders, so you know exactly what time to you 352 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.759 know when you need to go and when you need 353 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:38.480 to get out. That that's a pro tip right there. 354 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:41.400 Everybody needs to get that app And then when it 355 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.160 comes to what they can do for their home, you know, 356 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.119 the biggest thing is think about where those members can 357 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:48.039 land and where they can settle. That's why we say, 358 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:50.200 you know, get those woodpiles away from your home. Make 359 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:53.160 sure there's no tree or brush or leaves or anything 360 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:55.759 like that in your gutters. And you know, those are 361 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.880 the things that you can kind of kind of get 362 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:01.240 away from your home. Put your patio furniture a hopefully 363 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.599 all the Christmas decorations are gone, because all those things 364 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.880 are gonna be magnets for those embers and just cause 365 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:11.880 the situation, and it's just also being aware and paying 366 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.960 attention to where you're going. That wind is relentless out there. 367 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.680 I haven't gone to bed yet and I it has 368 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.359 not slowed down at all, which. 369 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:22.920 Again, as we were talking about, southern California is so dynamic. 370 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:25.400 There are some areas where you are where the winds 371 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:28.960 are just still howling. And at my house it was 372 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:30.640 just dead calm this morning. 373 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:34.039 Wow you where are you at in the Silver Lake area? 374 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.119 Oh? 375 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:38.920 Okay, yeah, well I'll fall through the one on one 376 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:41.519 quarter West hill locking the out of flint Ridge up 377 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:45.680 against those mountains and bases. It is just still relentless. 378 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:49.160 Okay, Captain callaher Ellie Fire. Thank you so much for 379 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:54.000 your information. We appreciate it. Do stay safe and hopefully 380 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:55.240 we don't have to talk to you again. 381 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:58.240 I agree, Thank you, all right, you take care? 382 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:01.640 All right. When we we're gonna check in with ABC's 383 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:04.559 Alex Stone. He is on scene at the fire burning 384 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:08.200 near Altadena, which is not far from Pasadena. He's going 385 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:11.839 to give us the latest on that Southland weather from KFI. 386 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.200 Red flag warnings in effect through tomorrow, with gus seventy 387 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.440 miles per hour or higher expected in some areas. The 388 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.079 red flag warnings in effect for La and Ventura Counties. 389 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:26.359 San Gabriel Mountains, San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys, especially 390 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:30.759 the foothills, Beverly and Hollywood Hills. Coastal area is adjacent 391 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:33.960 to the Sepolvita Pass, the Santa Monica Mountains, the Santa 392 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:40.000 Susanna Mountains, Malibu, eastern Ventura County sorry, eastern Ventura Valley, 393 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.880 mainly near Simi Valley in moor Park, the San Bernardino 394 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:46.319 County Mountains, the Inland Empire, the Santa Ana Mountains, and 395 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:49.920 for also coastal and inland Orange County, so not affecting 396 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:54.000 only La and Ventura Counties. The winds are still howling, 397 00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:57.119 the fires are still burning out of control. We've got 398 00:21:57.119 --> 00:22:00.319 three big ones in southern California. A new one is started. 399 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:02.759 We're getting word that a fire in Riverside County has 400 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:05.200 burned about ten to fifteen acres in the Coachella Valley. 401 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:08.440