WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:05.360 A M six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on 3 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.240 demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:10.240 Welcome back, Christina Pascucci and for Shannon today. 5 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.960 Thank you you decided to come back. Let me in 6 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:13.359 the building. 7 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.480 Agad Well, I kind of had to joyce, but you 8 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:19.719 brought your blanket and your slippers again, which is important. 9 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.600 I'm professional up top and comfortable in bottom. 10 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:24.480 Let's say that. 11 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.039 Well, thanks for coming back. We're going to get to 12 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:29.920 a lot of stuff today. 13 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.000 More details about that mine rescue that took place in Colorado, 14 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:35.880 More problems at CBS. 15 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.719 There's a boil order for Long Beach Water. 16 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.520 There was an awful road rage incident last night that 17 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.240 shut down I five through Boil Heights. You actually have 18 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:49.439 some information to shed when it comes to the plane 19 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:52.640 crash out on Catalina that killed five people. Talk about 20 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.399 that and if you have, have you seen the video 21 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:02.079 of the guy punching out a bunch of Palestinian a holes. 22 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.280 That's not what makes them may holes, it's that they're 23 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.640 bugging people. That's what he punched out. One of those guys. 24 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:09.920 We'll actually be talking to him a little bit later 25 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:10.359 in the show. 26 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.319 It's going to be his first interview he's done, so 27 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.640 we're really looking forward to hear what he has to say. 28 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.400 And it's interesting because he told us how he's an 29 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:24.079 Albanian Muslim and he stands up for or against anti Semitism, 30 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:26.799 and that's what he was doing in that case when 31 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:29.120 this heckler threw the first punch at him and he 32 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:31.000 had to defend himself, he says. 33 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:32.799 So the video is pretty crazy. 34 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.640 Yeah, I shared it on my Instagram if anyone wants 35 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:36.560 to see what we're talking about. 36 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:37.719 On Christina Pascucci. 37 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:40.799 A lot going on in the campaign as well. 38 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:45.120 Former President Trump scheduled a campaign in Aurora, Colorado today. 39 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:46.719 This is one of the places that he says has 40 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.840 been overrun by a Venezuelan gang, although the Republican mayor 41 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:55.319 of Aurora says that's not entirely true. But there, I mean, 42 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:58.439 for hours, there have been people lined up to get 43 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:03.079 into his rally today. They're in Aurora. Of it's not 44 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:06.799 former she's the current Vice President Harris. She's campaigning in 45 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.400 Arizona today and then she's also going to be joining 46 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.840 President Biden for an update virtually at least for an 47 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:15.800 update on the responses to hurricanes the. 48 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.039 Leen and Milton. And that's where we'll start today. 49 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.120 So the storm left that or bands of the storm 50 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:24.879 left the state yesterday afternoon, and yet you already have 51 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:29.000 one point six million accounts have been restored in the 52 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:32.240 state of Florida. Two point four million as of nine 53 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.120 am are outstanding. 54 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:36.520 I wanted to play a couple of soundbites really quickly. 55 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:39.680 This one from a woman who said the hurricanes, She's 56 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:43.039 been through hurricanes before, That wasn't it. That wasn't the rain, 57 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:45.360 the wind, or anything. It was the tornadoes that got her. 58 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:49.800 Never have I experienced damage or the amount of tornadoes 59 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.719 that came to this area. Yeah, and it was the 60 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.080 most frightening thing I've ever looked through. 61 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:58.599 This guy was flooded out of his house and he's 62 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.639 describing it to a report or what he's kind of saw, 63 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:05.800 what he's dealing with, et cetera. And you can hear 64 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:08.159 him at the end start to get emotional. 65 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.639 Anywhere from hip to chest deep the time we got. 66 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:13.360 Done, you can't stay here, No, no, no, no. 67 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:17.280 And is it my generator's underwater? We have a septic system. 68 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:17.960 It's underwater. 69 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:19.599 It won't it won't work for months. 70 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.960 It's saturated, so and we'll get water in here. Everything 71 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:24.759 is just gonna buckle. 72 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.919 How are you doing right now? 73 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:33.000 I'm okay, surely, but not. 74 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.000 He did eventually break down and start crying in front 75 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:41.039 of in front of quarters time. So this is and 76 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.360 here's the issue that I think a lot of people 77 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:48.400 in uh western North Carolina are worried about. Now, Milton's 78 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:50.759 getting all the attention. I mean, granted, it just happened. 79 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:52.840 We're talking about, you know, less than forty eight hours 80 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:57.439 after this thing made landfall. But Milton's getting all the attention. 81 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.719 What's happened to everybody that was hit by Hurricane Helene? 82 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:03.960 Because they're still dealing a lot of them still dealing 83 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:08.879 with power outages, no clean water, like this guy. I mean, 84 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:12.120 their septic systems are gone at least they will be 85 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:12.800 for months. 86 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.839 They're desperate for help, so hopefully the attention doesn't go 87 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:20.800 off of them. But I mean, to the point of Milton, 88 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:24.040 at least sixteen people are dead now that death tool 89 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.040 has risen. One of those killed was a man who 90 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:30.439 stepped on a down power line. So that gives you 91 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.360 a sense of the danger that remains after a storm hits. 92 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.439 Governor Desanta says a thousand people have been rescued. That 93 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:38.639 includes a fourteen year old boy who is found on 94 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:42.399 a floating fence gasping for air and a Florida fishermen 95 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.160 who I think we'll talk about at some point through 96 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:46.600 the show where we can talk about it now, but 97 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.720 he was found clinging to an ice cooler in the 98 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:52.600 middle of the Gulf after his boat capsized in twenty 99 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.360 five foot waves. 100 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:55.360 We'll talk about. 101 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.120 That, we'll talk about why it's going to take so 102 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:00.000 long to get gasoline back into those areas that were 103 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:01.439 hit by Milton as well. 104 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:04.920 Okay, yeah, shut it up for a night, and then 105 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.240 we'll hear from Captain Eric Scott LAFD on the scene 106 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:12.959 in Florida responding doing incredible work. So Captain Eric Scott 107 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:14.879 will come and speak to us about twenty minutes. 108 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:16.720 Don't forget today's Friday. So we're going to do what 109 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:18.560 you learned this week on the Gary and Shannon Show. 110 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.519 You can always leave us a talkback message and let 111 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:22.879 us know what you learned while you were listening this week. 112 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:25.240 When you're listening on the app, just hit that little 113 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.959 microphone button and that leaves us a message that we 114 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:29.360 can hear. We'll get to that late in the show 115 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.240 as well. You mentioned this just before the break. A 116 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:36.720 boat captain was able to ride out Hurricane Milton overnight 117 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:39.920 in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard was able 118 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:44.839 to spot this guy thirty miles offshore, clinging to a 119 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:46.879 cooler from his boat. 120 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:48.680 So many questions. 121 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:54.120 Lieutenant Commander Dana Grady, the Sector Saint Petersburg Commander Center chief, said, 122 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.800 to understand the severity of the hurricane conditions, we estimate 123 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.879 he experienced seventy five to ninety mile an hour winds, 124 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.079 twenty to twenty five foot seas for an extended period 125 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:07.879 of time overnight, and he survived because of a life 126 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:12.879 jacket and the emergency positioned indicating locator bacon and a 127 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:14.639 cooler that he had with him. 128 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:17.040 He should be the real, Lieutenant Dan. 129 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.279 Yeah, this is the guy I mean, granted, he probably 130 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:23.000 shouldn't have been out there. He was the captain of 131 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:25.480 this fishing vessel that broke down on Monday. 132 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:28.680 The boat was left at sea. They're going to try 133 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:29.800 to figure out what to do with it. 134 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:32.360 They're probably I would imagine just scuttle that thing and 135 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.160 let it go to the bottom. But the owner reported 136 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:38.560 to the coastguard at about noon Wednesday that the captain 137 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:41.839 went back out to the boat before dawn to make 138 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:44.839 repairs on it and hadn't been heard from since. 139 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.480 Conditions deteriorated quickly. That gives you a sense of how 140 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:49.600 fast things can change. 141 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:54.839 Yeah, he was last heard from about six forty five 142 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.480 Wednesday night, and then landfall. I mean he would have 143 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.480 been right in the middle of this thing. Landfall would 144 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.199 have been about an hour and fifteen hour and thirty later. 145 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.920 And then he was rescued at one thirty yesterday afternoon, 146 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:10.160 about thirty miles off of Longboat Key in Florida. 147 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:12.199 That is remarkable he survived. 148 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:15.399 It's unbelievable. Why didn't you go out? Why did you 149 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:17.680 go back out in the storm? 150 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.519 Leave it to Florida All this story's always coming out 151 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:22.160 of A. 152 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.439 Quarter of the almost eight thousand gas stations in the 153 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:30.480 state of Florida have run dry, according to gasbuddy dot 154 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:34.199 com oil price information service. Another company, the Tracks Oil, 155 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:37.000 found as much as half of the state's gas stations 156 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:40.600 don't have enough gasoline. An expert said that this could 157 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:44.120 persist for a long time. Which it's not just people 158 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:50.319 getting around. Businesses need them homes and businesses need gasoline 159 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.560 for some of them to run generators, et cetera. The 160 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:59.279 Port Tampa Bay handles about forty three percent of Florida's 161 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:02.720 gasoline in and they're talking about power outages that are 162 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.600 also going to impede gas service. Obviously, gas stations depend 163 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.439 on the electricity to pump the fuel from their storage 164 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:10.959 tanks and deliver it into the vehicles, and that's not 165 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.639 something that you're going to solve overnight. We did hear 166 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:17.839 from Ron DeSantis about the power being you know, turned 167 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:21.519 back on for many many customers right away. That is 168 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:25.000 a great credit to the leaders in Florida who knew 169 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:27.839 to pre position all of those assets, and some of 170 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.959 them were already I mean, some of them were already 171 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.639 working or continuously working since Hurricane Helene shift them downstate 172 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:38.000 just a little bit to pick up the job after 173 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.039 Milton rolls through. 174 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.159 Right And you know, we heard from people who are 175 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.600 on the ground there yesterday who said they were so 176 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:47.200 impressed by the amount of information and preparation on behalf 177 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:49.559 of the government. And that's not something you hear often, 178 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.080 so they are used to hurricanes there. 179 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.000 They know the drill. 180 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:55.200 It seems like the governor handled it very well, and 181 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:58.000 they had officials on standby, thousands and thousands of people 182 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:00.639 ready to go, not only people who are on the 183 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:04.720 rescue effort, but utility companies and the like and Port 184 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:07.320 Tampa Bay. I mean this when you think about if 185 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:10.080 the storm had changed its path just by a few miles, 186 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:12.679 Port Tampa Bay, where a lot of that gasoline comes from, 187 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:15.960 as you mentioned, is avoided major damage. 188 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:17.559 Yeah, we're hearing. 189 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:20.120 Their docks themselves don't appear to be damaged. I mean, 190 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.039 there's some flooding on the roads getting into and out 191 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.240 of the port, which are going to cause problems, but 192 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:26.000 the port itself. 193 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:27.600 Is in pretty good condition, so that's good news. 194 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.600 We're live everywhere on iHeartRadio app. I'm Christina Pascucci and 195 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.879 filling in for Shannon. Today forty nine ers were playing 196 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.639 you Know Where She Was? But she'll be back Monday. 197 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:38.519 Depending on I haven't checked the. 198 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:43.799 Intake records at King County Jail in Seattle, so I'm 199 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:44.639 not sure. 200 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.240 So depending what we find there, we have so much 201 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:49.879 coming up, we have a lot to talk about I 202 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:53.919 feel almost like energized this morning because there's so much happening. 203 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:57.519 We have great interviews for you. We're going to talk 204 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:00.279 about all your top news. The boil water noted it's 205 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:03.919 been lifted for Long Beach. Also the Catalina plane crash 206 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:08.559 that happened earlier this week. Sadly, because I'm a licensed pilot, 207 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:10.240 I actually I know some of the people in that 208 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:13.240 community who knew the people who died. Well, I'm getting 209 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:15.960 some insight into what happened. We'll also talk about the 210 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:19.600 airport conditions there. Just coming up later in the show, 211 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.799 Captain Eric Scott with the LAFD is going to call 212 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:27.320 in any second and talk about the cruise absent on 213 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:31.279 the ground to Hurricane Milton and Helene before that, what 214 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.200 they're doing, what that rescue operation is like. So stay 215 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.519 tuned for that. In the meantime, Saga CBS continues. 216 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.159 I'm pretty amazed at what's going on. We talked before 217 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.360 a couple of things about what's going on at CBS News. 218 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:52.000 One of them was the criticism from above. 219 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.799 Okay, so Captain Scott's on the line, so we'll come 220 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:55.879 back to the CBS thing. 221 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:56.960 But all right, all right, so. 222 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:59.919 Captain Eric Scott from the LA Fire Department talking about 223 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.080 what is it a couple dozen of a dozen dozen 224 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:05.919 firefighters from different agencies. 225 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:07.159 Captain Scott, what's going on? 226 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:11.519 Hey, Gary and Christine, our pleasure to be on this morning. 227 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:13.879 So yeah, we definitely are headed out that way and 228 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:17.919 assisting them. We landed on Monday evening, so we sent 229 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.039 forty three members to assist with the Hurricane Milton response 230 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:24.919 in the southeast. So this is just part of what 231 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:29.159 we call a nationwide neutral aid, essentially neighbors helping neighbors. 232 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:32.240 So we have a group of firefighters from FEMA California 233 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:35.360 Task Force One that's our members from the La City 234 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:38.679 Fire Department. They're really specializing in urban search and rescue 235 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:42.759 and swift water specialists to give some technical assistance to 236 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:46.120 the recovery efforts, but not just Milton. 237 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:49.120 I'm my understanding is also there's some people that are 238 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:53.159 headed up farther north to help with the recovery efforts 239 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:55.039 after Helene. 240 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.759 Yeah, you're spot on. We this follows a separate eighteen 241 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:02.720 member las A team that left Friday, that would be 242 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:06.639 last Friday, to respond to Hurricane Helen, and so they're 243 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.480 assisting with search efforts in North Carolina, and this most 244 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:16.080 recent team that we had, they basically arrived Monday night. 245 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:18.320 You have to meet up with a convoy. There's other 246 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.159 rescuers and teams up there. So they did that in Orlando, Florida, 247 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:23.840 and then they make their way up to a camp 248 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:28.360 in Blanding kind of northeast Florida. And it's a staging center, 249 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:30.519 so as you can imagine, it's like an army base. 250 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.679 You have a lot of resources. You have different government entities, 251 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:38.399 National Guard, FEMA, task forces, et cetera. And everything is 252 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:41.559 very organized that we do. So the whole state is 253 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:45.200 broken into several branches and then our LAFD members they're 254 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:47.120 working in what we call Branch three that's in the 255 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:49.320 northeast area. So they have to tie in with local 256 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:53.159 resources kind of liaison and surveying determine what the needs 257 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:54.320 are and that's what they've been doing. 258 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.720 Matain Scott, it's so good to talk to you and 259 00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:59.440 have you on the show. Thank you so much for 260 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:01.039 taking the time. So I know you have a million 261 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.120 things going on today. Can you talk about the specialized 262 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:06.639 teams within the LAFD. 263 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:08.960 I know you reference the swift Water rescue. 264 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:11.559 I mean, you guys are training year round for this, 265 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:14.159 and we have a year round fire season here in California, 266 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:15.120 so you have a. 267 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:15.679 Lot going on. 268 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.519 You're right, Christina, and our pleasure speaking with you again too. 269 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:23.159 It's been a while, very highly trained team. We couldn't 270 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:26.000 be prouder of the Los Angeles City Fire Department members. 271 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.639 They truly pride themselves on striving to be the best 272 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.240 of the best. So we do have a full swift 273 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.360 water component like you mentioned. That means they're bringing inflatable 274 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.879 rescue boats that are trailered up there. So part of 275 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:40.840 a team has to go on ground with semi trucks 276 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:46.120 you know, vans for transportation, four wheel drive vehicles, a 277 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:53.000 ground based convoy to make their way up, including canine searches. 278 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:57.360 We have multiple dogs with us. We have hazardous materials specialists, 279 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.120 confined space specialists if there was, you know, any rubble 280 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:05.600 to get through, so they're truly prepared to do anything 281 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:08.279 can to assist those in need. I'll be honest, long 282 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:10.320 story short, I just got off the phone with our 283 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:14.200 team prior to calling you or receiving your call, and 284 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:18.000 fortunately things are going pretty well. The whole team is 285 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:21.159 in good spirits. They're leaving this morning. They're headed to 286 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:24.519 Tampa at the State Fairgrounds and what we call Branch four. 287 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:27.960 So that's actually the area that's most impacted by the storm, 288 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:30.919 where most of the searches took place. So now they're 289 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:34.120 going to go there and make connections and assist those folks. 290 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:37.559 Can you talk Captain Scott about the after action once 291 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:42.279 the once your teams come back, what kind of what 292 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:44.399 kind of briefing do you guys go through to figure 293 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.960 out how can we do it better? What happened, you know, 294 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.440 what needs to happen the next time around. 295 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.039 That's a good question because we do that every time, 296 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:55.679 from every small little fire of our fifteen hundred emergency 297 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:58.399 incidents every day in Los Angeles, we do after action reports, 298 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:02.279 and of course one large scale, significant deployments, we do 299 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:04.799 that even more so there'll be a full team debrief. 300 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:08.000 We also want to make sure they're mental and medically 301 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:10.440 taken care of. Did they get sick. We'll do a 302 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:14.320 full medical evaluation on those members to assist so and 303 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.840 then you kind of get them a little bit of 304 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.080 rest and you go back into constant state of readiness 305 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:21.039 to be pre deployed because as you know, wildfires are 306 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:23.559 going all over. We are all hazard, meaning we go 307 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.399 to any sort of hazard from wildfire, earthquake, tornado, or hurricane, 308 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:30.120 you name it. I'm on personally on a federal incident 309 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:32.960 management team and it's been I think I think that 310 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:36.320 team alone has had five deployments already this year. And 311 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:38.559 so as soon as you're done with the two week deployment, 312 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:41.399 you get hopefully seven days of rest and you kind 313 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:44.080 of have to be right back up into a area 314 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.120 of readiness. But that's what we signed up for and 315 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:47.320 our members are proud to do it. 316 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:51.360 I have a logistics type question, Captain Scott. So you 317 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.399 know you guys are the ones who run toward the fire, 318 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:57.639 of course, so in terms of a hurricane, when you've 319 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:02.360 been deployed to help you and the impacted areas and 320 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:05.600 you know it's headed luckily didn't hit straight on like 321 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.120 we thought that, say, you know exactly where. 322 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.519 It's going, do you. 323 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:12.399 Stand by you right outside of that area and then 324 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.960 go in the second it's over or how do you 325 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.600 do that to make sure your crews stay safe. 326 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:23.360 That's a good question too. Everything is based upon situational 327 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:28.279 awareness to make the appropriate risk analysis profile to ensure 328 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.360 that everybody goes home. So we're not going to directly 329 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:36.480 put ourselves into the eye of the storm and wipe 330 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:39.519 out our team, especially if it's just homes and there's 331 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.480 not a life to save, so life above property. Again, 332 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:46.600 this is very organized. There's multiple THEMA deployed teams, and 333 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:50.919 we have base camps in safe areas completely grid out 334 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:55.120 the impact areas and branches and divisions lay out our 335 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:58.679 maps get assigned certain areas, and because of the unique 336 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:02.559 incident Command system, which is known nationally, that's why you 337 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:04.960 got people here on the West coast, you can go 338 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:08.640 clear over to the East coast plug and play. Because 339 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:13.039 when we use certain vernacular and tactics and strategies, we 340 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:16.400 all kind of practice the same sheet of music, so 341 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:19.960 to speak. So our members are now today going into 342 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:23.839 the area that was a little more impacted. That's in 343 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:27.039 what we call branch for where most of those searches 344 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:29.319 take place. And again we need to tie in with 345 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:33.759 the local resources. And I've also heard they've had a 346 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.000 little bit of downtime when you first get there and 347 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.880 you're building your base camp and they're immediately training, so 348 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:42.880 they're training for really wide area searches right now. 349 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:45.480 Do you teach them to speak with an accent at 350 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.759 all in the South or. 351 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:50.079 Is it only on the weekends? 352 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.680 Okay, great Captain Eric Scott, LA Fire Department, thanks for 353 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.359 your time today. 354 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:57.519 Keep us updated, yes or our pleasure, both of you. 355 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:57.920 Take care. 356 00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:58.920 I say thank you. 357 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:03.920 That's a I love to see that happen in moments 358 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.039 of natural disasters like that, when people come from around 359 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:09.759 the country to help out or internationally even that's I 360 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.119 think that. 361 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:12.759 It is a display the best of humanity, which we 362 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.440 need right now. 363 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.839 A couple of people died a few dozen injured when 364 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:20.160 a chemical leaked at a Houston area industrial plant. Hydrogen 365 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:23.559 sulfide leak was reported last night at a Pemex facility 366 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:27.079 in the suburb of Deer Park. Sheriff said that workers 367 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:29.599 were working on a flange when there was a leak 368 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:33.920 of this hydrogen sulfide. Two people confirmed dead. Thirty five 369 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.720 employees either transported or triage there at the scene because 370 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.279 of the injuries. 371 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.759 It's a very real issue with refineries. 372 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:42.440 Well, and we have a bunch of refineries here. 373 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:42.960 Yeah. 374 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:46.880 Actually, not too long ago, the Chevron refinery in Alsigundo 375 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:49.319 had a little hydrogen sulfide leak when they had an 376 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:50.359 emergency situation there. 377 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:52.599 It didn't even make the nase a little leak. Yeah, 378 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:52.880 I know. 379 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.640 Well it actually you know, made some people sick surrounding 380 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.039 the area. 381 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:03.079 So we talked to earlier about the CBS problems that 382 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:07.039 are going on, not just the chastising of anchor Tony D. 383 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:11.359 Koppel for his interview with Tanayashi Coats close. I'm going 384 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:13.559 to leave it at that because I've said it seven 385 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:15.279 different ways. One of them's got to be close. I 386 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:18.240 know what you're talking about. But also this editing that 387 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:20.920 went on with the sixty minutes interview that Bill Whitaker 388 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:26.680 did with Vice President Harris, and it's not CBS has 389 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.799 not denied any of it. They completely edited the interview. 390 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:35.480 They copped to that, but they're not saying why they 391 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:37.920 did it. Were they asked to do it, Was it 392 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.359 somebody's decision to do it? 393 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:41.759 And if it was someone's decision, what was. 394 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:45.640 The reasoning behind editing the answer to in the interview. 395 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:47.759 Well, look, I feel sick over this. 396 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:51.880 Because to me, as journalism is in a rapid decline, 397 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.839 CBS to me, was the gold standard. I used to 398 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:57.599 dream of working there and working for sixty minutes because 399 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:01.960 they hold themselves to a higher standard, you think. And 400 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:04.759 so when you see this story, my question is sometimes, 401 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:08.519