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<v Speaker 1>It's time to talk to my former friend Dave Frasier,

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<v Speaker 1>who totally didn't call me and let me know that

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<v Speaker 1>I could have seen the Aurora borealis last night if

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<v Speaker 1>i'd only looked outside.

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<v Speaker 2>What the heck, Dave, you were the only one. I

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<v Speaker 2>ran down to the weather deck when we started getting

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<v Speaker 2>pictures in and looked out from downtown Denver. Obviously, the

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<v Speaker 2>city lights obscured any chance for me to see it.

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<v Speaker 2>Some folks in Denver were able to see a hint

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<v Speaker 2>of it. But boy, some of the pictures we got

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<v Speaker 2>last night. I love it when our viewers connect us

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<v Speaker 2>with what's going on. Yeah, snowstorms, they're taking pictures. But

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<v Speaker 2>the pictures we saw from the western slope to the

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<v Speaker 2>eastern plains, the clouds cleared just in time, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was probably I went to Alaska years ago to see it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I did. I will tell you the pictures that

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<v Speaker 2>we saw. And of course iPhones today and the technologies

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<v Speaker 2>right phenomenal. But the pictures were more vibrant. The greens,

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<v Speaker 2>the rich greens, and the reds and the purple shadings.

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<v Speaker 2>They were just unbelievable. But the fun anything is it

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<v Speaker 2>was not expected and that's what was odd Scient's weather Listen.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not my forte but Science weather is one of

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<v Speaker 2>these things that they've been dabbling in in years. And

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<v Speaker 2>some of the graphics we put on TV showing where

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<v Speaker 2>the viewing line is, those things haven't really come into

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<v Speaker 2>play till like twenty twenty, so they're kind of new.

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<v Speaker 2>And they use a G scale. It's kind of think

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<v Speaker 2>of a hurricane scale, you know, zero as low as fives,

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<v Speaker 2>And what we had last night was a G four.

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<v Speaker 2>So when I went to work yesterday, I have set

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<v Speaker 2>on my phone to get alerts. I get weather alerts

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<v Speaker 2>from the National Weather Service. I get earthquake alerts when

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<v Speaker 2>they're larger than a six point zero the Richter scale,

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<v Speaker 2>and I get geomagnetic storm alerts, and so we had

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<v Speaker 2>gotten one yesterday, and all of us in the weather

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<v Speaker 2>suder we're talking about it. But it was scheduled for

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<v Speaker 2>Wednesday today, this evening. So I'm walking through the newsroom

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<v Speaker 2>last night and our executive producer.

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<v Speaker 3>Chris says, Dave Roa bory Alis tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>I said no, no, tomorrow night. He says, I don't think.

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<v Speaker 2>So I go over to his desk and here come

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<v Speaker 2>the pictures, and I'm like, so, I think there was

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<v Speaker 2>either a miscalculation in when it arrived, or it was

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<v Speaker 2>stronger than they thought, or it came sooner than they thought.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was certainly vivid.

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<v Speaker 3>And it was high on the scale.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a G four and that is when the

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<v Speaker 2>viewing line can drop far south, even into the Southern States.

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<v Speaker 2>And we had a front row seat last night.

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<v Speaker 1>And what exactly causes the Aurora boreality, Dave, It's.

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<v Speaker 2>A geomagnetic storm in the atmosphere and it just causes

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<v Speaker 2>an electrical storm where the colors are kind of streaming around.

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<v Speaker 3>Again, it's a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Above my knowledge of space, weather and everything, but it's basically,

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<v Speaker 2>I like to say it this way. The sun burps

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<v Speaker 2>this big giant ball of flare and it just races

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<v Speaker 2>through space. And of course the biggest concern is to

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<v Speaker 2>communications and satellites and stuff like that. It can cause

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<v Speaker 2>interference and you'll hear stuff about you know, airlines and

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<v Speaker 2>all that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>So it just kind of messes with our electrical fields

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<v Speaker 3>right and up high, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, all those kind of gases and everything floating around.

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<v Speaker 1>I have seen it from an airplane flying over the

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<v Speaker 1>Arctic Circle going from San Francisco to Frankfurt, Germany. But

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<v Speaker 1>I've never seen it from the ground. And you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>call me, you big jert. No, I'm just kidding, Dave.

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<v Speaker 1>When are we gonna get snow?

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<v Speaker 3>When?

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<v Speaker 2>Is?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't get me wrong, this is not a complaint.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I am enjoying the heck out of this weather. Last

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<v Speaker 1>weekend we went hiking and it was absolutely magnificent. But

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<v Speaker 1>when can we expect some kind of change in this

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<v Speaker 1>weather pattern? And you know I'm asking about when an't

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<v Speaker 1>we gonna get snow?

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<v Speaker 2>Days? Yeah, I I'm always in the camp of don't

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<v Speaker 2>give up, wait until the season's over, But I'm starting

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<v Speaker 2>to cross over the line and get into that get

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<v Speaker 2>at the back of the complaint line on the lack

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<v Speaker 2>of snow we've been talking about. We've been talking about

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<v Speaker 2>a pattern change. We still see that we said sometime

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<v Speaker 2>after the seventeenth. That's still there. I'll give you for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>on Monday and over the weekend, the forecast called for

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<v Speaker 2>us to get out of these warm seventies by Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>and start to get into the fifth these and then

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<v Speaker 2>forties next week. Well, in the last couple of days

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<v Speaker 2>we bumped Saturday back into the sixties, and today I

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<v Speaker 2>had to bump Sunday back into the sixties. The pattern

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<v Speaker 2>change is still there, but it's being held up just

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit. And that's a little disconcerting to me,

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<v Speaker 2>because while you do have your overnight lows close to

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<v Speaker 2>freezing or at about twenty nine or thirty degrees, if

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<v Speaker 2>you can get a little bit of moisture, you can

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<v Speaker 2>get it to change over. I'm just not seeing a

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<v Speaker 2>robust storm with enough moisture that we would be able

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<v Speaker 2>to lay down what would be considered a measurable snow.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think there's a chance Sunday late evening that

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<v Speaker 2>we could get a rain shower. It's just looking too warm.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's a stray shower Monday, don't hold your breath.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I think Tuesday and Wednesday, as we finally

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<v Speaker 2>start to slide into the forties to about fifty degrees,

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<v Speaker 2>if there's enough shower activity, and I think it is

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<v Speaker 2>rain at this point, maybe we mixed in a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of snowflakes. I'm just not confident at this point to

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<v Speaker 2>the next seven to ten days we will see measurable

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<v Speaker 2>snow in Denver. So of account of how many snowless

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<v Speaker 2>days we had yesterday was two hundred and seven hour

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<v Speaker 2>or two hundred eight I think we continue on that

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<v Speaker 2>count until we can see something more significant.

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<v Speaker 1>I will take that. I have no issue with any

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<v Speaker 1>of that. I like I said, this fall has been

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely glorious. Tons of people asking on the text line,

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<v Speaker 1>are we going to have more Aurora borealis tonight or

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<v Speaker 1>did we miss it?

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<v Speaker 2>No? So here's the thing. I pulled that up because

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<v Speaker 2>I figured that was going to be a question. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not going to say no. I'm not going to say no.

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<v Speaker 2>Number One, last night, the clouds cleared perfectly. Tonight clouds

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<v Speaker 2>are going to be a little more stubborn. I think

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<v Speaker 2>if you're going to have a chance, you have to

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<v Speaker 2>go away from the base of the foothills and out

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<v Speaker 2>onto the eastern plains. And I think you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>go north to be able to see it. The viewing

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<v Speaker 2>line last night was south of Colorado, almost down to Albuquerque. Tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>that viewing line is north of Colorado, kind of right

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<v Speaker 2>on the border. Okay. So, and the geomagnetic threshold that

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about that four that we got last night,

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<v Speaker 2>some of that lingered into this morning as of right

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<v Speaker 2>now and through the evening that's going to drop to

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<v Speaker 2>a three and a two and a one, So I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's kind of slipped away. So I think being forecast,

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<v Speaker 2>if you will, for that event happened last night, It's

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<v Speaker 2>still possible tonight, but at a much much lower intensity.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think you do have to go farther north

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to try and chase the lights.

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<v Speaker 3>Dave.

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<v Speaker 1>How another texter said, does Dave know how long it's

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<v Speaker 1>been since the northern lights were visible this far south?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't, but all I can tell you is, again,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one of those rare occasions here. I've talked to people.

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<v Speaker 2>People were emailing in and saying they've lived here fifty

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<v Speaker 2>years and while they've seen them at times, never saw

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<v Speaker 2>the brilliant show that they saw last night. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think that tells the story. And what's amazing to me, Mandy,

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<v Speaker 2>was it was not anything anybody was expecting. It was

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<v Speaker 2>not like a lunar eclipse.

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<v Speaker 3>Right so right eclips where we knew we'd and months

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<v Speaker 3>in advance.

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<v Speaker 2>And people were expecting it, and we're going outside. But

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<v Speaker 2>the vast majority of people who somehow looked out their

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<v Speaker 2>window at the right time and went out and photographed.

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<v Speaker 2>It is just amazing to me because it wasn't anything.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I would have been in my kitchen at

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<v Speaker 2>home if I was off with the vinds down and

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<v Speaker 2>never known had we knocked gotten the pictures at the station.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything changed right around six to six thirty and the

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<v Speaker 2>picture started coming in.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm literally outside on the weather.

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<v Speaker 2>Deck going do you see You know, in today's society

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<v Speaker 2>with AI and m you got to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Careful at pictures and are they.

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<v Speaker 2>Rail and tornadoes and all this kind of stuff. So

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<v Speaker 2>my first gut instinct was to be you know, safe there, No, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not going to happen till tomorrow. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>picture just kept coming and wow.

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<v Speaker 1>One of my listeners just sent me one from Lake

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<v Speaker 1>Mac Lake McConaughey, and it's absolutely it looks fake. It's stunning.

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<v Speaker 1>So thanks for nothing, Dave Frasier for not calling me

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<v Speaker 1>and let me know to look out my window. I

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<v Speaker 1>missed it. Have a great week, my friend. We'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you next week.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Guys do enjoy the weekend to head all right?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome say save that stay Phraser