WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:11.839 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app KFI 3 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:17.120 AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere on the 4 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:22.359 iHeartRadio App. Hey, welcome to home. I am Dean Sharp, 5 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.640 the House Whisper. I design custom homes, I build custom homes, 6 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:30.359 and for this weekend, as always, I am your guide 7 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:34.719 to better understanding that place where you live Today on 8 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:38.000 the program, Well, for those of us who live in 9 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:42.039 southern California, that place where we live is under the 10 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:47.679 ongoing threat and devastation of what has been now the 11 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:53.159 most costliest wildfires in United States history. We're going to 12 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:57.159 continue to cover those fires for you, of course through 13 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.560 the twenty four hour KFI Newsroom, but we'll also be 14 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:04.640 talking about them today on the show, specifically from my 15 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:08.439 perspective and what I can bring to the table for you. 16 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:13.000 We're going to be talking some about, especially this weekend 17 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:19.599 moving forward, what happens next when the fires are done 18 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:25.079 and they will end, but they are still burning. When 19 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:29.480 such devastation has been created by such a natural disaster, 20 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.480 where do you pick up and what comes next, especially 21 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.280 when it comes to your home or the total loss 22 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:40.239 of your home. For those of you who are listening, 23 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:43.040 and I know lots of people from all around the 24 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:47.920 country are listening, I hope that you hang with us 25 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.799 because there's a lot of application here. Specifically, of course 26 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.400 we're going to be talking about wildfires and its effect 27 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.680 on a home, but in the bigger scope of things, 28 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:03.640 much of what we'll discuss this weekend has to do 29 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:09.360 with any natural disaster and a response from residential perspective 30 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:12.360 after it has gone its way, whether it is a 31 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:18.199 hurricane or flood, a tornado, whatever the case may be. 32 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:25.759 Natural disasters have a way of resetting the clock in 33 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:29.039 a lot of things, and we're gonna be dealing with 34 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:33.439 that this morning. How soon can anybody get back to 35 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:37.120 these properties? What comes next? What are the next steps 36 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:43.319 after your home has been devastated, and how soon is 37 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:47.560 that rebuilding process? Is there a rebuilding process, and what 38 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.159 to expect through it out all of that and a 39 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:55.199 whole lot more, and of course you will find a 40 00:02:55.240 --> 00:03:00.560 empathetic and an informative voice here, I hope, and we 41 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:03.319 will be taking calls as well, and of course again 42 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:06.960 I'm going to be talking about this as always with calls, 43 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:11.400 anything you want to talk about regarding your home today. 44 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:14.080 The number to reach me eight three to three two. 45 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:18.159 Ask Dean A three three the numeral two, Ask dean 46 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.120 eight three three two ask dean. Of course, I am 47 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:25.199 going to prioritize calls related to fire today, but we 48 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:29.080 will take calls on any subject whatsoever as we go 49 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:32.919 as we do. And that brings up an important point. 50 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:37.560 As devastating as these fires are, and they are, I 51 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.560 am in no way, shape or form going to make 52 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:41.319 light of them. One of the things I want you 53 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:46.599 to understand if you don't live in Southern California is 54 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:49.639 as you see national news coverage, it always tends to 55 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.159 happen this way. You know, it looks as though Los 56 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:56.879 Angeles is on fire. Southern California is on fire. It's 57 00:03:56.919 --> 00:04:02.199 burning to the ground, and a large portion of our 58 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:07.360 home here is doing just that, and there is great devastation, 59 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:10.759 as we will review in the updated stats here in 60 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:16.160 just a bit. However, if you don't understand LA or 61 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:20.199 the La Orange County San Bernardino area, the greater Los 62 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:23.480 Angeles metroplex, or what I just tend to refer to 63 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.720 as southern California, if you don't understand if you haven't 64 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:31.040 visited and you haven't really understood the scope of what 65 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:35.759 life is like here, if you're from a traditional town 66 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:40.279 or traditional city, then one of the things that is 67 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.560 easy to misunderstand when you're looking at national news coverage 68 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:47.959 of what's going on here is these fires are massive 69 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:52.199 and yet at the same time, most, the vast majority 70 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:56.279 of Los Angeles and Orange County and San Bernardino County 71 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:02.519 residents are unaffected directly by these fire Southern California, if 72 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.519 you want to call it this southern the Southern California, 73 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.720 the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, if we just take 74 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:16.000 the LA name and apply it to the continuous urban 75 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:21.879 sprawl essentially that is here in southern California, it is 76 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:26.199 roughly one hundred miles from north to south and one 77 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:30.560 hundred miles from east to west. Okay, that is a massive, 78 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:38.040 massive metropolitan area. These fires have affected tens of thousands 79 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:41.800 of acres. But just understand for those of us here 80 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:47.839 that there are most areas in Southern California are completely safe. 81 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:52.160 But we have all all of us emotionally and all 82 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:56.399 of us indirectly been affected by these fires. And so 83 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:59.120 we are going to continue to focus on them as 84 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.199 we go. Let me enter you shoot to our awesome team. 85 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.439 Sam of course is on the board. How are you doing, Sam, 86 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:08.079 I'm okay, brother, It's good to hear your voice. It's 87 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:12.079 good to be here as well. UH produced. There's our 88 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:16.720 almost live studio audience. UH producer Richie is standing by 89 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:20.360 already screening calls. The call of the phone lines are 90 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:25.160 open again. Eight three three two. Ask dean eight three 91 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:29.199 to three the numeral two ass Dean Eileen Gonzalez of 92 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.319 course on the due's desk. Good morning, Eileen, good morning. 93 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:35.439 Good to hear your voice and your sunshiny attitude is 94 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:36.399 much needed today. 95 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:38.639 Well, we're going to do our best. We're going to 96 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:40.399 do our best. We're not going to look through this 97 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:43.759 situation with any rose colored glasses, but we're going to 98 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.639 bring everybody as much comfort and information as we can 99 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.879 along the way. How are you any issues with where 100 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:52.480 you're at in regards to the fires. 101 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:57.519 I'm lucky, I'm I'm near Uh, I'm near Marina del Rey, 102 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.319 so I'm in a safe zone. But the smoke has 103 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.279 been pretty bad and I'm definitely feeling that. 104 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:06.199 Oh, no doubt, no doubt. So Marina del Rey, down 105 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.439 south of Santa Monica and just a few miles from 106 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:11.680 the fire, but a few miles, it's a lot of that. 107 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:15.439 That's a big distance and south. But the winds have 108 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:19.680 been blowing essentially south since this thing started, so you've 109 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.040 basically received all the smoke. See I live, I probably 110 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:28.720 my home is probably as close, if not closer in 111 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:33.480 proximity as the crow flies to the fire. But this 112 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:39.879 fire started with those heavy, heavy, crazy southern wind, southern 113 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:43.879 south pound wind and h and so there has been 114 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:48.439 no smoke in the Canao Valley, no blue skies, no, 115 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:51.199 not even a trace of it, because it's all been 116 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:52.240 blowing your way. 117 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:56.120 You guys may hear it in my voice today, just yeah, exactly, yeah, 118 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:57.959 I know a lot of people that lost their homes. 119 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.040 And yeah it's very very yeah. 120 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:03.879 Same here, same here, all right. Sitting across the table 121 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.959 from me, my better half, my design partner, my best 122 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:10.360 friend in all the world, who is celebrating something today. 123 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:12.959 I don't even know what, but she's got something going on. 124 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:17.319 Oh it's the National Elephant Day. 125 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:23.399 Today is your birthday? What it is? Happy birthday to 126 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:24.720 you know? 127 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:30.160 All right? Well, yeah, it's not the greatest weekend to 128 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.679 have a birthday, and so cal I gotta tell you, 129 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:37.320 but you know what, I'm grateful. I'm grateful that we're here. 130 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.559 All right, y'all. Here's the thing. Let's have some news 131 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:44.440 for my leen, and when we come back, let's get 132 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:47.399 an update on all of the fires and then begin 133 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:50.200 a conversation a little different than the ones that you've 134 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.480 been hearing through the rest of the week, because you know, 135 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:56.600 it's me, and we're going to be talking about homes 136 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.960 and structures and also rebuilding and what does that mean 137 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.960 all of that and more. Yafi Dean Sharp the House Whisper, 138 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:12.720 Welcome home. Thanks for joining us this early early Saturday morning, 139 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:18.320 a few minutes before six thirty. We rent long in 140 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:20.840 our opening segment because I wanted to sort of lay 141 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:25.159 out where we're going this weekend on our program. Here 142 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.200 this morning and tomorrow, we're going to be talking about 143 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:36.000 wildfires from a house Whisper perspective, hopefully adding to the 144 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:40.600 conversation not just repeating updates and which, of course we're 145 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:45.840 going to do, but also contributing to a broader conversation 146 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:50.639 about where do we go from here as these fires 147 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:56.159 will eventually of course, be snuffed out, and then the 148 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.960 swath of Devas station that they have left in their path. 149 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:04.080 What do we do, especially when entire It's one thing 150 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:06.600 to say, oh, I had fire damage on my house. 151 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:11.240 It's something entirely different to say that an entire neighborhood 152 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:17.840 or a region of homes has been destroyed. What happens then? 153 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.919 Is there a rebuild? Who rebuilds? When will we rebuild? 154 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.960 And so on? So we're going to have that unique 155 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:29.440 perspective and take on that as we move along this morning. 156 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:32.679 But I do want to say this. I went long 157 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.759 in the first segment just to get to all of 158 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:38.159 that information in and to have an extended conversation with 159 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:41.840 the team and the crew here. And we're up against 160 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:45.639 another short break, another short break right now, and when 161 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:49.440 we return, we'll get back on our regular cycle here 162 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.720 and dive into this conversation. Does that sound good? 163 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:53.480 Good? 164 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:57.159 We will start with an update of everything that we 165 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:01.879 know about all of the fires here in southern California. 166 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.320 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 167 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:06.600 KFI AM six. 168 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:13.919 Forty five AM six forty live streaming in HD everywhere 169 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:18.720 on the iHeartRadio app. Dean Sharp the house whisper with 170 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:24.840 you on this smoky southern California Saturday morning here in 171 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:29.519 the wee hours of January eleventh, twenty twenty five. We 172 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:34.840 are still battling several wildfires on several fronts, and we're 173 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:37.360 going to be discussing them with you here on the 174 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:41.960 program today. I'm going to give you my ongoing input 175 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:46.759 and perspective answering now the question not so much how 176 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.120 do we defend against this? Because they're here. They're here now. 177 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:53.200 I will, of course, over the course of today and 178 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:56.240 tomorrow be reviewing with you the things that you can 179 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:00.000 do to harden your home against these kinds of events. 180 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.240 But I also want to take this weekend and specifically 181 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:08.120 focus on where do you go after a disaster like this? 182 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:11.240 How do you move forward in regards to your home, 183 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:15.080 everything from what to expect on the insurance level to 184 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:22.519 the city level, municipalities, neighborhood responses, infrastructure, and so on. 185 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.879 So we're going to do as much as we can. 186 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:28.360 Phone lines are also open, by the way, and if 187 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.320 we have the opportunity, and I'm hoping to take calls 188 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.919 and as always, anything you need and want to talk 189 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.960 about your home today. I am going to prioritize fire calls, 190 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.879 but honestly, wouldn't it be just a great relief to 191 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:47.200 spend a few minutes talking to somebody about a problem 192 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:50.279 with their home that is unrelated to it burning to 193 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:54.440 the ground. So whatever our opportunities are, will take those 194 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:57.440 calls as they come. The number to reach me eight 195 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:01.559 three three, to ask dean eight three three, the numeral 196 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.600 two acidine foe lines are open now. Producer Richie standing by. 197 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:07.799 He'll tell you everything you need to know. Pop you 198 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.000 into the queue and hopefully we can put our heads 199 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:11.960 together and figure out what's going on with your home. 200 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:17.480 And of course, ongoing coverage from the KFI twenty four 201 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:20.399 hour newsroom. We've got Eileen Gonzalez with us this morning 202 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:23.000 at the tip of that spear, and she will keep 203 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:27.840 us informed about any immediate up dates and breaking news 204 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:30.480 in regards to the fire. Let's do a quick update 205 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:36.000 of what we know so far. There are multiple fires burning. 206 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:40.559 Here is the latest. I believe these are the latest numbers, 207 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:44.759 If not directly on the nose, they're very very close 208 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.000 The Palisades Fire, of course, the largest of all of 209 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:52.879 the fires that we've been dealing with here. Currently eight 210 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:58.320 percent contained, the blaze has burned through more than twenty 211 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:05.960 one thousand acres in and around Pacific Palisades. The current 212 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:12.120 count of structures either affected or destroyed I believe is 213 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:18.320 over fifty three hundred structures since Tuesday, and currently the 214 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:24.159 fire is now spreading toward Brentwood, so it is making 215 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:29.120 an eastward journey now along the hills up above Sunset 216 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:35.759 Boulevard and moving eastward as opposed to pushing as far south, 217 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:40.919 which has been its primary direction up until these wind 218 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:43.799 events calm down, And of course we have more wind 219 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:49.320 events coming anticipated in this next week, so it's very 220 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:52.440 very important during this lull right now in the wind 221 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:56.879 that these fires get as contained as they possibly can 222 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:59.399 be before the wind starts kicking up again. But the 223 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:08.480 Palisades eight percent contained currently and moving eastward toward the 224 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:14.360 Brentwood area. The Eton Fire three percent contained, affecting of 225 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:20.720 course Pasadena, Altadena Sierra Madre fourteen thousand, a little over 226 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:26.000 fourteen thousand acres currently. Some are saying as many as 227 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:29.960 seven thousand structures have been damaged or destroyed by that 228 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:35.879 fire as well. Looking down into these heavily lived in 229 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:41.919 neighborhood areas. The Kenneth fire fifty percent contained. That is 230 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:45.279 the one that just started up on Friday, or was 231 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:52.799 it Thursday Thursday? Thursday Thursday, Calabasas Hidden Hills area fifty 232 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:57.000 percent contained and from what has been reported to me, 233 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:03.240 on certain fronts, on certain critical fronts, no forward movement 234 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.639 for movement has been blocked on its most critical front, 235 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.200 so that's good news. In regards to the Kenneth fire. 236 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:17.799 The Lydia fire was Antelope Valley area ninety eight percent contained. 237 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:20.960 It burned through three hundred and ninety five acres. The 238 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.799 Hurst fire in the north area of the San Fernando 239 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:29.039 Valley seven hundred and seventy one acres seventy percent contained. 240 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:33.320 Good news there as well. And the Archer fire, which 241 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.440 is new, that's a blaze that broke out Friday morning, 242 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:41.159 yesterday morning in the Granada Hills area. We're looking at 243 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:46.480 twenty plus acres so far, zero percent containment on that 244 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:50.679 new bust out fire in the Granada Hills area. And 245 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:54.159 the Sunset fire which flared up as far as we 246 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.000 can tell, I mean, my assumption was the Sunset fire 247 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.000 was not being set by somebody else or a down 248 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:03.200 power line. My assumption was the Sunset Fire was a 249 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:07.480 spot fire that happened as a result of embers traveling 250 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:10.920 from Palisades. I don't have that confirmed. That was my assumption, 251 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.759 but the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills one hundred 252 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:17.680 percent contained as of Thursday evening, according to CalFire. All 253 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:23.799 in all, more than twelve thousand structures damaged or destroyed. Currently, 254 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:32.079 eleven deaths have been counted. It's anticipated that more will 255 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:37.359 will come or at least be realized, as these fires 256 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:42.160 are contained and the areas are surveyed. And as of now, 257 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:48.480 these Los Angeles area wildfires specifically amount to the costliest 258 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:54.799 wildfire disaster not in Los Angeles history, but in US history, 259 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:58.240 in US history. So let me begin with this. I 260 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:02.039 think this is where all of this should begin. Appreciation 261 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:06.240 on my part from all of the brave, dedicated men 262 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:10.440 and women who have been tirelessly fighting these fires and 263 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.079 who do all the time. I know we have in 264 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:19.119 the last couple of decades. Ever, since nine to eleven, 265 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:23.759 we have all kind of culturally been accustomed to seeing 266 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:28.599 a member of the US Armed Services and thanking them 267 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:31.440 for their service, which I think is a great thing 268 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:37.079 a great thing as well as police, but absolutely if 269 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:40.680 you live in southern California, it is time to let 270 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.039 those words trip out over your tongue every time you 271 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:46.920 see somebody who works for one of our first responding 272 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:53.640 firefighting agencies, to thank them for their service. Appreciation also 273 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:58.920 for all of the cooperation and out of area fire 274 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:02.759 services who've rushed in to assist. Tina and I were 275 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:07.039 actually coming down. We had spent a little time on 276 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.039 Thursday morning up in the Santa Barbar area, and when 277 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:14.640 we came back down, we thought we would go and 278 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:18.680 simply do a little bit surveying on behalf of the 279 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:25.720 station for what we could see on pch We get 280 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:29.000 all the way down to Pepperdine and it wasn't looking 281 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.480 good there at the time. But at the Zuoma Beach 282 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:37.440 Command Center, which the entire parking lot at Zuma has 283 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:43.200 been you know, taken over by firefighting agencies as a 284 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:46.039 command center, as a little relief station and so on, 285 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:51.759 it was really heartening to see the just the mass 286 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:57.079 hundreds of firefighting vehicles and equipment there, but really heartening 287 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:00.279 to see that the where they came from. It you're 288 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.319 reading the doors and the sides of these fire engines 289 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:10.799 and tankers and the trailers with bulldozers and Caterpillar firefighting 290 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:15.759 equipment on it. Equipment from cities and counties from all 291 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:20.000 over California, as you could imagine, but up and down California, 292 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:25.480 from every corner of this state. There every city, every 293 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:31.319 county represented, and then as well as out of state 294 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:36.599 firefighting agency. We saw equipment from Arizona, from Oregon, from 295 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:40.599 Washington State, from Idaho. I'm sure there are some that 296 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:45.079 I'm not mentioning, but that's what comes to mind, and 297 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:49.799 it was just it was heartening. And if there's a 298 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:56.519 way to touch a positive note here, a silver lining 299 00:20:56.559 --> 00:21:00.440 as it were, to a natural disaster, I think it's 300 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:05.839 that the idea that the way that people can pull 301 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:11.839 together and help each other for a time, for a time, 302 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.519 if there's a silver lining to a disaster, the immediacy 303 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:19.119 of the threat and the need can bring out and 304 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:22.359 does often bring out the very best in people. Now, 305 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:25.720 of course, for those who have comfortable, safe vantage points, 306 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:31.000 these events are already being criticized and politicized. That's not 307 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:35.799 going to happen here with me this morning, today or tomorrow, 308 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:41.640 this episode, this or the next on the podcast. Not 309 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:45.079 interested in that, don't go there, not gonna That's not 310 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:49.440 my game. I'm here to talk to you about what 311 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:52.759 happens next and how we can help get you through it. 312 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:56.799 But but, and so, of course, of course, the further 313 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:59.920 you are away from these fires, the more you hear 314 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:05.160 all sorts of criticism, the politicizing of the events, and 315 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:07.759 that's just going to continue, you know that's the case. 316 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:11.960 But for the countless people who are in it, for 317 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:15.960 the tens of thousands of people who have been evacuated, 318 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:20.799 for the thousands and thousands of people who've lost their homes, 319 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:23.279 for all of the firefighters on the front lines, for 320 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:27.240 the volunteers who show up with food and water and blankets, 321 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:31.720 for the neighbors who show up offering shelter and opened 322 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:36.200 arms and kind words, and for the friends and family 323 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:42.119 from all over, just a big shout out of appreciation. 324 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:46.480 And again, if there's a place that you can turn 325 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:51.400 your heart and mind to when it's frustrated and confused 326 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:56.359 and stressed from all of the fear and anxiety of 327 00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:00.720 the disaster itself, it is it's heartening, heartening to see 328 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:04.920 human beings act like the best of human beings in 329 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:10.079 times like this. All right, what happens next? Let's talk 330 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:12.920 a little bit about FEMA. Let's talk a little bit 331 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:16.240 about the steps that will happen as we move forward, 332 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:18.759 and this fire will we'll tackle that. Okay, if I 333 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:23.440 Dean sharp the house whisper, welcome home. We are discussing 334 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:28.799 on going coverage of the southern California Los Angeles area 335 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:33.920 fires from our unique perspective here in regards to homes, 336 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:38.039 and from our expertise as designers and builders of homes. 337 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:42.960 I'm going to continue that conversation today and tomorrow. Also 338 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.680 we may be going to the phones. I hope we 339 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:47.759 will be going to the phones. There's certain info I 340 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:50.039 know I want to get out for you, especially this morning. 341 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:54.480 And then we will and as always, we can talk 342 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:57.160 about fire, we can talk about the current situation. We 343 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:00.680 can talk about anything regarding your home. A three three two, 344 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.720 ask Dean is the number to reach me? The phones 345 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.599 are open. Producer Richie is there. He'll take your call, 346 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:09.519 tell you what you need to know, pop you into 347 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:14.799 the queue. All right, As we continue to discuss where 348 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:17.240 we're at here, So I want to turn the corner 349 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:22.480 and ask this question, how does an entire neighborhood rebuild. 350 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:28.480 That's a tricky situation. It adds multiple, multiple layers of 351 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:34.880 complexity to a fire story. It's one thing for a 352 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:41.839 home to be to have experienced fire damage, a house fire, 353 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:46.799 two or three houses in a street, or a neighborhood 354 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:50.799 to be touched by fire, or an open space wildfire. 355 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:55.400 These fires are all of the above, and they have, 356 00:24:56.039 --> 00:25:01.400 as you know by now, devastated multiple multiple blocks of 357 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.960 entire neighborhoods. 358 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.559 And so. 359 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:09.000 How do we start there? How do you restart there? 360 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:11.680 After an entire town is destroyed by a fire, Where 361 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:14.039 does the money come from to help people rebuild? To 362 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:17.000 help people rebuild their homes, their schools, their businesses. 363 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.799 Well. 364 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:22.119 Of course, immediate help will be provided by agencies like 365 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:26.960 Red Cross and dozens of volunteers who are there to 366 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:31.920 provide everything from shelter, clothing, food, help with animals, which 367 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:35.720 is a big thing that happens behind the scenes here. 368 00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:39.839 For example, you know dozens of recovered animals have already 369 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:44.680 been relocated in these fires through the work of SBCA 370 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:50.640 County shelters, volunteer organizations working with animals. And then you 371 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:53.839 hear FEMA fear a lot about FEMA. I was on 372 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:57.640 with Conway on Thursday night, and rightly so. Conway was 373 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:02.079 directing all sorts of people who are listening to make 374 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:06.160 sure that you have, if you have been affected by 375 00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:12.279 the fires, that you have contacted FEMA and have gotten 376 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:17.720 on the list. Okay. FEMA, SBA, the Small Business Administration, 377 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:22.279 they are on the ground in fires like these. Grants 378 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:25.160 are issued by FEMA for immediate needs. 379 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.480 Okay. 380 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:28.920 FEMA is not there to rebuild your home. FEMA is 381 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:32.920 there in order to see that people are safe and 382 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:37.359 sound and that immediately, to whatever degree possible, those immediate 383 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:39.599 needs can be helped. 384 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.079 Okay. 385 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:47.200 So FEMA SBCA provides low interest loans to individuals and 386 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:51.519 businesses for rebuilding after the fact. However, let's just be 387 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:57.200 super clear about this. The bulk of recovery is intended 388 00:26:57.319 --> 00:27:02.920 and is going to fall on private insurance. Okay, And 389 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.039 that's tough. That is tricky, and it's tough. There's also 390 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:10.440 assistance for those who are now unemployed or are of 391 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:15.559 lost significant work time due to the fires. But the 392 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:18.799 problem with insurance is that many are not insured at 393 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.279 all or significantly underinsured when it comes to these events, 394 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:26.720 and there are folks who are going to be battling 395 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:33.160 their insurance companies for months and years to come. I wish, 396 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:36.519 I wish I could give you a brighter picture regarding that, 397 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:41.440 but that's simply the case. So for those of you 398 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:44.920 who have not been touched yet by a natural disaster 399 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:47.720 or fire, the lesson here is to make sure you 400 00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:52.759 understand how you are insured and that you have, if 401 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:58.799