WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:07.240 on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:11.720 We heard sirens all night whatnot with literally amber bouncing 5 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:13.839 off the window, and I thought it was flash light 6 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:17.480 splashing in the window. We opened up the blind to 7 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.679 see the neighbor's house on fire. The whole alley was 8 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:23.719 on fire, the chain, our driveways on fired. 9 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.000 That's Ernest, he called from Altadena earlier. 10 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.239 Today. 11 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:30.000 We are taking your calls one eight hundred five two 12 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:34.320 zero one KFI because this thing, this incident incidents. There 13 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:38.240 are fires everywhere across southern California, from the Palisades to Silmar, 14 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.640 Thousand Oaks. This morning, we've got the big one in Altadena. 15 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.679 It is a mess where everyone is affected, and we 16 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:48.840 really want to hear everyone's experience here today. 17 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:52.280 Aaron is calling us from South Pasadena. What's going on? 18 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:56.280 Erin hey there? So I'm calling for a couple of reasons. 19 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.960 We are on the border of South Pasadena in Pasadena. 20 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:04.079 The last night, from our window, we literally saw the 21 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:06.480 entire hillside of Altadena catch on fire. 22 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:07.920 The wind was. 23 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.959 Blowing so strong that it blew out our dining room windows. 24 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:11.400 Wow. 25 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.040 Wow, the smoke is so sick in our house right 26 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.159 now that my eyes are burning, my lungs are burning. 27 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.200 Our power has been out for the last twenty four hours. 28 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.719 And the reason I'm calling is when you guys put 29 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:29.120 that public service announcement on to text your congressman to 30 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:33.319 keep AM radio alive. That's the only thing that we had. 31 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:37.439 If I didn't have my transistor radio or radio in 32 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:41.079 our car, we would have had no idea about evacuation 33 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:44.480 notices or anything at the time. So this is a 34 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:46.040 public service announcement. 35 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.239 Please text five to eight eight six AM radio and 36 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.920 tell them to keep the AM radio stations alive. 37 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:58.280 Yeah, Aaron, you bring up a really good point that 38 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.120 I noticed. I didn't notice last night when I called 39 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:03.879 an e Mos show because my power went out there. 40 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:06.359 I'm in kind of the same area you are, and 41 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.639 my power went out, and so the Wi Fi goes 42 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:13.800 out right, and I'm in my house and I listened 43 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.960 to the station on the iHeartRadio app, So I don't 44 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:18.639 really think about it, you know, when I'm at home, 45 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:22.120 that's I just put the app on. But I'm sitting 46 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.680 there and I've got no WiFi and I'm trying to 47 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:26.599 get the news on my phone. I turned the Wi 48 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:28.759 Fi off on my phone, which should still get me 49 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.479 to the internet, but I wasn't getting Twitter, I wasn't 50 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:32.560 getting any of the news sites. 51 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.479 It was getting nothing. 52 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:35.520 And so I just started reading a book, watching a 53 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.919 show and one of my girlfriends text me and she says, 54 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.599 are you close to Alta Dina? And I'm like yes, 55 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:44.319 And so then I started to try and find information 56 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:46.759 I couldn't and I'm like, where's the radio And I'm like, 57 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:49.120 I don't have transistor radio in my house. 58 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.840 I'm like, the iHeart radio app doesn't work. 59 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:53.280 Where the hell I don't have it? 60 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.919 And so I was like, number one, as soon as 61 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:58.319 I get service again, I'm going on Amazon and buying 62 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:02.400 a freaking transistor race. Because You're absolutely right, that was 63 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:04.400 the only way. I couldn't wait to get in my 64 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.639 car to turn on Kfi to hear what the hell 65 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:09.759 was going on, because I was in a blackout, just 66 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:11.599 like just like you would have been without. 67 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:12.280 Your radio, Aeron. 68 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:13.680 Are you going to stick around there or are you 69 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:15.360 going to get out of the at least out of 70 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:16.120 the smoke zone. 71 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.199 Well, you know the problem is is that everywhere is 72 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:24.639 a smoke zone right now. I did put together some 73 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:27.479 things just in case, and of course I'm in asthmatic, 74 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:31.319 so this is just like a double way. I don't know, 75 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:35.319 you know. Again, like listening to the radio, you get 76 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.159 some information. My friends in the Polisies have lost their home. 77 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:42.319 My friends in Altadina, I have a feeling, have lost 78 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:45.639 their home Silmar. Nobody really knows where to go. The 79 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.360 Pasadena Convention Center is not far from me, and I 80 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.120 know that that's a safe zone for people. But I'm 81 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.400 prepared just in case. The wind has been so strong 82 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.080 that who would have known that it would have traveled 83 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:01.400 as far as it did in the Pasadena now Arcadia area. 84 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:03.479 You know, we just don't know. 85 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.840 Well, let me say yeah, from our perspective, we're kind 86 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:11.360 of between the Eaton fire there in Pasadena, h Alta 87 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:14.759 Dina and the Somar fire. If you were to just 88 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.240 head up Foothill or the two ten there through Sunland 89 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:20.800 into Honga along the base of the mountains there those fires, 90 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:22.519 the smoke is not going that direction. 91 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:24.759 So if if nothing else just to give. 92 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:27.480 You, don't go there there, don't go there, go south. 93 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.319 Do not because family in Orange County. 94 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.360 Perfect way to go if you go to Orange County, 95 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:36.720 That's what everyone's saying. Because here's the thing. You're not 96 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.319 looking at just Alta, Dina. You're looking at Glendale, You're 97 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.279 looking at Arcadia, Monrovia and now law Kenyata is all 98 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.839 is all affected, Sunland into Hunga. I mean, those are 99 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.160 those are the places where I'm most worried about today. 100 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.000 I think I'm just looking for clear skies, just for 101 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.759 at least a short time to get you some some rest. 102 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.399 But Orange County, friend. 103 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.959 There you go, that's perfect. That's what I did. 104 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:01.839 I got to say, we're beach in a martini at 105 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:03.079 this point, Aaron. 106 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:05.319 Last night, when I took off from the hell fire, 107 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:08.879 that was where we are. You know, I got on 108 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:11.439 the two ten, by the way in my truck like 109 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:14.759 I could barely. I took my arm strength to stay 110 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.920 in the lane. The winds were blowing so so quickly 111 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:20.319 and so strongly on the two ten, Get on the 112 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:22.879 six o five. Look in my rear view mirror and 113 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:26.000 it's just pitch black because everyone was out of power 114 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:30.360 all along the foothill communities. No lights except for that 115 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.399 red bright vein of the Eton Canyon fire. 116 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:34.480 It was eerie. 117 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.759 It was still windy on the six o five you 118 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:39.759 get to the one oh five, no wind, clear skies, 119 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:40.959 different worlds. 120 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:45.160 Yeah, it's a nightmare. And just to put you know, 121 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:48.839 wrap this all up with my thoughts, I can't even 122 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.360 tell you the sadness I feel for everybody that's lost 123 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:57.079 their homes, their animals, you know, everything. It's it's unimaginable. 124 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.519 I'm so cal born and raised. I've never seen before 125 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:03.879 in my entire life. And you know, we're okay up 126 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:06.680 here on the hill, but I you know, I hope 127 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:08.959 we can all come together and just help everyone out 128 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:11.600 because this is not going to go away anytime soon. 129 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:13.920 It's going to be a really long time before there's 130 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:15.439 any sort of building back up again. 131 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:17.800 Yeah, take care of yourself. Aaron, thank you for calling. 132 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:19.480 Thank you too, you bet Aaron there. 133 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:21.800 In South Pasadena. There we will here. 134 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:28.000 Unfortunately, we've seen the tragedy firsthand here over the last 135 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:32.879 twenty four hours. We have said many times in situations 136 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.639 like this, the important thing is we're going to be 137 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:38.079 able to tell the good stories that have happened as well. 138 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:39.839 Where we're going to be able to tell the stories 139 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.959 about the neighbors who, even though they may have lost everything, 140 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:46.680 helped their neighbors escape or help their neighbors save their 141 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:47.399 house or Yeah. 142 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:51.160 One of our friends says that he's been evacuated, evacuated 143 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:54.680 with his family overnight, but his sister's house right now 144 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.120 is what he's trying to defend because all of her 145 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.639 neighbors' homes have burned to the ground. Hers still standing, 146 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.240 he says. We keep putting out spot fires on our fences, 147 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:07.240 bushes and trees, et cetera. Another person that a friend 148 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.399 of the show who's on our show, has been on 149 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:13.160 our show repeatedly, but want to keep her anonymity. Her 150 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:16.000 home completely burned to the ground there in Altadina. 151 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:18.839 All right, we will continue. We're doing our special coverage 152 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.759 of these fires. They continue to burn here in southern California. 153 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:25.199 Hoping for a much better weather day today. We know 154 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:27.680 that at least the news helicopters are back in the skies. 155 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:30.920 The fire aircraft are also back in the skies and 156 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:32.759 are going to start to make some progress. 157 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:33.839 We hope today we're going. 158 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:36.319 To get an update in moments too by a meteorologist 159 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.240 about what we can expect hour by hour as we continue, 160 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:41.519 we want to get right to it right now because 161 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.199 we have an Alli County supervisor that's got to get 162 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:45.639 to one of those updates immediately. 163 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:49.519 Lindsay Horvaf is the supervisor for the third District and 164 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.560 both the Pacific Palisades fire and the fire burning and 165 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.560 Silmar are in that third district. Supervisor, thanks for taking 166 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:57.399 time for us today. 167 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:00.920 Absolutely, thank you for keeping everybody informed. 168 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:03.560 So what do you know right now? What is the latest? 169 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:05.680 What are we looking at for today? 170 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:09.959 So we are hoping that our conditions as we get 171 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:12.439 into this day will be better than last night, so 172 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:18.279 we can actually deploy more of our aerial equipment. Overnight, 173 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.720 we couldn't do that because the winds got to what 174 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:25.759 were hurricane like conditions and the speed and velocity they 175 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:28.800 So we're hoping that we're going to be able to 176 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:33.240 use those tools to aggressively attack this fire. We are 177 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:38.000 deploying more resources. Obviously we're already in unified command as 178 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:42.039 of new yesterday, but we are continuing to get resources 179 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.720 from the state. We appreciate the leadership of Cow Fire 180 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:47.679 and all of the jurisdictions that have come to the area, 181 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:51.840 and we are in unified command not only for Palisades, 182 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:55.679 but also for the Hearst fire. There's also a smaller fire, 183 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.200 the Woodly Fire, in the Suppulvidabasin area, which is also 184 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:02.080 in my district, and we're watching to see if there 185 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:05.159 are other fires that pop up along the way as well. 186 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:10.679 You've been getting regular briefings from La County fire executives. 187 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.320 I'm assuming do you get I got to believe you 188 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:18.759 get a sense of kind of frustration and hopelessness from 189 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:21.440 the guys that are usually in gals that are usually 190 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:24.720 on top of this. But this wind event just left 191 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:29.000 not a lot of room for quick action because it 192 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.399 just moves so quickly. 193 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:34.519 Yes, I will say that our team is second to none. 194 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:36.879 I wouldn't want to be in these circumstances with anybody 195 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:38.960 else on the front line. So I know that they 196 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.080 are giving it. They're all and we really appreciate how 197 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:46.879 diligently and committed they are working to get this fire 198 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:51.559 under control. We knew that the conditions were going to 199 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:55.559 be very complicated, and the National Weather Services started informing 200 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:57.759 us late last week and of course over the weekend, 201 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:00.320 and we were hearing that these are conditions know at 202 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.080 least on par with Wolvey, if not worse, and so 203 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:06.440 we knew the state was already deploying resources over the 204 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:09.360 weekend and staging them in the area. So god forbid 205 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.440 we did get to this state, they were already here. 206 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:14.960 So that allowed us to move into unified command pretty 207 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.559 quickly yesterday. But you know, we also over the past 208 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:21.399 year have been doing emergency preparedness trainings ever since I 209 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:25.679 came into office, throughout our district, in many different communities 210 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.840 to help make sure that they had access to emergency 211 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:32.200 evacuation information to know what to do when your power 212 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:35.720 is out or you don't have cellular coverage, and you know, 213 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.080 we need to communicate with you in other ways to 214 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.240 make sure you get out safely. We have a t 215 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:43.759 set group of volunteer group led by James Brosso in 216 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.320 the Topanga Canyon area, which really works to keep the 217 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:50.679 entire canyon informed. About twelve thousand people really rely on 218 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:55.279 their volunteer efforts and they have been absolutely extraordinary, and 219 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:58.159 so when we had to evacuate the canyon last night, 220 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.639 we worked with them to do that and do our 221 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:04.399 best to keep everybody safe. So you know, it's an 222 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:07.200 ongoing situation. That's still dynamic. While the worst of it, 223 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:10.120 we believe was between ten pm last night and five 224 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.919 this morning. We are still in red flag conditions through 225 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:14.720 the end of day tomorrow. So we are by no 226 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:17.759 means in the clear, and we are asking everyone to 227 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:21.440 continue to heed those evacuation warnings as well as the orders. 228 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:23.360 When you get a warning, get ready, because when you 229 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:25.440 get the order, you got to go. It's not just 230 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.039 about our residence safety. It's also about the safety of 231 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:29.799 those who are on the front lines trying to get 232 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.679 this thing under control. And the longer we wait on 233 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.440 an evacuation order, the more we're putting them in harm's way. 234 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:38.159 One last quick question for those people who are not 235 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:44.320 under evacuation warnings or evacuation orders right now, what can 236 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:44.759 they do? 237 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:46.440 Is there a priority? 238 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:48.960 Is there something you would like all the other members 239 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:50.399 of La County to do? 240 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.240 I would say, I've got to go into this free 241 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:57.039 thing that I will say everyone should go to emergency 242 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:59.759 dot La County dot gov. That is where the latest 243 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:02.960 up dates and all relevant information is for anyone who 244 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:07.519 is potentially at risk of being put under warning or 245 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.320 getting an evacuation order. We will also be placing information 246 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:13.960 there for any community members who want to volunteer and support. 247 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.840 We've been getting a lot of generosity from Angelina's who 248 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.720 are really trying to stand up for others really struggling 249 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:22.159 during this difficult time. That kind of partnership is great. 250 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.720 So it's an emergency at La County dot gov. 251 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:27.960 Lindsay Horvatz, La County Supervisor, thanks so much for your time, 252 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:32.559 and again, I can't stress enough just to get into 253 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.759 your car and listen to the radio. Honestly, because Aaron, 254 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:41.039 a caller we had this hour highlighted it. You're screwed 255 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:43.759 without the radio because I had no internet access when 256 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:45.480 my power went out and the Wi Fi went down. 257 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:47.399 And maybe that's not the case everywhere, but it was 258 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:53.000 certainly the case for me and the radio. Wherever you 259 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:56.279 want to go for your news, we are a great source. 260 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.320 But I'm just saying it really helps because being in 261 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.360 the dark when the conditions are still this bad is 262 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:03.519 a horrible place to be. 263 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:06.879 Yeah, it is going to get It's going to be 264 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:09.720 a long day, and we will continue to bring you 265 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:12.000 special fire coverage. We want to hear from you about 266 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:13.679 what it is that's going on, and we'll take your 267 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:16.240 calls a little bit later, but just write the number 268 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.039 down eight hundred five to zero one five three four, 269 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.080 eight hundred five to oh one KFI. 270 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:22.159 But up next. 271 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:25.799 Of course, the biggest character in this in this play 272 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:30.840 is the wind and how it has fed these otherwise 273 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:37.039 small fires into just these absolute terrifying fires that we 274 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.679 saw explode yesterday and into last night. 275 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:42.840 You mentioned the weird the detritus that was. 276 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:45.200 On the roadways today when you're driving at it, so 277 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.000 it's amazing. 278 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:47.399 It wasn't just when I was driving in. It was 279 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:49.759 when I was leaving the house and my husband came 280 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:53.480 home right before we left, and he said, because we 281 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:55.480 were taking two different cars because we had two different 282 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:58.519 jobs today, and so I leave first and he goes, 283 00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:59.159 just be careful. 284 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:00.000 It's really crazy. 285 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.360 There's a lot of stuff in the roads. And I'm like, yeah, yeah. 286 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:05.440 I make it about thirty yards down my street and 287 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:09.960 there's a pine tree that has fallen horizontally over the road, 288 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:13.360 and I'm thinking, huh, And there's people turning around and 289 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:15.559 going around, and I'm like, oh, I guess I could 290 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:18.080 drive over this tree and in this truck. And I'm like, 291 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.840 I've never used the four wheel drive. Maybe now is 292 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:22.039 not the time to figure it out. 293 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:23.080 I just see it. 294 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:27.080 I drove around that and on my way, which is 295 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.720 not very far maybe a mile mile and a half, 296 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.600 to get to the two ten, I had to go 297 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:35.919 around several different trees that had fallen in the road. 298 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:38.799 I mean, it was just a mess, just littered with 299 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:42.840 trees and branches and what have you, and the leaves 300 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:46.639 that were blowing up from the street just being whipped up. 301 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:49.799 I guess I should say by the winds created not 302 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.039 a lot of visibility. You felt like you were in 303 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:55.480 the desert storm out there with the dust and the 304 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:59.320 wind last night, especially between those hours of eight thirty 305 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:03.200 ten to early this morning, it was just winds that 306 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.919 you have never experienced. 307 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:08.240 Maxiparis, as a meteorologists for News Nation, joins us. Talk 308 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:11.320 more about this wind that's going on, and I mean 309 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.559 just simply driving around doesn't matter how tall, how high 310 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:18.879 profile your vehicle was. Yesterday you were getting blown out 311 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:22.600 of the lanes that you were driving in. But it 312 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.960 looks like the worst has passed in terms of the 313 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.559 peak wind. 314 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.039 Gus am, I. 315 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.960 Right, Yeah, that's what we're seeing right now, that the 316 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:31.080 winds are going to fully die off, but you still 317 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.240 have that high wind warning across southern California lasting until 318 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:38.080 six this evening Pacific time, so that's actually extended earlier 319 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:39.639 today it was noon they were going to drop it, 320 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.679 then it was two pm out six. So it does 321 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:43.720 give you an idea that, you know, the worst of 322 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:45.840 the winds are behind us, we still are going to 323 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:48.320 be dealing with significant enough winds that are likely going 324 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:52.120 to prevent any aircraft or many poppers from taking off 325 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:55.480 to help with the fire suppression, simply because again, as 326 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:58.279 you've seen overnight, with those sort of winds, it is 327 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.960 still to win at the happens. So I really think 328 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:02.279 it's going to take much of the day to get 329 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:05.559 those planes up because as you know, I mean, these 330 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:09.240 firefighters are really struggling to get not just protect the homes, 331 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:12.799 but get into the more rural foothills in the tougher 332 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:17.080 terrain there. So it's an intense situation. The Weather Service 333 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:20.000 saying that this wind event, the Santanas that we're experiencing 334 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:24.519 right now are the worst winds in fourteen years back 335 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:27.279 to January of twenty eleven for a similar wind event, 336 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:31.600 but of course you didn't have the historic wildfire outbreak 337 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:34.360 that we're seeing right now, and that's what makes this 338 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:38.039 so intense. So it's those two things combined. Not like 339 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:40.480 the weather starts these fires, but of course as we're 340 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:44.240 seeing the weather certainly causing the flames to spread much 341 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.960 more quickly than would otherwise happen. 342 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:48.759 As we look through the rest of today, what are 343 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.519 our trouble spots in terms of when the winds will 344 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:52.360 be peaking up? 345 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.080 Picking up or peaking. 346 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.279 Sure exactly as we discussed. I mean those winds up 347 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.360 to one hundred miles per hour. I saw up to 348 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.519 ninety four miles per hour at least out of Silverado. 349 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.160 That was around three am. That's not going to be 350 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:09.440 seen anymore. But we can still definitely get those gusts 351 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:13.240 up to sixty miles per hour through the afternoon until 352 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:17.200 the extreme wind warning ends. But we still have fire 353 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:21.400 weather conditions continuing into tomorrow's forecast two. Even with the 354 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:24.640 lighter wins, the humidity staying pretty low, and so that's 355 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:29.519 going to still cause for elevated wildfire risk for this area. 356 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:33.039 Seeing the outbreak all the way down to San Diego 357 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:36.119 as well, more fires can break out is kind of 358 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:38.240 a message that people should know, and that's why they're 359 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:40.119 telling folks, hey, just make sure you have that go 360 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:43.279 bag ready in case there's any other situations that get 361 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:43.880 out of control. 362 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:47.240 This quick follow up to win question, it was odd 363 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.440 to me at least that usually, you know, when the 364 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:51.279 sun goes down, the winds die down kind of thing 365 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.720 in the past. But you know, we saw the most 366 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:55.960 dangerous wins or some of the most dangerous winds between 367 00:17:55.960 --> 00:18:01.200 ten am and five am. So no repeat of the overnight, right. 368 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:05.359 No, we should definitely still see a lessening of the winds. 369 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:07.440 You know, they'll fluctuate, you know, it's not going to 370 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:10.680 be a continual downward trend, but overall that will be 371 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:14.759 what we do see getting into tomorrow's forecast. So again, 372 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.480 I don't expect those winds to be up to category 373 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:21.279 two hurricane strength like we saw last night. But it's 374 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.119 really splitting hairs here. Even though the wind side of 375 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:27.640 the story improves, you already have all these fires that 376 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.640 are broken out, you know, tiring what more than five 377 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.240 thousand acres right now, So the damage is already done. 378 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:35.720 And let's put this into perspective. This time last month, 379 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:38.519 we were talking about the Franklin fire in Malibu that 380 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.680 burned only around four thousand acres and that took a 381 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:45.319 week and a half to happen. So just typically because 382 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:48.000 we do have these winds and they are saying, oh 383 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.039 so elevated, I mean, it's just continuing to get these 384 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:54.440 flames out of control. So even as the winds lighten up, 385 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:57.480 it's not going to just be a light switch, right 386 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:59.839 And I don't know, I know we're trying to find 387 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:01.920 the silver lining here, but it's really tough doing. 388 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.759 It's an excellent point. 389 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.480 Max Sparis, meteorologist for News Nation, thanks for your time today. 390 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.319 Of course, ye so letch you all thank you right well. 391 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:13.759 Bright and Max was talking there. The Angelus National Forest 392 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:17.000 officials have updated the size of the Eton fire, the 393 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:20.680 one burning in Altadena and Pasadena, at ten thousand, six 394 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.599 hundred acres. 395 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:24.039 So to give you an idea of massive that. 396 00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:27.359 Leap from what we knew even in the eight o'clock 397 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.200 news conference, which wasn't a lot. They have been able 398 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:31.920 to put aircraft in the air. It gives them a 399 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:34.720 better idea. It's not mapped specifically, I mean it's not 400 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.519 down to the acre like we will see later, but 401 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:42.319