WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:08.320 Bill cunning in the Great American Welcome this Flora. It's 2 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:10.720 Monday after in the Tri State. We have crises all 3 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:14.439 over the country, especially in North Carolina. Red Spaseball concluded 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.199 they're not in last place. That one game out of 5 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:18.839 last place, so I guess this season was a moderate success. 6 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:23.399 Bengals one and three. On Sunday they play the Ravens here, 7 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:26.039 we'll see what happens. But until then, we have literal 8 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.320 crises happening all over the country, especially now in North Carolina. 9 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:32.799 It appears that Florida is somewhat prepared for these events. 10 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.240 Terrible damage in Florida. But let's face it, Florida's prepared 11 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:38.719 for hurricanes. But I can't be said about North Carolina. 12 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.039 We have so many friends and family from this area 13 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:43.799 that have homes and places outside of the Tri State, 14 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:46.719 including North Carolina. Yours truly has spent quite a bit 15 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.039 of time at Maggie Valley, North Carolina, which is in 16 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:51.960 the mountains right over the line going up twenty six 17 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.679 and I four, beautiful scenic, but that has been destroyed 18 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:58.560 because of the kindness of Richard K. Jones, the sheriff 19 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:01.399 of Butler County. He has a those relationship with Sheriff 20 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:05.719 Sam Page of Randolph. I'm sorry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, 21 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:08.239 and Sheriff Page, welcome to the Bill Cunningham Show. And 22 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:11.359 first of all, Sheriff, can you describe as this storm 23 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:15.280 was developing in the south and North Carolina? Normally done 24 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:19.079 prepare for hurricanes, that's that's a Florida difficulty. But in 25 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.079 the day or two before what happened Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 26 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.599 what was the what was the availability of warnings and 27 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:27.120 things of that character in your section of North Carolina. 28 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:31.319 Well as I understand and plus what I observed is 29 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:34.640 you know, we had tornado warnings throughout most of Friday, 30 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.120 owned it off Friday, Uh, there were a lot of 31 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.280 warnings of potential a lot of rain coming, particularly in 32 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:43.879 the western part of the state. I'm in the Piedmont 33 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.560 area and then to our west is the area that 34 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:52.280 was a highly affected, horrific situation and damaged and loss 35 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:52.959 of lives. 36 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:54.840 Terrible, terrible situation. 37 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.319 But a lot of a lot of winds and a 38 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:58.760 lot of rains coming from the Hurricane at Leen. 39 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.439 And this storm hit on Friday and Saturday. We're going 40 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:05.040 to talk about Monday, afternoon in a moment or two. 41 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:09.120 But as the storm hit, was there some was there 42 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:11.520 some indication that there are things was going to be 43 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:15.080 literally a disaster for western North Carolina? Was there a 44 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:18.080 sense this is almost a biblical what's happening? Was there 45 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.199 a sense just as the storm was hitting, You're about 46 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:22.960 to have something that never happened before in Nashville? Was 47 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:25.199 was there that? Was there that level of apprehension. 48 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:30.360 Well, I think everybody was responding to this, the oncoming storm, 49 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:33.800 but nobody expected. I don't think anybody expected to this 50 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:37.319 to this level of damage. I mean, you've got dams 51 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:41.800 that were uh were damaged, You've got extensive flooding from 52 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:46.039 rivers and roadways destroyed. It's you know, it looks like 53 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:48.719 somebody went in, you know, like the town of Chimney Rock, 54 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:52.680 understand was was totally leveled by the by the extensive 55 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.800 amount of water that came through there, from the from 56 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:58.479 the floods and from the from the rain and everything 57 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:00.759 coming together in the winds and every so it was 58 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:03.919 just a terrible situation. I feel so feel so bad 59 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:06.879 for everybody up there. You know what happened. In course, 60 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:08.960 you know, there was a lot of loss of lives, 61 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.319 and I'm I understanding there's some people that are still 62 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:13.159 missing up there in the actual area. 63 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:16.199 And as far as I forty and I twenty six, 64 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:18.639 I had a report from the AP a few hours 65 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:21.400 ago that there were bridges, small little bridges that are out. 66 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.560 There's massive mud slides up and down I forty and 67 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:27.240 I twenty six. It's impassable. And if you would have 68 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:28.960 want to get you and your mind, you're only about 69 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.560 three hours away from Ashville, and you're in the little 70 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:33.479 you're east of that in the Piedmont. But if your 71 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.719 guys wanted to get there to Ashville, North Carolina, how 72 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:39.759 would you do it? That's a good question. 73 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:42.680 Through the North Coline Sheriff's Association, we got a program 74 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:45.800 Sheriff Helping Sheriffs, So throughout the day, I know we'll 75 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:48.360 be receiving additional information if we if we can send 76 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.280 some help, what it'll tell us exactly what is needed 77 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.719 and where it's needed at and then we'll be able 78 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:57.240 to be provided a route of travel. But you know you, 79 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:59.680 like I said, normally Interstate forty we can make it 80 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:02.479 to add in a good three hours. But with all 81 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:04.759 the damage on out of state forty on and off 82 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:07.400 in the bridges and then coming you know, I understand 83 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.680 coming into Tennessee into forty and also Interstate twenty six, 84 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.960 which is a major north south routes Interstate U. With 85 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.079 all that damage and all the water damage, again, we 86 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.360 will have to wait for some instructions to tell us. 87 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:20.480 Which way is the route. 88 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.720 I was speaking with our Mercy Management director just a 89 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:27.439 while to go, and he's in the area in McDowell 90 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:30.240 County near Marion, and he was explaining that, you know. 91 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.959 It is passable on forty to get up to that point. 92 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:34.959 But again, like I said, beyond that, you know, we 93 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:37.879 don't we don't have any additional information by understanding with 94 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.480 all the rain and damage that you know, the communications 95 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:42.639 a lot of you say the communication is out up 96 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.519 there also, so we kind of we're watching our news 97 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:49.079 reports and of course as we get more information to 98 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:51.519 the association, we'll see what we need to do. We're 99 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:54.360 doing food collections right now in our in our agec 100 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.959 across our county. There's several churches that are putting together 101 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:03.000 supplies such as UH drinking water is very important, UH understand, 102 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:07.040 fuel for generators, non perishable food products, glass flights and 103 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:10.680 batteries and personal hygiene items. So all those items are important. 104 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:12.759 So if you've got a church you know, you know 105 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:15.720 in your area that want to help, UH, you need to. 106 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.639 You'll need to connect up with the either emergency management 107 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:22.439 here in North Carolina UH to get information or here locally. 108 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:22.839 UH. 109 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:24.879 You'll check, you'll you'll check with you You'll see some 110 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:27.800 of the local churches listing where they're doing collection points. 111 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.199 And then like I said, you know, we're we're going 112 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.000 to be a collection point for the next two weeks 113 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:34.560 here in our county. And of course as we go 114 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:37.120 throughout the day and the next few days, we'll see 115 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.160 what the needs are if we can send some of 116 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:41.519 our stab with a small agency, but you know, we'll 117 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:44.319 do our part working with other law enforcement to help 118 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:44.839 where we can. 119 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.759 And so I understand that it's accessible only by air 120 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:50.879 because there are routes that have been completely destroyed. I 121 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:53.160 had a report earlier that will take years for I 122 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:56.480 forty to be repaired because of the bridges and the mudslides. 123 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:58.959 Interstate Highway several bridges are out of those will take 124 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:03.399 a long time. The same way if it's unreachable by 125 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:05.160 the ground, the only way to get there is through 126 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.360 the air. And the needs are great, whether it's cell 127 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.800 phone tires, whether it's hygiene products, whether it's water, whether 128 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:13.800 it's food. There's no communication. Is that section of North 129 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:17.959 Carolina at this point, Sheriff Sam Page largely inaccessible? And 130 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.519 are they by themselves and a loan? 131 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:23.480 I'll say this is I know that a lot of 132 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.800 your major roads, like we just stated, have been damaged. 133 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:29.240 I haven't personally been up there, and I'm just getting 134 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:33.279 missing piece of information right now. But the best way 135 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:36.000 is to keep posted just to see what's coming out 136 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:39.680 on the on the local news, uh, what's being broadcast 137 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:43.519 about you if someone's trying to help somebody that the 138 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:45.879 State Mercy Management is probably going to be your best 139 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:48.839 source of information about if you're trying to get up 140 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:50.959 in the area. But you know, if you if you 141 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:52.839 don't need to be up in an area, it probably 142 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:54.879 do not need to travel because there's still a lot 143 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.959 of dangers with the water and with the swift waters 144 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.279 is going down. And again, like I said, it's just 145 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:02.959 a lot of it's a lot of destruction up there, 146 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:05.319 and they probably you know, only people that need to 147 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.279 be up there and and if the people that are 148 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:08.959 going up there to help need to be up there 149 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:09.560 at this time. 150 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.079 Sheriff Sam Page or North Carolina, where's FEMA? You would 151 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:16.160 think the Federal Emergency Management? Where is FEMA? 152 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:17.920 I can't. 153 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:20.519 I can't speak to FEMA. I was seeing I'm watching 154 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:23.480 on TV just a little bit ago, uh from the 155 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.600 Office of the President. But I haven't seen the broadcast yet. 156 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.439 But I'm sure FEMA will be brought online uh in 157 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.759 working with Emergency Management shortly. I assume they will be 158 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.560 just I. I just haven't seen any broadcaster received any 159 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:36.920 information through our sources. 160 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:39.399 Have you ever You've been around a long time, Sheriff 161 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.199 Sam Page, have you ever seen this level of destruction 162 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:44.600 in western North Carolina in your career? 163 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:47.519 I don't think I have in my I've lived in 164 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:50.240 I've lived in Rockham County most of my life, and 165 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:52.480 with exception of being in the military, I know I 166 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:56.600 never have. Katrina is is onee that comes to mind. 167 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.959 You know, uh, Hurricane Andrew, you know destroyed one of 168 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:02.040 the base is that I was stationed at down in Miami 169 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.240 area back when I was in service. But and the 170 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.519 enforced Mount Knetuba Manetubo in the Philippines that exploded and 171 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:12.720 erupted and destroyed the base where we were stationed at. So 172 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.480 those are some areas that you know that that come 173 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:17.560 to mind. But no, I don't think in North Carolina 174 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:19.199 we've ever seen anything to this level. 175 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.480 And in fact, North Carolina doesn't get ready for hurricanes. 176 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.439 In the Piedmont up in the mountains, it doesn't. It 177 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:28.920 doesn't equate. I spent time in Naples, Florida, and we 178 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:30.759 were you know, Florida's kind of ready for this, They're 179 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.559 ready to go. But North Carolinians aren't ready for hurricanes generally, 180 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:36.600 unless you might be on the coast. But even that's 181 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:39.600 a very very rare event. So this is a shock. Well, 182 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:43.279 uh is there? I'm gonna matthew twenty five Ministries is 183 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:45.519 located here and they have trucks rolling. We're going to 184 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.320 communicate through the website to let people know where to 185 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:51.200 give money. Matthew's twenty five is going to focus there 186 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.519 are a great charity to focus on North Carolina because 187 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.120 Florida can largely take care of itself. Although big problems 188 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.399 are in Florida, what they know, what they're doing with hurricanes. 189 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.080 I can seem camp be said about Asheville, North Carolina. 190 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:03.519 And for those who have not been there, it's in 191 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.120 the mountains at the bottom of a valley. There's rivers 192 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:08.279 all over the place. The dams are gone, the rivers 193 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.200 have overflowed, cities have been wiped out. One media reporter 194 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:14.559 had over a thousand people missing, with cars and trucks 195 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.720 and fans floating away houses going down the river. And 196 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:20.559 at this point, what's the weather condition this afternoon right now? 197 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.159 What's going on in western North Carolina? Weatherwise? 198 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:27.039 From what I watched on the local news and weather, 199 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.080 we maybe get a little bit of rain, but that 200 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.799 had that shouldn't uh nowhere near what would came in 201 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:36.240 on uh, you know, Thursday and Friday. So I would 202 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:39.120 ask everybody to say a prayer for all of our 203 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.919 first responders and all the persons are coming here and helping. 204 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.360 And there's the American Purse or Red Cross and another 205 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:46.840 other agencies and Mercy Manages a lot of a lot 206 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.720 of people responding us the location to help. Just keep 207 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:51.360 them in your prayers, you know, because this is a 208 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.759 tough time for North Carolina. 209 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:54.759 But you know, we're reslant. 210 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.759 We'll we'll, we'll get through this, but it's gonna be 211 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:59.200 it's gonna take a long time, and so just keep 212 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.679 everybody to talk, some prayers and look for safety. 213 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.879 Sara sam Page of Rockingham, North Carolina. Please get back 214 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.919 to work, and thanks for calling into the Bill Cunningham 215 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:10.279 Show to let the residents of Trice they know what 216 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:10.759 they can do. 217 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.480 Bill, I didn't want to stay one thing that. Also, 218 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.080 I want you to keep the two deputies and one 219 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:20.440 in Madison County and one in Making County lost their 220 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:25.480 lives responding to work during the storm. They both lost 221 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.919 their lives with the water event, so I keep them 222 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.120 in your prayers also from Madison and Making County. 223 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:34.279 Also, we'll do that and I'm gonna look online get 224 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:36.440 their names. Say a prayer for those two deputies that 225 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:38.759 gave their life and service to others. There's no greater 226 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:41.399 sacrifice a man or a woman can make to give 227 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.360 your life for your friends and family, and cops and 228 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.039 sheriffs and CEOs do it all the time. And we'll 229 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.440 offer prayers of hope for those that remain in prayers 230 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.759 of thanks for those who gave their lives. Sheriff sam Page, 231 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:54.679 thank you for coming on the Bill Cunningham show. I 232 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:57.279 want to thank again Richard K. Jones of Butler County 233 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.240 for hooking me up with you. He's part of the 234 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:02.679 National Sheriff Association, does a great job there. But Sheriff 235 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:05.120 Sam Page, thank you very much for coming on this afternoon. 236 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.840 Thank you, yes, thank you. All right, let's take some 237 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:11.120 telephone calls five one, three, seven, four, nine, seven thousand. Understand. 238 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.799 North College Hill is back online and we'll come back 239 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.679 online soon. Parts of the Tri State itself has been 240 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.679 devastated by this storm and whether or not we can help, 241 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:21.879 we want to do that. Bill Cunningham with you every day. 242 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.360 You're home of the Reds, who have now completed their 243 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:27.159 season in the Bengals Big Game on Sunday. Kind of 244 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:29.759 irrelevant compared to these kind of issues, but it's important 245 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:33.399 to have diversions from the reality of life. Bill Cunningham, 246 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:40.360 News Radio seven hundred WLWI, Billy Cunningham, the great American. 247 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.600 Great to have you with me this Monday afternoon the 248 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:48.759 Tri State. Chaos and confusion rains everywhere, whether it's Israel, Ukraine, Cincinnati, 249 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:53.879 Northern Kentucky, Crises upon crises and chaos upon chaos. I 250 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:57.480 head on just the sheriff from North Carolina. It is 251 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:02.600 absolutely apocalyptic and North Carolina hills and valleys and mountains 252 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:06.080 with rivers at the bottom, along with Ashville and other places. 253 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:08.399 The death toll is going to rise well north of 254 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:12.399 one thousand. The North Carolina National Guard has activated more 255 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:15.240 than five thousand soldiers and airmen and more than two 256 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:19.960 hundred vehicles and aircraft, including Hoiston emergency aviation assets. As 257 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:22.720 high water, the water continues to rise and not fall. 258 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:27.440 Missing is at least a thousand people. National Guards assets 259 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:32.080 have identified on the ground numerous incredible needs and they've 260 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:36.120 dropped so far thirty four thousand pounds of cargo, including food, water, 261 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:39.840 medical supplies to distribute in the past two days. They 262 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:44.440 have augmented by personal and air assets from Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio. 263 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:47.440 And this is where Richard K. Jones and Charmaine McGuffey 264 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:52.080 get involved to send help to North Carolina. And we 265 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:56.919 received information that dams are at their brim ready to break. 266 00:12:57.320 --> 00:13:01.399 Large bridges, small bridges, and large over I forty and 267 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.919 I twenty six have all been washed away. They don't 268 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.240 exist anymore. Somebody in ODOT told me that it may 269 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:10.320 be three to five years before I forty and I 270 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:15.759 twenty six can be restored to their pre Thursday appearances. 271 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:20.559 Because of what's happening in North Carolina. One might say, I, 272 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.399 as you know, spend time at the iHeartMedia broadcast Center 273 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.600 in Naples, Florida the last week, and Florida was more 274 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:29.279 or less prepared for this because that is what they do. 275 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.960 And whoever the governor is, there's assets ready to go. 276 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:37.879 Florida is prepared for hurricanes, and Callier County was affected 277 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.960 slightly but not significantly. But the big ben Regent cedar 278 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.320 Key north of Tampa devastated. And none of these stories 279 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.240 are coming out of Florida at this point because Ron 280 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:53.279 DeSantis and before him, the governors of Florida have things 281 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:57.200 kind of buttoned down. You cannot say the North Carolina 282 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:00.759 is prepared for a hurricane. Doesn't work that way. You're 283 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:05.120 not coined to create such a recovery effort. It's unbelievable, 284 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:09.440 the apocalyptic. It almost looks like nuclear weapons were set 285 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:14.200 off in western North Carolina and it is continuing, and 286 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.320 the governor there is saying, you know, we're strong and 287 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:18.399 our first responders are at the best in the nation. 288 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:21.320 I'm thankful for the hard work and risking their lives 289 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:24.240 to protect all North Carolinians. You also have those two 290 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:27.240 deputy sheriffs who heard the sheriff talk about that, who 291 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:31.360 are dead in service to their fellow citizens. And at 292 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:34.960 this point, it would be helpful if FEMA was available 293 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:38.960 to do what FEMA does, the Federal Emergency and Management Agency, 294 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.519 but they're overwhelmed with the number of catastrophes that have happened, 295 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.000 and what happened in Florida, in parts of Georgia and 296 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:48.279 South and North Carolina and Ohio and Kentucky. There are 297 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:51.039 many of our fellow tri state residents don't have access 298 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:54.919 to basic needs. Here. There's about five to eight thousand 299 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:58.000 customers without power, but that's a small thing. Imagine if 300 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.000 I seventy five bridge was knocked down, along with the 301 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.399 Brent Spence Bridge, along with several bridges over the High River, 302 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:07.279 plus those over the Great Miami Little Miami River. That's 303 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:09.759 what they're facing. You can't go from one place to 304 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.600 one place in western North Carolina. You can't get there. 305 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:15.960 It is really a time for us to pull together 306 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.000 as a people and put America first before we become 307 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.080 a world leader. We'll talk about that later, but this 308 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.759 is as bad as it can be for the millions 309 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.799 of people living in parts of North and South Carolina 310 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.879 and Florida. Cedar Key was largely wiped out. You could 311 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:33.759 tell from the video that that's a middle class area, 312 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.840 a small little island off the coast of Florida, about 313 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:40.600 eighty miles north of Sarasota, and five to six foot 314 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:43.679 surge went on for several hours, and that whole town's 315 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.360 been wiped off the face of the earth. And the 316 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:49.159 cost of insurance is so great in Florida, many go 317 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.840 naked and don't have insurance. You can't afford the insurance. 318 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:55.159 Same thing as happening with car insurance. We have David 319 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:57.279 Yost coming up in about thirty five minutes to talk 320 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:00.159 about what's happening in Springfield and the real impact that 321 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:02.879 the media will not cover. And the cost of car 322 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:08.039 insurance and homeowners insurance is skyrocketed some thirty five I'm sorry, 323 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.200 fifty three percent increase in car insurance in the past 324 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.039 three years. Fifty three percent then sound like a big deal, 325 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:15.679 but if you're on a fixed income, it is a 326 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.000 big deal. Let's continue more. Next at your home of 327 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:23.840 the Bengals Big Game on Sunday News Radio seven hundred WLW. 328 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:27.840 You know, as I was traveling back from the hinterlands 329 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:31.159 of the iHeartMedia Center in Southwest Florida, one of the 330 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:33.480 first things you're told on the airplane is buckle up, 331 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.440 and if there's an emergency, the mask will come down. 332 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.399 But make sure you put your oxygen mask on first 333 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:43.279 before helping someone else. It's called take care of yourself first, 334 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:46.240 to make sure you can help others. And I'm wondering 335 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:49.960 if that's what's happening in America today, that we're helping 336 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:54.759 ourselves first before helping everyone else. In the world, car 337 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:58.159 insurance is up by fifty five percent in the last 338 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:01.919 three years, fifty five percent, and it's because of pro 339 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:05.880 immigration policies put forth by Biden and Harris putting millions 340 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.799 and millions of these migrant drivers with driver's licenses. We 341 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.960 give them often without driver training or English language lessons 342 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.440 on the road, including in Clark County and Springfield, or 343 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:20.240 in Hamilton County or Boone County. That literally millions and 344 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.279 millions of drivers in this country, unsurre have no idea 345 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.759 how to drive, but they are in a sense you're 346 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:28.920 insured because you pay under insurance and no insurance. In 347 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:32.920 case someone hits you that doesn't have insurance, guess what 348 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:36.759 you pay for it. That's why fifty five percent increase 349 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:41.400 in car insurance. You have homeowner's insurances up forty five 350 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:44.240 percent the last three years. Why is that? Because you 351 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:47.519 have millions and millions and millions of illegals going into 352 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.960 the housing market, forcing out many others. May I use 353 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:53.480 the term Americans, I know it's a bad term, who 354 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:55.480 can't afford to pay rent and can't afford to buy 355 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:58.880 a home. As a consequence, that federal governments pays the 356 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:01.559 rents of illegals who live in housing that you should 357 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:03.839 be in. Therefore, when you seek to have your own 358 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:06.680 housing costs, or you seek to have your own apartment, 359 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.680 guess what the costs are through the roof. Because we 360 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:12.960 have the same supply but a much larger demand. That's 361 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:14.920 just as insurance. And I won't talk to you about 362 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:17.640 the insurance rates in Florida because Leuyo high WANs don't 363 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:20.599 care about it, But the Florida rates of rates of 364 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:24.640 insurance there are awful. According to the Consumer Price Index, 365 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:28.440 Gasoline's gone up fifty percent the past three years. New 366 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:31.839 cars cost an additional twenty five percent. If you try 367 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:35.160 to buy a brand new Chevy from Joseph Chevrolet, they're 368 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.640 forced to charge more because the manufacturers are charging them 369 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:40.799 so much money for the cars. If you like eggs 370 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.519 and Tony Benner like scrambled eggs in the morning, last 371 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:46.200 three years, one hundred and forty seven percent increase in eggs, 372 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:50.480 I said, one hundred seven percent increase in eggs, hamburgers 373 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:54.400 an additional thirty three percent. Groceries and additional twenty nine percent. 374 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:56.319 And if you've gotten fast food that used to be 375 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:58.599 five to ten bucks, guess what is not there anymore? 376 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.720 Everywhere I see complete crises, and now we have a 377 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:06.400 real crisis happening in America, which is called Hurricane Helene, 378 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:09.400 and is another one on the horizon coming. We hope 379 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:12.680 it doesn't hit, hope it doesn't transpire. So we have 380 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:15.559 plenty of money. We have lots of money in foreign aid. 381 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:19.759 We have republican and democratic globalists who want to spend 382 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:24.079 American tax dollars on international organizations and conflicts and far 383 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:27.480 flong wars instead of taking care of problems here at home. 384 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:31.160 We have the worsening crisis in this country since nineteen 385 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:35.359 forty one. When it comes to average Americans forming structures 386 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:37.759 and enjoying their life. We have plenty of money, by 387 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:41.359 the way, for Ukraine, plenty of money for Israel, plenty 388 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.160 of money for Iran. We have plenty of money to 389 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:46.119 send all around the world, but don't have money here 390 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:48.519 at home. And the worst of these, of course, have 391 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.279 been the Iraqi and the Afghan wars, begun by Republicans, 392 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:55.200 continuing under Democrats, and when the Afghan War end. To 393 00:19:55.200 --> 00:20:01.000 look at that disaster, the estimated cost which is about 394 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:04.720 seven five hundred American lives by about six to seven 395 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:08.680 trillion dollars and expenses we have in these foreign wars 396 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:11.839 so far, and as a lend of blimes indicates with 397 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:16.599 the Harvard University Kennedy School, the long term medical need 398 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:20.480 and disability compensation for service members and these two wars 399 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:24.960 and their veterans and their families, military replenishing things, and 400 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:27.880 social and economic costs could have reached the total of 401 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:31.720