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 --> 00:00:10.279 on the iHeartRadio app. RAMS so impressive in that victory 4 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.800 that meant so much, had just a kind of heaviness 5 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:15.839 about it, an emotion about it because of everything that 6 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:18.679 this community has been through and continues to brace for. 7 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:23.039 It was a really remarkable ramp up to the start 8 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:25.320 of the game, I thought, with a moment of silence 9 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.039 and the way in which they made that stadium feel 10 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:32.000 almost like Los Angeles it was. I found it powerful, 11 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.920 I found it emotional, and then of course the Rams 12 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:38.520 went on to victory. Meantime, here if you missed it, 13 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:43.600 there's slightly better news in this next wind event. It 14 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:45.359 was already not going to be quite as bad as 15 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:48.960 last week, which was unprecedented, and really, you know, with 16 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:53.159 eighty to one hundred mile an hour winds in this case, 17 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.399 while we were expecting something that wasn't going to be 18 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:58.759 quite as bad, now the National Weather Service is saying 19 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:03.640 maybe it'll be even slightly less intense than originally forecast. 20 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:06.719 Now that's not to say it won't be very intense, 21 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:10.040 and it's not to say that This isn't a wind 22 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:13.159 event around which there should be a lot of precaution 23 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:17.560 and preparedness, But what they were saying and what they 24 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:24.640 are saying shows signs that we might optimistically be able 25 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:28.640 to avoid another huge conflagration of the sort that we 26 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:32.159 saw in the Palisades and Altadena. By the way, in 27 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:35.719 the Altadena fire, there are already lawsuits filed, four of them. 28 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:40.680 They accused Southern California Edison of starting this eaton fire. 29 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:48.719 Lawyers for homeowners in the Altadena area announcing these lawsuits 30 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.879 just yesterday. They say their clients either had to evacuate 31 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.040 their homes or lost their homes entirely in the Eaten fire. 32 00:01:56.079 --> 00:02:02.280 In each of the suits blames Son California Edison. They 33 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:06.400 say the fire started under a Southern California Edison transmission tower, 34 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.800 and while there hasn't been a final determination as to 35 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:15.199 the cause for the fire, there does appear to be 36 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:18.000 a sort of a constellation of evidence, and like the 37 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.719 as it All Comes together video, I'm sure you've seen 38 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:25.159 it viral video, there have been anecdotal accounts of what 39 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:30.400 happened there, and the attorneys are saying, this is a quote, 40 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:32.680 we believe that the Eaton fire was ignited because of 41 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:37.840 see's failure to de energize its overhead wires which traverse 42 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:43.680 Eaton Canyon. The three other suits that were filed yesterday, 43 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.759 one represents a FedEx worker who lost their Altadena home, 44 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:52.280 a second represents a homeowner who rented his property out 45 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:59.479 in Altadena, and a third represents multiple homeowners who are 46 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:03.719 essentially echoing the same claims that we've heard, in other words, 47 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:11.439 that Southern California Edison is responsible for this. So the 48 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:18.639 lawsuit is well, this collection of lawsuits, I think it's 49 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:22.759 just the beginning, right. One of the attorneys representing several 50 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:26.800 Altadena residents accused the company of not cutting power to 51 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:31.120 transmission lines as wins whipped through the area. The quote is, 52 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.000 during the life threatening fire conditions predicted by the National 53 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.000 Weather Service, SEE did not de energize as power lines 54 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.879 in the area where the fire started. And so you 55 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:47.039 turn to the utility. What did they say? They say, 56 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:50.159 they'll review the complaint when it's received. This is a quote. 57 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:52.879 The cause of the fire continues to be under investigation. 58 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:57.159 They say, our hearts remain with our communities. During the 59 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.759 devastating fires in southern California, and we remain committed to 60 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.199 supporting them through this difficult time. You know, one of 61 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:07.759 the things that I hear, and there are a lot 62 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:10.159 of viral videos and a lot of podcasters are going 63 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.719 off about this as well, is you know, how come 64 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:14.319 I think Corolla. 65 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:14.719 Did something on this. 66 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.360 Adam did a big thing about these fires, and how 67 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:22.399 come the these utility lines aren't underground? And of course 68 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:25.600 putting them underground would be terrific. I mean, putting them 69 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:29.439 underground is definitely the safest move. What's the problem with that? 70 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:34.639 What's the issue with putting the utility lines underground? Why 71 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:40.279 wouldn't they do it? Because of money? It's incredibly expensive 72 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:44.079 to put them underground. I mean, I don't know, it 73 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:49.480 might be by a factor of ten. It's insanely expensive 74 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:53.519 to put these transmission lines underground. And that's why they 75 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:59.759 are not underground. It's that simple. And so you see 76 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:04.000 through out California, in northern California where they've had any 77 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.680 number of issues, through Sonoma County, the Paradise Fire, et cetera. 78 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:16.920 They have shutdowns there that regularly leave people without power 79 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:20.800 for thirty six forty eight hours. That's PG and e 80 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:25.639 UP there and in southern California, we're going to have 81 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:27.680 to implement strategies. 82 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:29.160 And let me tell you something. 83 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.000 These strategies are to they're coming, and they're going to 84 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:36.480 involve AI and they're going to involve all kinds of 85 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:44.800 new tech that will address an incoming meteorological scenario and narrative. 86 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.439 As it meets the existing. 87 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.160 Narrative and scenario with electric power being supplied to various 88 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:55.319 areas that have these power lines above the ground. 89 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.199 So prepare for that. It's coming. 90 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:02.519 But of course, if these communities can pay, and many 91 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:07.920 do you know, many communities will collect residents. 92 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:10.160 This happened. I know because in. 93 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.879 My area I was approached by a homeowner and they said, hey, 94 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.399 we're getting everybody in the area to chip in, and 95 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:21.600 we're all going to pay for the power lines to 96 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:23.959 be buried and to be put underground. And if we 97 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:26.800 all pay for it, we can get the city to 98 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:30.720 do it. But it's not cheap, even with a lot 99 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:35.000 of homeowner's pigeon in it's it's not cheap. So it's 100 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:40.879 really very few communities that could band together and do that. 101 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:44.680 And again, that. 102 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:47.079 Takes care of one issue, but that's not the only 103 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.759 way fires start. And so when it comes to how 104 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:53.279 the fires start, I mean, look at what's happened to 105 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:58.480 the Palisades in Malibu, decimated by fire, it's very likely 106 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.160 that power lines had nothing to do with it. Well, 107 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.759 there's a lot when it comes to these fires that 108 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.279 has to do with their origins. I just told you 109 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:12.240 about the lawsuit that's emerging in Altadena and the Southern 110 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:16.240 California Edison retort. Even as they are involved in the 111 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:20.720 back and forth with attorneys. There'll be more of that, 112 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.439 I'm sure with Southern California Edison. And when you look 113 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.680 at the Palisage fire, it's a bit more complicated. They 114 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.759 have ATF there on the scene and those are really 115 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.720 high end investigators. But there's a lot of investigative reporting, 116 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.399 and there is a lot of surveillance video, there's satellite video, etc. 117 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.759 That's all emerging in c C Woods is an investigative 118 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.560 reporter at the Current Report and also editor in chief 119 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:46.120 in Malibu Global Media, and she's joining us now with 120 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:50.639 emerging evidence of arson in the Palisades fire. Good morning, Cec, 121 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:51.199 how are you? 122 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:54.000 Good morning? Thank you for having. 123 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:56.519 Me, of course, So what have you found out and 124 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:00.360 how is it all playing out in the way you 125 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.000 see this Palisage fire and the genesis of it all. 126 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:08.639 Well, right now, what I'm hearing and what I'm seeing 127 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:12.279 is I don't know if you could necessarily call it 128 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:17.160 arson definitively, because they are talking about the fact that 129 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:22.360 there were fireworks, which are illegal, that were set off 130 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:26.839 on New Year's Eve, and that that could be the 131 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:33.480 fire could have started from embers that were smoldering underneath. 132 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:36.080 And you and I talked about this yesterday. I don't 133 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:42.120 necessarily think that that is plausible like in this scenario, 134 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:48.919 but I'm not an expert. So there are eyewitness accounts 135 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:51.919 of hikers that were running away from the fire. I 136 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:56.799 did receive phone calls and dms from their parents actually, 137 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.720 of these teenagers, and they are claiming that they were 138 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:05.000 not involved. They saw flames and they started running and 139 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.679 they were begging me not to post any content, and 140 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:11.679 I hadn't, so I was, you know, I assured them, look, 141 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:15.200 I'm not going to put them in harm's way, and 142 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:20.200 just seeing I'm sure with all the satellite imagery that 143 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.320 it will be able to be determined. 144 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:26.679 More yeah, definitively, yeah. 145 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:29.679 Yeah, more more definitively yeah, but Arson, I don't know 146 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:32.600 if I could really say this is on Arsen. 147 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:34.840 Well, just let me just double back on this New 148 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.279 Year's Eve thing, because I'm seeing that. And yeah, we 149 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:42.559 talked a CECI on my my show on YouTube yesterday 150 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:44.240 and we talked it at link of that, and I 151 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:46.799 showed actually some of the satellite pictures. If people want 152 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:48.279 to see it, you can find it there on YouTube 153 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:49.879 at Mark Thompson Show. But I really want to go 154 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:53.320 back to that idea that somehow there were New Year's 155 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:58.039 Eve of fireworks and then somehow though smoldering embers re 156 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:02.039 emerged days later. Is that that really seems like a 157 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:02.759 stretch to me. 158 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.360 A major stretch. You and I talked about that yesterday, 159 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:10.879 and then when I posted about being on your show 160 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:14.080 yesterday and people went back and watched the YouTube, they 161 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:17.360 put a link to a Washington Post article where these 162 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.039 scientists are saying they can smolder up to ten days 163 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.559 and blah blah blah. And it still seems like a big, 164 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:28.279 big stretch to me, especially with how dry everything is 165 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.320 over there and we had no rain. We have no rain, 166 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:36.720 and so so that definitely seems like a stretch to me. However, 167 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:40.799 you know, we had the the arsen incident at Leo, Korea, 168 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:44.200 which was the day after the Palisades fire started. Then 169 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:48.320 I reported on an incident where there was a fire 170 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:52.440 that started in Corral Canyon. Neighbors noticed what was going on. 171 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.360 They called their local little engine that they they started 172 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.159 it after Wolsey and oh no, it was before Wolsey 173 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:03.159 twenty seven to one, and they have that right up 174 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:05.399 there in the bowl in Corral and they got on 175 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:10.240 it right away. They noticed the suspicious truck and they 176 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:15.919 apprehended a young male who had firefighter gear that they 177 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:20.919 are suspecting that it is stolen firefighter gear. He had lighters, 178 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.080 so they ended up taking him down to the roadblock 179 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.799 and lost station ended up taking him into custody. I 180 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:31.879 don't know where that's at right now, but this morning 181 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:37.879 to Penga emergencies, it's like a certain site for Topenga residents. 182 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:42.159 They're saying now that they're scared that embers are going 183 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.080 to flare up again. Makes a lot of sense because 184 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:47.799 you know everything is still fresh. 185 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:51.039 Well yeah, I mean these are that seems far more 186 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:53.840 credible that you could have these embers. There's just so 187 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:55.679 many of them as a result of Policaige fire is 188 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:56.480 still ongoing. 189 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:01.000 I mean, my god, yeah, but you are very tied in. 190 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:02.000 One of the reasons I want to talk to you 191 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:05.639 is you're very tied in with the Malibu officials, and 192 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:07.919 I think you have very good sources. What are your 193 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.360 sources telling you? I mean, are they they saying anything 194 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.720 that I don't know if you I'm not asking you 195 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:15.879 to quote anybody, but on background, are they giving you anything? 196 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:21.240 Well, we talked about this yesterday as well. There are 197 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:27.039 city officials that I talked to and support and confer 198 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:34.039 with regularly, and we were discussing during the Palistates fire 199 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:37.679 when it was just raging. I was talking with this 200 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:41.399 one official and he told me that we were talking 201 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:44.720 about Franklin fire, which was exactly a month almost to 202 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:50.559 the day before, in December, December ninth, and he told 203 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:54.600 me they are ninety nine point nine percent certain that 204 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:59.480 the origin was from a human starting a fire. Now, 205 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:01.519 whether that the arts in or not, we don't know. 206 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:05.960 They found evidence of like a homeless what looked like 207 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:12.120 potentially a homeless person was in that area, and so 208 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:16.360 that we know was started by a human. So the 209 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.600 very first details he was getting on the Palisase fire 210 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:26.159 was like there it was potentially started a tiny little 211 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:30.399 flare up in a backyard in Pacific Palisades, And I thought, 212 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:32.440 that just doesn't sound right, you know what I mean. 213 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:36.240 But now we're looking at the trail, so there's a 214 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:38.759 couple of different versions of the story out there. 215 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:40.759 But you know, I mean, it. 216 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:43.320 Does appear that, just in our last minut or so, 217 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.279 it does appear that the trail that you're talking about, 218 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:50.759 that that Tamescal trail, is that it that Tomescal aage trail. Yes, 219 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:55.720 that appears to be supported anyway by satellite imagery and 220 00:13:55.759 --> 00:14:00.879 by anecdotal evidence, and that really is the focus for 221 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:02.480 investigators for the most part. 222 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.720 Would that be fair to say? 223 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:04.879 Oh? 224 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:08.759 Absolutely, And I can't imagine that the FEDS are not 225 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:13.799 you know, privy to that type of information. If we 226 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:17.399 can get a hold of that satellite imagery, lord on, 227 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.360 who only knows what they could get a hold of, 228 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:21.240 you know what I mean. So I'm pretty sure they're 229 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:25.639 zeroing in on that's their specialty, on what the actual 230 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:33.320 true origin, you know, the ignition spot. Yeah, looking so 231 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:36.159 I was surprised it was the way out there near 232 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.559 that ridge because like I said, I was told. 233 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:43.200 That it was you know, sure, it's hard to imagine, 234 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.559 although maybe it's not given the velocity of the winds 235 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:49.919 that it could start there and then spread the way 236 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:50.320 it did. 237 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:53.639 But well, I'm hoping that the winds. We have a 238 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:57.720 lot of security issues in Malibu and I'm just praying 239 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:01.519 that this doesn't flare up again because we have enough 240 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:05.320 problems with arsenists and looters getting through barricades. We do 241 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.960 not have the resources. You know, the Los Angeles County 242 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:14.879 Sheriff's Apartment is severely understaffed, and the National Guard is 243 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:19.039 presence only and they are not allowing security companies through 244 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.759 the barricades that service these residents, and residents are really 245 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:24.600 on edge right now because of it. 246 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:29.159 Yeah, the looting situation is real, and you know, and 247 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.960 even yeah, the potential from ours. 248 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:35.039 Yes, and they're they're directing up as firefighters and cal 249 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:38.480 fire and they are getting through these barricades. That's why 250 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:43.200 having the additional security is so important, because our resources 251 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.679 are stretched so thin. 252 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:46.600 Well, this is one of the things I'd like to 253 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.679 see changed. I'd like to see a systemic changes that 254 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.120 would allow people with appropriate certification to get through these 255 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.840 barricades and to be allowed in to provide additional security 256 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:01.080 against these things like looting and aditional arson. Thank you 257 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:04.720 so much, CC Woods again at the current report, and 258 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:07.519 the editor in chief at Malibu Global Media. Yeah, appreciate 259 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:09.919 your good work, and we'll talk again again. The Polisades 260 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:14.360 fire close to twenty four thousand acres, only seventeen percent containment, 261 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:16.639 and eight people have lost their lives in all of that. 262 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.600 And you hear how it's an ongoing situation. You could 263 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.799 even hear in CC's voice, there's a sense of panic 264 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:26.840 about what may happen. So this next wind event, which 265 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:30.759 is coming late this afternoon and tomorrow, it will not 266 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:35.320 be as bad as last week, And revised forecasts even 267 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:39.360 show there might be a chance that it won't be 268 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:46.039 as was suggested originally, as quite the intense event as 269 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:49.279 the initial forecasts had predicted. But again these are all 270 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:54.279 everything's preliminary. All forecasts change, variables change at the last second. 271 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:57.080 But that's the very latest discussing. 272 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.399 As you might imagine the fires their origins, this next 273 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:03.759 wind event that will re emerge late this afternoon and 274 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.720 into tonight. Even as we've talked about the fact that 275 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.400 maybe it won't be quite as bad as originally feared. 276 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.519 It still looks as though it will have a lot 277 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.960 of complications for all of us, so do stay tuned 278 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.559 to KFI. 279 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:19.720 There'll be additional programming. 280 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:23.200 We've really built out a lot of the support structure 281 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.200 here at KFI to make sure that you get the 282 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:30.759 very latest. Is anybody else addicted to this Watch Duty app? 283 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.440 I mean, my god, Deborah, it's wild man. 284 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:36.680 Yes, And I'm constantly getting notifications and as soon as 285 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:38.279 I do, I'm checking it out. 286 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.200 Yeah. 287 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.079 The watch Duty app was created by a guy in 288 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:45.319 Sonoma County I think was a you know, had their 289 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:49.559 own experiences, you know, Sonoma burnt so horribly very recently, 290 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:54.599 and he created this app and it's staffed by volunteers. 291 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:59.599 It's a nonprofit and I've never felt better about upgrading 292 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:02.079 with the t twenty five dollars. It's twenty five dollars 293 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:04.519 or the years I've paid twenty five dollars a month 294 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:07.920 for this thing. It's so good. All of the latest 295 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:12.400 advisories are there. In addition to that, you have overlays 296 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:15.759 and layers that will show you wind velocities and directions 297 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:19.519 and air quality. It's really super impressive. 298 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:22.440 And it also shows you your evacuation zones. 299 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:25.759 It's great, it's quite special. 300 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:30.559 So anyway, we've built out a lot of support structure 301 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.079 here at kfive, But in addition, all of us have 302 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:36.119 sort of as individuals, built out our own area of 303 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:40.920 information and support structure, just as we anticipate this next event. 304 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.640 Well, you know, it's also cool. I don't know about 305 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:44.880 your neighborhood, but I live up in the hills and 306 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:51.920 it's pretty scary, and we have a group chat with neighbors. 307 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.599 There's about forty of us and we call ourselves the 308 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:59.960 Evacuation Squad, and so everybody is posting about the win 309 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:05.839 and about the evacuation warnings and just everything, making sure 310 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:10.319 everybody has watch duty. And it's really it's great because, 311 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:13.599 I mean, one of the positive things that is coming 312 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:17.079 out of this is just communities rallying. And also I'd 313 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:19.880 like to say that I hope that when all of 314 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:23.440 this is over that there is something special that we 315 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:27.240 can all do for our firefighters and first responders. Man, 316 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:30.720 those people are the true heroes. 317 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.519 Couldn't agree more. 318 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:33.720 I mean, you know, and there are a lot of 319 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:38.559 charities associated with work that the firefighters and first responders 320 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.839 are doing and there's no shortage of those charities, so 321 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.519 definitely check them out. We did a thing on my 322 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:46.519 YouTube show yesterday where we we ram down a bunch 323 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:49.240 of them and I put hot links under the video 324 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:51.440 to all of these things and you can click right through. 325 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:53.440 It's the Mark Thompson Show on YouTube. If you can 326 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:56.559 find yesterday's show, it's all right there. And they're also 327 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.000 you know, animal rescuers, and there are. 328 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.200 Those who are providing food. 329 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.480 I mean, Jose Andreas is probably the highest profile example. 330 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:07.079 But there's just such a great effort and as I 331 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:10.920 was saying in the first hour, there is a community 332 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.319 that you see the best of Southern California coming together. 333 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:17.920 And I know it almost sounds so cliche to say, 334 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:19.680 well it brings out the best in us to these 335 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:24.759 kinds of challenges, but it really is true. In the heartbreak, 336 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:29.240 there is so much in the way of uplifting stories 337 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:31.039 and so many who are ready to make a difference. 338 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:34.079 I saw a story yesterday about people who had lost 339 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:39.960 their home and they were volunteering to help others who 340 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:45.599 were also evacuees who or had lost their home in 341 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:49.079 getting them food and in one of these areas that 342 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:53.039 was providing one of these essentially pop ups that was 343 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:57.559 providing food and shelter. So there is so much good 344 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:01.519 out there. And as Deborah says, you know, the heroic 345 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:06.319 work of these first responders and these firefighters, it's you know, 346 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.960 incalculably critical and it's so very impressive. 347 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:13.000 I know you're an animal lever like I am. 348 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:16.000 I think it was Angel Martinez that sent me this 349 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:18.960 story that I think it went viral, and it was 350 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:21.759 a dog that wouldn't leave its burning house. I think 351 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:23.759 it was in the Palisades. So you see this dog 352 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:26.839 was you know, barking and scared but would not leave, 353 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:29.559 and it was right next to a firefighter and the 354 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:32.720 firefighter is you know, holding onto the dog, touching the dog, 355 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:35.559 and an animal I think it was an animal trainer 356 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:38.720 came and tried at first to rescue the dog, and 357 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:41.119 the dog didn't want to go because it was so scared. 358 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:43.640 But finally they got the dog into a car, and 359 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:46.920 then that animal trainer slash rescuer, was able to track 360 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:49.720 down the owners. But here's a firefighter that's hosing down 361 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:53.400 a fire in the Palisades and is consoling this this 362 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.400 poor dog. 363 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.880 There are some images of the firefighters holding there's one 364 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.839 image of a firefighter holding a deer. 365 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:02.279 I saw that. Oh my god, it that just made 366 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.519 me weep. I'm telling you. 367 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:06.440 I've you know, I've cried more than I did as 368 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:09.079 an eleven year old kid watching Born Free or one 369 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:12.240 of those movies that you know, some tear jerker film. 370 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:12.920 I'm telling you. 371 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:17.160 I was saying before the moment of silence that all 372 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:20.160 of the NFL games did. They all did a moment 373 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:22.839 of silence, and as the announcer, the PA announcers saying, 374 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:25.200 you know, please let's pause for a moment of silence 375 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:28.640 for our friends in southern California who I'm choking up 376 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:33.400 during that. I mean, it's it's very emotional, it's so powerful. 377 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.279 We are all super charged that way. And look, one 378 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:39.079 of the things that informs all of that is that 379 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:42.480 many of us haven't slept for like six days, which 380 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.960 will do it. I mean, I didn't sleep at all 381 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.920 last night. 382 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:46.359 Are you going to sleep tonight? You're not going to 383 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:48.599 sleep tonight because we know that the wins are gonna 384 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:51.799 they're supposed to pick up later today through the night. Yeah, 385 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:56.519 I see, I've been up like everybody just on alert, 386 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.359 on edge. 387 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:00.000 The best we can do is offer you information, which 388 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.920 will continue to do and just you know, speaking of 389 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:04.160 the animal thing, we are going to get into that 390 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:08.799 in the next hour with someone who has a global 391 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:12.960 meaning complete sense of what's happening with the animal rescuers. 392 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:15.920 There's a problem in La County and there's a problem 393 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:20.079 in La City, and that is that many certified rescuers 394 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:24.359 are not able to get past the evacuation zones to 395 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:27.160 rescue animals that they know are there. They're hearing from 396 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.559 owners we left our cat behind, we left our dog behind, 397 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:34.920 and they're reaching out to these groups again certified rescuers. 398 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:38.759 There has to be some kind of memorandum of understanding 399 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:43.039 such that all of these various law enforcement officials who 400 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:45.400 are doing such great work, you have to hold those 401 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:47.839